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The Temple called Gurrulmurh, on the larger reservoir. — The most 

 remarkable of the monuments at Putharee is the temple called " Gur- 

 rulmurh," situated on the southern side of the larger reservoir, and 

 the legend respecting which is as follows. A certain Gadree or Gare- 

 ree, i. e. a shepherd, tended the flocks of a Rishi named Gaianath, and 

 after many years of faithful servitude he was prompted by his wife to 

 solicit a favor or reward. The Rishi filled the end of his blanket or 

 plaid with barley and told him to be happy. The shepherd however 

 disregarded the gift as valueless, and threw it away, or placed it to one 

 side. His wife's curiosity could not be satisfied without seeing what 

 had been received, nor would she believe that the saint would bestow 

 any thing in vain. She searched, and her faith was rewarded by finding 

 a heap of gold instead of a heap of corn. Her gratitude moved her to 

 build and endow a temple, and hence, says the tradition, the name of 

 Gurrulmurh, i. e. the "Muth" or temple of the " Garerun" or Shep- 

 herdess. 



There are the traces of a square inclosure with sides of about 350 

 feet, and of a pillared entrance or gateway on the northern face. 

 Within this there is a raised terrace forming a second inclosure of about 

 140 by 115 feet, with a second pillared gateway opposite the first lead- 

 ing on to the platform. The temple itself is in the centre, and it seems 

 to form a kind of Greek cross of perhaps 30 feet by 27 in base, with 

 the exception of the projecting portico or entrance, which has a depth 

 of 24 feet. The temple is pyramidal, and it may be as much as 65 feet 

 in height. (PI. XXVI. fig. 1.) Opposite the centre of three sides, and 

 also opposite the four corners or re-entering angles of the cross, there are 

 small flat-roofed temples at a distance of about 40 feet, or on the edge 

 of the raised terrace. The centre of the fourth side is occupied by the 

 entrance to the terrace itself, and the general plan of the whole is as 

 given in the accompanying sketch. 



The Gateway of the Gurrulmurh temple. — The outer gateway of all 

 deserves no particular notice, but that leading up to the terrace at once 

 strikes the observer as bearing a strong resemblance to the gateways of 

 the Buddhist "Tope" at Satcheh near Bhilsa. There is indeed but 

 one architrave instead of three, but the sculptures at Satcheh show 

 such a gateway with two architraves only, and the existing entrance at 

 Putharee seems thus merely to give a further simplification of the 



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