SCENES IN INDIA. 
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CHAPTER XIX. 
HINDOO TEMPLE AT MUDDENPOOR. 
Quitting Rhotas Gur, on our way to Patna, we 
halted at Gy ah, where there are several majestic 
ruins. At Muddenpoor, a village in the neighbour- 
hood of Gyah, we visited a Hindoo temple, formerly in 
high repute, though now in a state of dilapidation. 
There are several small trees growing out of the tower, 
which rises to a great height above the body of the 
building, and has four elliptical sides with convex sur- 
faces. It is divided into two stories, and surmounted 
by a small fluted dome, which makes a graceful ter- 
mination. The main edifice is square, and adorned 
with two handsome porticos, one at the eastern, the 
other at the western extremity. The common en- 
trance is on the south side, through a narrow door- 
way, over which are some rude carvings. On the fore- 
ground, about twenty yards from the south-western 
angle of the building, is an elegant but massy stone 
column from fifteen to twenty feet high: — for what 
purpose it was erected does not now appear to be 
known. It is hexagonal for the first four feet from 
the base, when the squares increase in number ; but 
towards the top the pillar is perfectly round, and sur- 
mounted by a plain square capital. 
