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ble traceries being inclosed by a crenelated 

 wall in pentagon shape ; its severely sim- 

 ple lines, the inward slope of the walls 

 below the marble dome, and of the encir- 

 cling outer wall strongly suggesting 

 Egyptian construction. It is a stern, 

 severe mausoleum — an ideal warrior 

 tomb. 



20. The Panch Mahal, or five-storied 

 pavilion of the Emperor Akbar in his 

 palace at Fatteh pur Sikri, south of 

 Agra. Each story recedes from the one 

 below, and the top one, a mere kiosk, 

 commands a magnificent view over the 

 country and receives any passing breeze. 

 This pavilion was a summer retreat for 

 the emperor and his ladies. The parapets 

 were formerly solid stone and the spaces 

 between the pillars were filled with open- 

 work stone screens, securing all privacy 

 and shade. No two of the elaborately 

 carved columns on the lower floor are 

 alike. 



21. Although the most famous and the 



best known of all the temples of India, 

 this Temple of Jagannath, at Puri, on the 

 Orissa coast, below Calcutta, is least 

 visited by travelers. Hindu pilgrims 

 visit it, however, and 100,000 are often 

 present at festival times. These visitors 

 heap money and jewels at the shrine, and 

 the temple has an income of more than 

 $150,000 per annum from its endow- 

 ments and receives as much more in 

 offerings each year. Six thousand 

 priests, keepers, and attendants belong to 

 the temples, and with the hangers-on and 

 the families of all these there is a temple 

 community of 20,000 supported by its 

 funds. Jagannath is a form of Krishua, 

 and his idol here is a rudely carved log 

 which is dragged about in a magnificent 

 car, and pilgrims are often injured in 

 the crash and excitement. Thousands, of 

 course, die of epidemic diseases during 

 festival times. The temple as it now 

 stands is 106 feet high and was built in 

 the last century, 



