Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Part I History Literature &c. 1878

The lower storey of the modern temple which though moat commonly square is occasionally as in the Madan Mohan example an octagon and therefore a near approach to a circle is represented by the masonry plinth of the relic-mound ; the high curvilinear roof by the swell7 ing contour of the earthen hill and the pinnacle with its peculiar base by the Buddhist rails and umbrella on the top of a Da [...] In later work of which numerous specimens may be seen in the accompanying illustrations of different dates ranging between the two limits fixed by the Allahahad pillar at the begining and the Saluir columns at the end the eyes are made so protuberant and the other features so distorted and confused by the more elaborate treatment of the foliage and the introduction of other accessories that [...] The cheeriness of the holiday-makers as they throng the narrow winding streets on their way to and from the central square where they break up into groups of bright and over varying combinations of colour ; with the buffooneries of the village clowns and the grotesque dances of the lusty swains who with castanets in hand caricature in their movements the conventional grace of the Indian ballet [...] 121 the men from the neighbouring village of Nand-gtinw and tho BarsAna ladies the wives of the Gosziins of the temple of [Aril Ji which stands high on the crest of the rock that overlooks the arena. [...] Arriving at the village about an hour before sunset I found a crowd of some 5000 people closely packed in the narrow space on the margin of the pond and swarming over the tops of the houses and the branches of all the trees in the neighbourhood.