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CHAPTER V. 
TRITCHENGUR. HINDOO THEOLOGY. 
Having determined to go into the Mysore., to visit 
the celebrated colossal figure of Buddha,, we took leave 
of our Mahomedan friend., and proceeded much in the 
same route which we had before taken; as described 
in the first volume of this work. We again visited 
the temples of Tritchengur; the most sacred of which 
is represented in the accompanying engraving. It is 
one of the most elegant specimens of Hindoo archi- 
tecture in this part of the peninsula. The ascent to it 
is by no means tedious^ though it stands on the sum- 
mit of a lofty hill, in which; at intervals; where the 
slope is very abrupt; there are steps cut in the living- 
rock; in order to facilitate the approach of those nu- 
merous devotees who visit this holy shrine. The pro- 
spect from the hill at different points is interesting 
in the extreme j but it is astonishing to see with what 
besotted apathy the pilgrims; who resort in vast num- 
bers to the temple, look upon the fine features which 
Nature; in her most bountiful magnificence; offers to 
their admiration on this elevated spot. But sublimity 
is beyond the reach of their torpid impulses; and they 
gaze with sluggish indifference upon a scene that far 
exceeds the poet’s vision; when rapt in that fine frenzy 
