"The neighbourhood is crowded with sacred sites, which for many generations have been reverenced as the traditional scenes of Krishna's adventures ; but, thanks to Muhammadan. intolerance, there is not a single building of any antiquity either in the city itself or its environs. Its most famous temple — that dedicated to Kesava Deva — was destroyed as already mentioned, in 1669, the eleventh year of the reign of the icnoclastic Aurangzeb. The mosque erected on its ruins is a building of little architectural value, but the natural advantages of its lofty and isolated position render it a striking feature in the landscape."