398 An Account of the Temple of Tr event near Hugli. [May, 



names are not among the Hindoo kings of either the Sen or Pal 

 dynasty. 



Within the first part of the temple on some of the stones are the 

 following inscriptions in the Nagree character. 



^JtrTT famw- ^*TffJ^r -, The residence of Site. The co- 

 Sri Sita Nidhusah, Sri Ramabhisheka- ] nation of Rama. 



^f^^f 1 Coronation. This seems to be part of 



Bhisheka. / 



another inscription (incomplete), 

 avana killed by Ran 



> The marriage of Sita. 



c . „, „, D ,, ? Ravana killed by Rama. 



Sn Ramena Ravana Badha. J J 



Sita Bivaha. 



> The distrnction of Kangsa. 



Kangsa Badha 



n.v* n „ > The destruction of Chanura. 



Chanura Badha. J 



^T^^ifT^.* "1 The war between Krishna and 



Sri Krishna Vana Surayor Yuddha. / Van Raia 



irs^r^w^rg-^ } These are names of the consorts f 



Vridhudyumna dyah Shasanaydya dya , 



- Krishna s grandson Pradyumna. 



dwamna. J ° J 



There are also near the northern and eastern entrances images of 

 some of the Hindoo gods, such as Narasingha, Varaha, Rama, Krishna, 

 Lucshmi, &c. &c, most of them much defaced. The stones with the 

 inscriptions were probably placed below some of these deities or others 

 that have been destroyed, and as these deities are peculiar to the wor- 

 ship of Vishnu, it is most likely that the temple was consecrated to 

 that deity. The stones containing the inscriptions are evidently out of 

 their places. There is no regularity in their location, and one or two 

 of them have the wrong side uppermost. From these appearances as 

 well as others already mentioned, it is clear that the building is not now 

 in its original state, and that formerly it must have been one Hindoo 

 temple. The literal signification of Triveni is " three streams," in 

 allusion to the river Gunga, Jumna, and Saruswati held sacred by the 

 Hindoos. The spots where these rivers meet and where they separate 

 are considered holy, and on this account the Shastras enjoin that expia- 

 tory ablutions should be particularly performed at these places. 



According to Hindoo tradition there are two Trivenis, one at Prayag 



