Many of these buildings are covered with fine cement, and others are painted with miserable frescoes.
The streets are for the most part both dirty and ugly, and many of them are so narrow, that there is scarcely room for a palanquin to pass.

At the corner of almost every house stands the figure of the god Shiva.
Among the temples in the town, the handsomest is the "Bisvishas:" it has two towers connected by colonnades, with their summits covered with golden plates.

The temple is surrounded by a wall, but we were allowed to enter the fore-court, and to go as far as the entrance.
We saw inside several images of Vishnu and Shiva, wreathed with flowers, and strewn over with grains of rice, wheat, etc.

Small bulls of metal or stone stood in the porch, and living white bulls (of which I counted eight) wandered about at liberty.

The latter are considered sacred, and are allowed to roam where they please, and are not prevented from satisfying their hunger with even the sacrificial flowers and corn.
These sacred animals do not remain in the temples only--they wander about the streets; and the people turn reverently out of their way, and frequently give them fodder.