Oriental Scenery/Part 2/Plate 20

by Thomas Daniell and William Daniell

No. XX.

THE GREAT PAGODA, TRITCHINOPOLY.

This Pagoda, or temple, is a south-western view of the same edifice, which, taken from the north, appears in the preceding plate. Its exterior form is very much unlike the style that generally prevails in the Hindoo temples: being remarkably plain, and without any decoration excepting the top of the walls, along which are arranged idols of various denominations; and that part of its interior which may be entered by Europeans retains the same unornamented appearance.

This view is taken from an elevated situation on a part of the rock where many of the Bramins reside.

The great Pagoda, Tritchinopoly.