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The Grimm brothers also saw French domination as a threat to German culture, and believed that the folktales they had collected were expressions of a pure and authentic German spirit.They move less spontaneously or make odd grimaces and gestures.settled near the temple to cater to its needs and those of the pilgrims.We have diaries of people, accounts of pilgrims and travellers, autobiographies of important personalities, and popular booklets that were sold in the local bazaars.Near Ajmer is a lake, Pushkar, which has attracted pilgrims from ancient times.Pilgrimage centres also slowly developed into townships.Surat has also been called the gate to Mecca because many pilgrim ships set sail from here.* * * On Saturday they made their weekly pilgrimage to watch United.As the temple gained in importance as a centre of pilgrimage, its authority in social and political matters also increased.The tomb or dargah of a Sufi saint became a place of pilgrimage to which thousands of people of all faiths thronged.” Sophie's father was scooping shepherd's pie into his mouth as hard as he could go, his plump face still grimy and sweat — marked from the day.Emile Zola's Germinal (1885) on the life of a young miner in France explores in harsh detail the grim conditions of miners' lives.Pilgrims who flocked to the temples also made donations.They also endowed temples with grants of land and money to carry out elaborate rituals, feed pilgrims and priests and celebrate festivals.In the winter of 1917, conditions in the capital, Petrograd, were grim.