Being sacred, they make themselves very free, and scramble around wherever they please.

The temple and its porch are beautifully carved, but this is not the case with the idol.

Bhowanee is not pleasant to look at.

She has a silver face, and a projecting swollen tongue painted a deep red.

She wears a necklace of skulls.
In fact, none of the idols in Benares are handsome or attractive.