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...this place left a bad impression as it was so gloomy in appearance.
Then we went to the Towers of Silence. We mounted some well kept steps and at the top were met by an intelligent attendant who showed us about. It is a beautiful bright garden full of sunshine, well kept paths and brilliant flowers. Scattered about are five tombs. These are merely white walls surrounding a circular interior arrangement. One is for suicides and hospital dead who have been handled by others than their own caste. The inside of these tombs is never open to the public and the mourners do not enter. A model is shown however. The funeral comes with the body in same condition as at the hindoo place.