India impressions, with some notes of Ceylon during a winter tour, 1906-7 [microform] . re soon in thetobacco-growing district, passing Dindigul with arock and an old fort upon it, not unlike Trichinopolyin character. Cigars of the district were offered atthe station, but we saw no tobacco crops near theline. We reached Madura about noon, in time fortiffin, and engaged a room at the station, which wasa great improvement as to beds and general ap-pointments on our recent bungalow sleeping-rooms were built out on a separatewino- which appeared to be new. They opened onto a corrid
India impressions, with some notes of Ceylon during a winter tour, 1906-7 [microform] . re soon in thetobacco-growing district, passing Dindigul with arock and an old fort upon it, not unlike Trichinopolyin character. Cigars of the district were offered atthe station, but we saw no tobacco crops near theline. We reached Madura about noon, in time fortiffin, and engaged a room at the station, which wasa great improvement as to beds and general ap-pointments on our recent bungalow sleeping-rooms were built out on a separatewino- which appeared to be new. They opened onto a corridor which led to a large open terrace, andwere in charge of a Eurasian woman. There wasalso a good dining-room at the station. It was tremendously hot, however, and we couldnot very well move out until after 4 oclock, whenhaving engaged a guide we drove out to see theoreat temple. Our bearer objected strongly to the MADRAS AND THE SOUTH 277 o-uide and there was some friction between them,but as native servants were prohibited from enter-ing the temples, and were always stopped at the. THE RIVALS. OUR MOONSAWMY AND THE MADURA GUIDE gates, Moonsawmy could not show cause why theguide was not necessary, and we found him veryintelligent, speaking English well, and having thehistory of the place at his fingers ends. The Madura temple is so remarkable and is onsuch a scale that I was anxious to get all theinformation about it I could. Mr Pillai (the guide) 278 INDIA IMPRESSIONS was very useful and well-informed, and he gave usmany interesting stories and details about thesculptured figures and paintings. There are four great pagoda-gates, richly carvedand painted, of the same type but larger thanthose at Tanjore and Trichinopoly. Evidentlythe Hindus had no scruples about colouring theirsculpture, and the colouring has been renewedfrom time to time. The prevailing tints used areturquoise blue, vermilion, yellow, white, and of the gates the guide pointed out was graniteup to th
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