BENGAL: PIRS, TEMPLES AND

FISH
BY
J. S. SATHANA
7B
 PIRS
• THEY WERE TEACHERS
WITH SUPERNATURAL
POWERS.
• PEOPLE AFFECTIONATELY
REFERED TO THEM AS PIRS.
 TEMPLES
• BUILT IN LATE FIFTEENTH
CENTURY TO THE NINETEENTH
CENTURY.
• BUILT BY INDIVIDUALS OR
GROUPS WHO WANTED TO
DEMONSTRATE THEIR POWER
AND PIETY.
 Fish as food

• Bengal is a riverine plain which produces

plenty of fish and rice.
• Bengali literature contains several references
to fish.
• Walls of temples and viharas depict scenes of
fish being dressed and taken to the market in
baskets.
• Bengali Brahmins consider fish as vegetarian.
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