All the houses and palaces have very broad sloping roofs and terraces.

The innumerable temples afford a proof of the wealth and piety of the inhabitants of this town.
Every Hindoo in good circumstances has a temple in his house, i.e., a small tower, which is frequently only twenty feet high.
The Hindoo temples consist properly of a tower thirty or sixty feet in height, without windows, and having only a small entrance.

They appear, especially at a distance, very striking and handsome, as they are either artistically sculptured or richly covered with projecting ornaments, such as pinnacles, small columns, pyramids, leaves, niches, etc.
Unfortunately, many of these beautiful buildings are in ruins.

The Ganges here and there undermines the foundations, and palaces and temples sink into the soft earth or fall entirely down.

Miserable little huts are in some places built upon these ruins, and disfigure the fine appearance of the town, for even the ruins themselves are still beautiful.
At sunrise, a spectacle is to be seen at the river which has not its counterpart in the world.