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In anticipation of a visit from Aurangzib, tiro image of the god was 
transferred to Jaypur, and the Gosaiu of the temple there has ever since 
been regarded as the head of the endowment. The name of the present in- 
cumbent is Syam Sundar, who has two agents resident at Brinda-ban. 
There is said to be still in existence at Jaypur the original plan of the temple, 
shewing its seven towers, but there is a difficulty in obtaining any de- 
finite information on the subject. However, local tradition is fully agreed as 
to their number and position ; while their architectural character can be 
determined beyond a doubt by comparison with the smaller temples of the 
same age and style, the ruins of which still remain. It is therefore not a 
little strange that of all the architects who have described this famous 
building, not one has noticed this, its most characteristic feature : the 
harmonious combination of dome and spire is still quoted as the great crux 
of modem art, though nearly 300 years ago the difficulty was solved by 
the Hindds with characteristic grace and ingenuity. 
It is much to bo regretted that this most interesting monument has 
not been declared national property and taken under the immediate protec- 
tion ol Government. At present no care whatever is shewn for its preserva- 
tion : large trees are allowed to root themselves in the fissures of the walls, 
and in the course of a few more years the damage done will be irreparable! 
As a modern temple under the old dedication has been erected in the 
precincts, no religious prejudices would be offended by the state’s appropria- 
tion of the ancient building. If any scruples were raised, the objectors 
might have the option of themselves undertaking the necessary repairs. 
But it is not probable that they would accept the latter alternative ; for 
though the original endowment was very large, it has been considerably 
reduced by mismanagement, and the ordinary annual income is now 
estimated at no more than Rs. 17,500,* the whole of which is absorbed 
in the maintenance of the modern establishment. 
The next temple to be described, viz. that of Madan Mohan, one of 
Krishna’s innumerable titles, stands at the upper end of the town on the river- 
bank near the Kali-mardan Ghat, where the god trampled on the head of the 
great serpent Kali, It consists of a nave 57 feet long, with a choir of 20 
feet square at the west end, and a sanctuary of the same dimensions beyond. 
The total height of the nave would seem to have been only about 22 feet, 
but its vaulted roof has entirely disappeared : the upper part of the choir 
tower has also been destroyed. That surmounting the sacrarium is a lofty 
octagon of curvilinear outline tapering towards the summit ; and attached to 
its south side is a tower-crowned chapel of precisely similar elevation, and 
differing only in the one respect that its exterior surface is enriched with 
, , * 0f ‘lT smn only Rs ' <t > 500 are derivod from laud and house property : the 
balance of Rs. 13,000 is made up by votive offerings. 
