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F tó;Ea thé eeittré\ Spisotwitfra^malJ cobfeon a
square pedestal, the whole about thirty -foot high/-: The Gi-oglese.:
eome hither daily to perform their devotions.' A granite pillar;
to réeeivê'a lamp is pi aced\ a t - the front o f-jthe templm | which
is mostly e p t; out of solid wdtöÈ This ? tcmplg f<pptait0s. a ^ i f e ,
offBuddouj, .and in the shrine is said, to :he ijapffod; '-tifo;
tfy;thf;<if, the .Snored' JSlephaht,: /
About half a mile, from this temple ,is the Point-of Donch©
Head, to which you proceedalong an 1 aYeiiue,-^where) are: jth©
ruins,- of 'several mofeo temples resembling .-those thp CprOjr
mandei coast. , dGlose to the Coast is a building designed» fopnthe,
use o fijd e f^ ^ S i who perform theip^iast I abtetioi^jagrth© t seafo
The ^descent .though jjgreat is mot dyheulfoV;. Tlio shore below is-
lined- with- rocks >o£[ granite ; washed : by the waves. This builds
fog i « f g r a n i t e aboét/temvfeet
high.; Between the < pillars land the main
are: littlersquare; compartments, wherej tli^devoteesmit toi refresh
themselves. ,' Bèyond this is the inner rpostal::©fima Hindoo temd
pfo, foonsisfing pf two .upright, stone«: supporting -a kfcoss foéh ah'
cohered 'on.ïone,?sfoè w.ith> ornaments}tsimjlaB mMthose fore tho
Coromandel-eoas^. {see jig . 2,- platéi l , pmge l Mfoo^T® rthd
are the ruins of more temples; , the steps ,aml slabsdof -ste^e
discovered here and there are almost .buried ia th e e a rth s/ Th#il.
l^ d i^ ^m p ;. ^Gplatformsr} qi?: raised lHöQrsfh^-e JdsMraÉei'; Afth
figmes-pf fflephantsf headsf aaad other beasts,and' of men and wo-ft
mén nahedf.'l thjSfjsppt; isfa deep wqij the,'mot|thre o fo n ^
with, a blank,granite v with* a :hole through itsfcêptrfo; ; Tw^pfi-nts-
of on this stone-, and a figure is. spooped- out
two fee.t,.\in depth. This .well, has every-appearance, of- having
been inclosed. in some bnil-ding now .pot existing, - iior is the
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