, 1875-12-10
,JUGGEIeNAUT.
Tho GFent 11indon Temple Tun1oIislH
80 EtccGA+

Th0 Great 1Q1N0ON TDHp1G TuN1D11NH
80 Ftecca.
India CoYTfspottt.nte Lotaon T3nes.
An ovcnt OF some importance Inns recently oc-
cured in connection will, tue Ton,plo OF Juggor.
naut; it has already excited considerable ntsr-
ost in Orsissa md Bonga, mud will hc boiore long
the Bubject OF conversation in erory town aud
villsgo In Northern and Western India.
Throughout tho Whola OF tho Empire
there is nc shrine 30 sacred AZ Fuorce, and no
spot whore Il deyous 1Itudao would rashss ,.so
than beneath tho shadow OF tlts grel: fa,le.
Whnt Palestine and its Temple wcre 10 tho Jat,
Olrlsaa and ,ta Templo aro 10 q uladoo. Tia
native VI Northern tn1ia especially reelB that
until 10 has taken tue pilgrimage. tile ono gseat
lcturus homo aud tells how he l,na bathrd III
tin sacred water. ate of tho sacred food sat
bencAth tho shadow Of tho tloe. ha Ii
looked upon AZ dlttnfous boing. Tho tem-
OF tho noncy OF Our timcs. ia literally black with
ago. The storms OF nearly soVon centur Gu.
which aro often 20 violons in tho bay Of D,uHa'.
hayo produced little impression Upon II, and
Until! foW woeks Rgo 1t gooneJ as likely t. ro-
main ~ tuany centuries nurc. hlauy Of tho
largo temples ln the l'foyitcs aro now in 1uas.
but thcy have aot fallen Though tie wcar
aud tear Of time. A Dllont bas otoetnal
power has boon tho caus5 OF this drHtruc-
tion. Tho sced4 Of tho pcopul aud bangan
trees have eot iuto the foundations. These
have taken root; tho sap1ing has forced ,ts way
through tue ilssurea Of tic atonoB, aud ln pru-
cess OF ye4ra tho whole fabric ilas been louseu.
Cd, and eventually brought down, aud 1t soeu,A
probable that lhe Trnlplo OF JuEgornnns Will
Hharo tho Hamo fato. At tho Into car festivals,
ns Boon III thu idpis mad bern iaknn from
thois shroncs for t4elr auul1al axcurHiou,
several largo stonoa from tho innor roof
fell On tho platform. Had they fallen q
foW mtnlises earlier t!lo idols would have boon
shatterod to atoms, and in all probability taere
would have bnsu Kr1as luBa OF iito. Yhu Fcsi-
dent MagiBtrate Hppliad to the Governor for IN
engineer 10 inspect tho damaGe. This was
found to DO very difficult task, III tho temple
la 30 dark. There arc no apertuEea for tho
light; five or six lights aso kopt burning in
thu daytime. aud, cyDu with these,
nothing IL Visible but The idols. Fans hnye
boon prepared and an estimate las beon made OF
tho cost. 1t iB but very rarely taas templta ate
repaired, aud tho sound Of tie chleel aud tic
hammer on the top OF this Rreat temple will do
morn to Henkon the fath Of tho liindoo in jug
gernsut thsn ANYTHING that has occcurroa In the
preseut generation. There will bp no 'ncA of
moncy for any ostsmate. NJ the priests
are very woalthy. md tho annual ill
oo,uo Of the tomp!e il raid to amount TO
.cG800 Tho question WHICH IL agltasinB al
prlesta is, whnt III to be done with tbo idols
while tho rcpa,tb arc boing maaef Tho osacers
Ut tho tempo arc most anxious to have tho
dols restored 10 thor thrones. They propose
that An amer ceiling Of wood shall be made TO
protect tho idols nnd sho worsh!persi but there
would bo 90 much danger, should there bo
smother fall Of atones. that the 1tsIaa vii! NOT
pona1pk