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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kinem" data-source="post: 4733459" data-attributes="member: 24234">Th corridor leads into an open-sided porch, from which you can see the rocky bottom of the cliff hundreds of feet below.  It  has a yellow clay floor and a roof decorated with many carvings of flowers and leering faces. In the center of the porch is a 5’ wheel, hung vertically on a pole. The wheel is carved with writing (prayers) and hung with small bells. The wheel is fastened by its axle and may be spun easily.Father Fuller remembers that there used to be a small monkey sitting on top of the wheel, tied to the pole by a long chain, who had been trained to turn the wheel (ringing the bells) whenever any creature other than a monk entered the porch area.  There is no sign of the monkey now.The concealed door in the temple wall leads to a room is hung with costly painted silks and carpeted with furs. There is a strong animal smell.  There is a passageway leading to the tunnels here, as well as a door leading to the rest of the temple.In one corner stands a small shrine. There are several unlit candles around it. This used to be where Father Fuller had a shrine to Amaunator, but his sun symbol has been replaced by a small marble statue of a demonic deity.</blockquote>