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the Berhampooter. In the wide extended space over which this faith 
prevails, the same object of veneration is acknowledged under nume¬ 
rous titles; among others, he is styled Godama or Gowtama, in Assam 
and Ava; Samana, in Siam; Amida Buth, in Japan; Fohi, in China; 
Budha and Shakamuna, in Bengal and Hindustan; Dherma Raja and 
Mahamoonie, in Bootan and Tibet. Durga and Kali; Ganeish, the 
emblem of wisdom; and Cartikeah, with his numerous heads and 
arms, as well as many other deities of the Hindoo mythology, have 
also a place in their assemblage of gods. 
The same places of popular esteem or religious resort, as I have 
already hinted, are equally respected in Tibet and in Bengal; Prarg, 
Gashi, Ourgeedin, Saugor, and Jagarnaut, are objects of devout pil¬ 
grimage; and. I have seen loads of the sacred water taken from the 
Ganges, travelling over these mountains, (which, by the bye, contribute 
largely to its increase) upon the shoulders of men, whom enthusiasts 
have deemed it worth their while, to hire at a considerable expence, 
for so pious a purpose. 
As far as I am able to judge, respecting their ritual, or ceremonial 
worship, it differs materially from the Hindoo. The Tibetians as- 
semble in chapels, and unite together in prodigious numbers, to per¬ 
form their religious service, which they chant in alternate recitative 
and choms, accompanied by an extensive band of loud and powerful 
instruments. So that, whenever I heard these congregations, they 
forcibly recalled to my recollection, both the solemnity, and sound, of 
the Roman Catholic mass. 
The instruments made use of were all of an enormous size. Tjrum'-? 
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