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He spoke roughly to the caretaker, and almost insisted on his right to do as he liked. His European clothes seemed to make him partly an Englishman, and he wished to be treated as such. For there was no desire on the part of the caretaker of the mosque to force me to take off my boots. I was to be allowed to enter with covered feet. The "sahibs" always did so. But the Hindustani people were always made to come in barefooted, or not at all. The argument lasted for some time, but at last my guide... said that I must go into the mosque by myself, as he would not take off his boots, and they would not allow him to enter without doing so.
The different w^ay in which this Hindu acted at the two sacred places was no doubt determined by some- thing more than religious feeling. The great mosque at Benares is a standing reminder to them of the fact that they were conquered by the Mohammedans. It MOSQUE AT BENARES. 89 was built by the Emperor Aurangzeb on the site of a Hindu temple, and is thus an offence to all who be- long to that religion.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
He spoke roughly to the caretaker, and almost insisted on his right to do as he liked. His European clothes seemed to make him partly an Englishman, and he wished to be treated as such. For there was no desire on the part of the caretaker of the mosque to force me to take off my boots. I was to be allowed to enter with covered feet. The "sahibs" always did so. But the Hindustani people were always made to come in barefooted, or not at all. The argument lasted for some time, but at last my guide... said that I must go into the mosque by myself, as he would not take off his boots, and they would not allow him to enter without doing so.
The different w^ay in which this Hindu acted at the two sacred places was no doubt determined by some- thing more than religious feeling. The great mosque at Benares is a standing reminder to them of the fact that they were conquered by the Mohammedans. It MOSQUE AT BENARES. 89 was built by the Emperor Aurangzeb on the site of a Hindu temple, and is thus an offence to all who be- long to that religion.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by William Osborne Bird Allen to read onlineMoreLess
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