A TRAVELER'S NOTES Ox\ JAVA 



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I'iiuti. :mhI C.'pynyht by C. H. Gvaves 

 RUINS OF CENTRAL TKMPI.E: BRAMBANAM 



Passing the remains of three circular 

 walls, we arrive at the inner area which 

 ■embraces the ruins of eight pyramidal 

 structures. One of these contains, in one 

 of its four compartments, the eight- 

 armed bronze figure of the goddess which 

 gives the temple its name. A broken 



statue of her consort, Siva, stands in the 

 inner chamber of this temple, while in 

 the western chamber sits a striking image 

 of Ganesha, the elephant-headed god of 

 wisdom. The images in another temple, 

 dedicated to Siva, are especially notable 

 for a certain dignity of exi)ressipn, and 



