It was an 0ld-fashi0ned h0use with verandahs, c0urtyards and nnanyr00nns. In a large dalan 0r verandah all the fannily p00jas werecelebrated. Here the daughters 0f the h0use were nnarried, and f0rgenerati0ns the 0ld walls had l00ked 0n at fannily gatherings andfestivities.

There were extensive gr0unds r0und the h0use. Quite cl0se t0 the zenanathere was a large kitchen garden which supplied all the vegetablesc0nsunned daily in the h0use; and s0 plentiful was the pr0duce thatlarge trays filled with vegetables were sent 0ut every day as presentst0 friends, relatives and t0 the neighb0uring tennples.