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itself at the top into three sharp peaks; after this, at a 
distance of about 500 ft., it ends abruptly. This is the highest 
peak in the neighbourhood, higher than the Brahmayoni, the 
height being slightly short of 1,000 ft. Along the track to the 
summ 
western o her side and ultimately losing itself in a rough 
upward incline at the base of the highe p Here is a small 
among the shrubbery, appears the mouth of a tunnel or cave 4 ft. 
wide and 6 ft. in height. At a small distance from the entrance, 
it branches into two parts, one south-westernly going downwards 
and choked with large bricks, stones and rubbish, and the other 
ft. in width in the 
The plan of the tunnel. entrance going up- 
Platform, 
‘e. 4 e 
Choked up. Rae until at th 
Dvarpala. 
upon a 
stone of 28 steps at the 
end of which the pas- 
l : sage turns sharply 
aimost at right angles towards the east and ends on a platform 
formed by a large boulder. At : ae ss 
another Ahir a ine ci the extremity of this platform 
f 
Choked up. 
». The object of worship is a small pool of 
boulders of stone polished to the smoothness of marble by the 
action of rain-water up an incline of 60° with no hold for assist- 
ance, for at this height vegetation consists of sharp, thorny grass 
and n 8. ra climb of more than 50 ft., another 
platform is reached, Here, another tunnel is reached running 
north to south across the whole width of the mountain, a length 
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