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but it was made of cheap looking
plaster. The expense [??]
was the big tank and the island.
The Temple was surrounded by
a garden and around the border
was a stone walk. Here round and
round a small procession
kept going. First there was the God
Siva (it was a Siva Temple). He
was an ordinary looking wooden
idol but with much paint and gilt
and [??] four men carried
him and behind him came four
more carrying his wife. Then came
a band making noise they
called "beautiful music. Then
marched a lot of Brahmins
There were mostly without much
clothing and were too fat to be
pretty, and too greasy to be clean.