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68 CHAPTER IV.
a stagnant pool into which rubbish has been flung and
accumulated for many a long year.
On the road between Alamgir's mosque and Kritya-
baseshwar Temple may be observed two red temples
standing close together. One of these is known as
Ratneshwar, and contains an image of Mahadeva. The
other has figures of Hanuman (the monkey god), and
Mahadeva, There is a story that a certain official,
many years ago, wished to remove the temple because
it impinges so greatly on the road, but he had a vision
and desisted from carrying out his intention. Consider-
ing the multitude of temples in every direction, it is a
matter- for wonder that a piece of straight road has ever
been made. There are many places besides this where
temples impinge on the road or lane (notice a road
parallel to this to the west), but perhaps not quite so
assertively.
II. Arhdi Kangura ki Masjid.—This masjid lies at
a little distance off the main road to the Raj Ghat Rail-
way Station, on the left-hand side. How it came by its
name is not clear. Arhai means two and a half, and
Kangura means a dome. On the upper part of both
the doorway into the courtyard, and on the centre of
the masjid itself are carved two small Kanguras and half
of one. These, however, were probably carved to signify
the name af the mosque, and are not the cause of the
mosque being so called. It is possible that there was
on the same site, before the present mosque was built,
one that had three domes; in the course of time half
of one of the domes fell, and the musjid became known
as " the two and a half dome mosque." Later on a
new mosque was built but the old name lived on,
although the present mosque has but one Kangura.
The building is rather a fine one, and interesting by
reason of the fact that it appears to be largely built of
a stagnant pool into which rubbish has been flung and
accumulated for many a long year.
On the road between Alamgir's mosque and Kritya-
baseshwar Temple may be observed two red temples
standing close together. One of these is known as
Ratneshwar, and contains an image of Mahadeva. The
other has figures of Hanuman (the monkey god), and
Mahadeva, There is a story that a certain official,
many years ago, wished to remove the temple because
it impinges so greatly on the road, but he had a vision
and desisted from carrying out his intention. Consider-
ing the multitude of temples in every direction, it is a
matter- for wonder that a piece of straight road has ever
been made. There are many places besides this where
temples impinge on the road or lane (notice a road
parallel to this to the west), but perhaps not quite so
assertively.
II. Arhdi Kangura ki Masjid.—This masjid lies at
a little distance off the main road to the Raj Ghat Rail-
way Station, on the left-hand side. How it came by its
name is not clear. Arhai means two and a half, and
Kangura means a dome. On the upper part of both
the doorway into the courtyard, and on the centre of
the masjid itself are carved two small Kanguras and half
of one. These, however, were probably carved to signify
the name af the mosque, and are not the cause of the
mosque being so called. It is possible that there was
on the same site, before the present mosque was built,
one that had three domes; in the course of time half
of one of the domes fell, and the musjid became known
as " the two and a half dome mosque." Later on a
new mosque was built but the old name lived on,
although the present mosque has but one Kangura.
The building is rather a fine one, and interesting by
reason of the fact that it appears to be largely built of