In this place are groups of rude and dismal idols.

You may contribute something for their support; then pass into the temple, a grim and stenchy place, for it is populous with sacred cows and with beggars.

You will give something to the beggars, and "reverently kiss the tails" of such cows as pass along, for these cows are peculiarly holy, and this act of worship will secure you from hunger for the day.
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"The Poor Man's Friend." You will next worship this god.

He is at the bottom of a stone cistern in the temple of Dalbhyeswar, under the shade of a noble peepul tree on the bluff overlooking the Ganges, so you must go back to the river.