TOUR FROM SOURARAYA, THROUGH KEDIRI, &C. 24i 
the crown of the edifice. These are the figures of Griffins or 
Garudas, facing on all sides away from the building, and on 
the top of their heads and tips of outspread wings bearing 
the entablature of the summit of the temple. A few of these 
occupy each of the four facades. 
The summit forms a flat square about 20 feet each way, 
but the centre part instead of being composed of hewn rock, 
like all the exterior part of the edifice, is found occupied with 
brick work, nor has this been originally built up solid, en¬ 
compassing a square area in the midst. The trench is about 
4 feet deep, and it as well as the recesses are entirely built up 
of brick without apertures, inequalities or any other marks 
on the walls to indicate for what purpose it can have served. 
The centre compartment also entirely of brick, has been 
originally solid, but the middle has been quarried and broken 
out the depth of 3 or 4 feet with crow bars in search of 
bidden treasure, and to this our attendants pleaded guilty, but 
confessed that their labour had been in vain, having found 
only some small object like a ram’s horn. The trenches had 
been encumbered with earth, and cleared out by order of our 
friend Daup. 
To what religion, or whose peculiar worship has this temple 
been dedicated ? There is nothing about it at present, to 
explain either of these questions. The ornamental sculpture 
not being mythological forms no clue on this score. Budha 
himself is not seen, any more than any of the Hindu deities. 
An inference however, may be drawn that the worship was 
Brahminical and not Budbistic from the circumstance that in 
the sculpture on the middle compartment, the holy man ad¬ 
dressing the queen on more than one occasion, wears his hair 
and a flowing beard which no priest or devotee of Budha 
would do. The Garudas set round the upper story are the 
distinguishing fabulous birds of Vishnu, but Dr. Horsfield, 
who visited the place in 1815 tells us, when speaking of the 
top of the temple, “Here the figure of Brama (the recha 
with four faces) is placed alone, of a workmanship and finish 
superlatively excellent.” This statue has disappeared from, 
the top of the temple, nor does it exist amongst those which 
are seen below ; its fine workmanship has very likely caused 
it to be removed by some modern plundering vandal. It is 
said that the Hindus do not build temples to Brama, but if 
some of these people had colonised this part of Java, either 
allured by the fine rich country or driven out of India by 
internal wars, they may have wished to perpetuate the re¬ 
membrance of their chief deity by consecrating to him so 
elaborate an edifice, The word Panataran will admit of a 
