Show GLORIOUS afi IMAGE 1 OF BUDDHA idol in the lama city li Is worshiped by devotees with almost insane devotion an EO foot wooden im image age of 0 r buddha standing on a golden lotus flower alth la in a sacred temple in the lm lama city reserved rosei bcd for residences of mongolian priests is worshiped with nil all the insane devotion possible by the mongolians Mongo lians the great figure US are Is heavily glided gilded In crusted with precious stones and draped with silken clotts when the temple Is opened to the faithful of the city of urge a priest at the entrance gives each person a few drops of holy water from a filthy jug and the people silent with awe bathe their faces with the fluid find bel prostrate themselves before tl the e statue whose head Is lost in the shadows of the temple root they kiss its draperies soiled by the lips of thousands and each one gathers a handful of sacred dirt from the tempt temple floor from niches in the wall hundreds hund bund redi redS of tiny budihas gaze impassively on oa tte worshiping mongols Mon gols the scene ot of worship Is described by roy boy chapman andrews in harpers magazine as on intoxicating in its barbaric splendor the chorus of prayers which rise ana fall in a meaningless h half alf wild chant are broken by the clash of cymbals and the boom of snakeskin drums anil and one Is fully able to understand the religious fanaticism of the east abea the people are seen at prayer la in OM of these temples |