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Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official

CHAPTER 14
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The date is often given inaccurately.
10.

Chitrakot, in the Banda district of Bundelkhand, under the government of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, and seventy-one miles distant from Allahabad, is a famous place of pilgrimage, much frequented by the votaries of Rama.

Large fairs are held there.
11.

The performance of miraculous cures at the tomb is not necessary for the deification of a person who has been specially feared in his lifetime, or has died a violent death.

Either of these conditions is enough to render his ghost formidable, and worthy of propitiation.
Shrines to such persons are very numerous both in Bundelkhand and other parts of India, Miracles, of course, occur at nearly every shrine, and are too common and well attested to attract much attention.
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