The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c17.s1.375

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The presiding divinity of the temple is named Sākṣī Gopāla, ‘the witness Gopāla’. The image ( of stone ) is about five feet high, standing erect, with the hands hanging by the sides. Its colour is grey, and not bluish black, which the name Gopāla would suggest. When I saw it at dawn it had no ornament on it and the dress was limited to a *dhuti* and a *chādar*. To its left stood an image of Rādhā, a little over four feet high. The sacred vessels and utensils in the temple were poor. When the doors of the sanctuary were opened, I saw in it a bedstead duly furnished, and close by it, a betel-box, an urn, and a spittoon, which were intended for the use of the divinities. The images, however, are too heavy to be put to bed. They are never moved from the stone pedestal on which they are placed.