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While pilgrims circumambulate the stupa, monkeys, dogs, and pigeons clamber about and forage for scraps of food offerings in small altars set in the foundation.
On the side of the stupa opposite the stairs is a very popular pagoda temple to Hariti Devi, a Hindu goddess who protects against smallpox and children’s diseases.
To the left of this (remember to walk clockwise around the stupa) rise two shikara-style votive towers to Hindu deities.
The women are also responsible for one other characteristic of Indian “architecture” — cow-dung patties which are preserved and kept for fuel and artfully shaped into mounds with shapes that differ from region to region, some of them resembling a Buddhist stupa, a Hindu gopuram, or even a Moslem minaret.
Other temples of significant interest and variety are Big Bell Temple (Dazhongsi), with China’s leading collection of antique bells; Temple of the White Pagoda (Baitasi), with its newly renovated 13th century Tibetan stupa, China’s largest; Five Pagoda Temple (Wutasi), decorated with Indian-influenced sculptures; and White Clouds Daoist Temple (Baiyuanguan), where Beijingers of all ages crowd in to pray for good fortune at a variety of most unusual shrines.