Oriental Scenery/Part 4/Plate 10
No. X.
RAMGUR.
Ramgur, or Rampoor, in the district of Benares, is an Hindoo village, delightfully situated in a valley sheltered by hills, richly clothed with woods. From the numerous fragments of ancient buildings that lay scattered about this village and its neighbourhood, it is evident that Ramgur has at some remote period seen better days: at present it has little of magnificence to boast of; but although its inhabitants have been stripped of all their worldly greatness, they seem to have held fast to the faith of their forefathers; they still retain a temple and a tank for prayer and pious washing: indeed its recluse situation, with its large and wide-spreading trees, give it an air well suited to the solemnity of Hindoo worship.
Ramgur, in the Bernares district.