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The Rains at Kopari. 
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and ancient well, was probably the garden; and the three buildings 
themselves, the cells of the vihara, or monastery, for the use of 
whose inhabitants the tank was apparently dug. 
Building A now presents the appearance of a ruined Siva temple, 
at a is a large ling a of chlorite, still worshipped ; a smaller ling a lies 
close to it. At h is a large well-carved statue of Durga, and 
another of Nandi on the top of Durgd’s slab. Both are compara¬ 
tively new and in good preservation. At c comes in the newer 
Yishnu worship in the shape of a statue which, though defaced, is 
considered by natives to be Lakshmi, though some considered it to 
be Bhavani. At a is a rath , which, is still used on the Bath Ja- 
tra. These last objects are quite modern and connected with 
Baladeva’s temple in the village, to whom, in the opinion of the 
present inhabitants, the whole of the ruins are sacred, in spite of 
the lingas and statue of Durga. 
At the foot of the hills close by are the remains of a large fort 
of mud, and on the hill side high up is a cave temple called that 
of Bharua Debi, a name probably corrupted from Bhairava, as 
that of an adjoining cave, Basudi, is probably from Basuki. I 
could not visit these temples on account of the dense jungle, but 
the sculptures and statues which have been brought from them, 
to adorn the village shrine at the foot of the hills, are a strange 
medley, comprising one or two Durgas, a Narsinglia avatar, and 
several minor idols. 
