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XL. Description of the Great Pagoda of Madura, the Choultry of Trimul Naik, in a Letter from Mr. Adam Blackader, Surgeon, to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S. F. A. S.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 July 2012
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During my residence in India, I was stationed for several years at Madura, on the Coromandel coast, about three hundred miles from Fort St. George, and about seventy miles from the sea.
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page 452 note [a] Mortar made of pounded alabaster or shells beat, mixed with thin syrup 20 make it adhere.
page 453 note [b] Every temple, whose revenues can afford it, has a set of dancing girls and music men dependent on it, who are slaves to the pagodas, and bear the mark of the temple, which is a trident burnt on their right arm. They do not reside in the temple, but must attend whenever required. The number of girls attached to this temple at Madras is about 300.
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