Picturesque Nepal . roof of the highest of these isplated with copper-gilt, and the whole iscrowned by a gilt finial and umbrella. Theindividuals who subscribe to the support ofthe temple or shrine seem to vie with oneanother in their donations of artistic acces-sories, and it is not unusual to see in veryrichly endowed edifices one dragon or bannerplaced in front of another in the order inwhich these objects have been received by thecustodian of the building. A very attractiveaddition to the gilded roof of the pagoda isa kind of pendant escutcheon of embossed metalhanging from the pinnacle ov
Picturesque Nepal . roof of the highest of these isplated with copper-gilt, and the whole iscrowned by a gilt finial and umbrella. Theindividuals who subscribe to the support ofthe temple or shrine seem to vie with oneanother in their donations of artistic acces-sories, and it is not unusual to see in veryrichly endowed edifices one dragon or bannerplaced in front of another in the order inwhich these objects have been received by thecustodian of the building. A very attractiveaddition to the gilded roof of the pagoda isa kind of pendant escutcheon of embossed metalhanging from the pinnacle over the cave, andwhich can only be described as bearing astrong resemblance to an ancient watch-fobof giant proportions. But the effect of thisconception, bearing in its centre a medallionwith the particular divinity worshipped at theshrine, hammered out in high relief, is opulentin the extreme. Although the pagoda is embellished withmuch decoration that is pre-eminently sym-bolic, it does not appear that the general.
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