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PERWUTTUN

Volume 17 · 84 words · 1842 Edition

a village on the southern shore of the river Krishna, in a wild tract of almost uninhabited country. Here is a remarkable pagoda, wherein there is an idol, which is shown by the reflected light of a brass speculum, and can only be seen as the flashes fall on it. The pagodas, choutries, and courts, are enclosed by a wall which is covered with a great variety of sculpture. It is 118 miles south from Hyderabad. Long. 78. 40. E. Lat. 15. 57. N.