- The Parasurama Avatara
The Parasurama Avatara - The Rama Chandra Avatara
The Rama Chandra Avatara - The Vamana Avatara
The Vamana Avatara - Varuna
Varuna - Vayu
Vayu - Vishnu
Vishnu - Yama
Yama - Annapurna
Annapurna - Arjuna shooting at the fish
Arjuna shooting at the fish - Balarama
Balarama - Battle of the Kurus and Pandavas
Battle of the Kurus and Pandavas - Brahma
Brahma - Buddha
Buddha - Buddha
Buddha - Buddhist Temple and Dagosa at Kelaniva, Ceylon
Buddhist Temple and Dagosa at Kelaniva, Ceylon - Daksha
Daksha - Dasabhuja
Dasabhuja - Ganga
Ganga - Ganesa
Ganesa - Garuda
Garuda - Hanuman
Hanuman - Har-Hari
Har-Hari - Indra
Indra - Jagaddhatri
Jagaddhatri - Jagannath
Jagannath - Kali dancing on Siva
Kali dancing on Siva - Kali
Kali - Kalki
Kalki - Kamadeva
Kamadeva - Kartikeya
Kartikeya - Krishna holding up Mount Govardhana
Krishna holding up Mount Govardhana - Krishna slaying Bakasura
Krishna slaying Bakasura - Lakhsmi
Lakhsmi - Manasa
Manasa - Monkeys constructing the bridge at Lanka
Monkeys constructing the bridge at Lanka - Panchanana
Panchanana - Parvati worhipping the Linga
Parvati worhipping the Linga - Radha worshipping Krishna as Kali
Radha worshipping Krishna as Kali - Ravana
Ravana - Sarasvati
Sarasvati - Shitala
Shitala - Sasti
Sasti - Siva and Parvati
Siva and Parvati - Siva slaying an Asura
Siva slaying an Asura - Siva temple at Benares
Siva temple at Benares - Siva
Siva - Sugriva
Sugriva - The Banyan Tree
The Banyan Tree - The Bel
The Bel - The Fig Tree
The Fig Tree - The Krishna Avatara
The Krishna Avatara - The Kurma Avatara
The Kurma Avatara - The Lotus
The Lotus - The Matsva Avatara
The Matsva Avatara - The Nrisingha Avatara
The Nrisingha Avatara - Christ on the Mount of Olives
Trial proof of the key block of Christ on the Mount of Olives, after Bassano. National Gallery of Art - Jesus carrying the cross
Jesus carrying his cross - John Wesley
John Wesley, Methodist minister - Carthusian Father going to midnight office
This strange community of Carthusians is divided into categories of "Fathers" and "Brothers." The former wear robes of white wool, cinctured with a girdle of white leather. Their heads and faces are closely shaven, and the head is generally enveloped in a cowl, which is attached to the robe. They are all ordained priests, and it is to them the rule of silence, solitude, and fasting, more particularly applies. The fasting is represented by the daily bill of fare I have given, and it never varies all the year round, except on Fridays and certain days in Lent, when, poor as it is, it is still further reduced. The solitude consists of many hours spent in prayer in the loneliness of the cell, and the silence imposed is only broken by monosyllabic answers to questions addressed to them. Sustained conversation is a fault, and would be severely punished. Aspirants for the Fatherhood have to submit to a most trying novitiate, which lasts for five full years. After that they are ordained, and from that moment they renounce the world, with all its luring temptations and its sin. Their lives henceforth must be strictly holy in accordance with the tenets of their religion. The Brothers are the manual labourers, the hewers of wood and drawers of water. They do everything that is required in the way of domestic service. They wear sandals on their bare feet, and their bodies are clothed in a long, loose, brown robe, fastened at the waist by a rope girdle. On both branches of the Order the same severe régime is compulsory, but on Fridays the Brothers only get a morsel of black bread and a cup of cold water. The attention to spiritual duties is all-absorbing, and under no circumstances must it be relaxed. Matins commence in the chapel at twelve o'clock at night, and continue until about two o'clock. - Carthusian Fathers singing
In the Chapel at daybreak