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In plain words

In the southern temple is a beautiful stone image of Kali. The Mother's name is Bhavatarini, She who carries souls across the sea of the world. The floor of the shrine is laid with white and black marble, and a high altar with steps rises from it. On the altar is a thousand-petalled lotus of silver, and on it lies Siva, as though lifeless, his head to the south and his feet to the north. Siva's figure is carved in white stone. On his heart stands this beautiful three-eyed image of the dark Mother Syama Kali in stone, dressed in Banaras silk and adorned with many ornaments. On Her lotus feet are anklets, gujri and pancham, panjeb and toe rings, with red hibiscus and bel leaves. Women of the west country wear the panjeb; the Paramahamsa longed to see it on Her, so Mathur Babu had it put on. On the Mother's arms are gold bangles, amulets and other ornaments: at the wrist, bala, coconut-flower bracelets, painche and bauti; on the upper arm, tar, amulets and armlets, with the tassels of the amulets swinging. At Her throat a close necklace, a seven-strand string of pearls, a thirty-two-strand chain of gold, a necklace of stars and a garland of heads wrought in gold; on Her head a crown; in Her ears kanbala and kanpash earrings, flower-shaped drops, chaudani studs and little golden fish. In Her nose a nose ring and a pendant. In Her two left hands the three-eyed Mother holds a human head and a sword; Her two right hands make the gestures of granting boons and dispelling fear. Round Her waist a girdle of human hands, nim-fruit ornaments and a waistband. In the north-east corner of the shrine is a richly made bed, where the Mother rests. A whisk of yak tail hangs on one side of the wall; how many times Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna fanned the Mother with it! On the lotus seat on the altar stands a silver tumbler of water. Below are rows of small pots, among them water for Syama to drink. On the lotus seat, to the west, is a lion cast in eight metals, and to the east an iguana and a trident. At the south-east corner of the altar is a jackal, to the south a bull of black stone, and at the north-east corner a swan. On the steps up to the altar, on a small silver throne, is the Narayana stone; to one side, an image of Sri Ramachandra called Ramlala, cast in eight metals, which the Paramahamsa received from a sannyasi, and a Banesvara Siva. Other deities are there too. The image of the Goddess faces south. Exactly in front of Bhavatarini, that is, just south of the altar, a sacred jar has been installed: smeared with vermilion, decked after worship with many flowers and hung with garlands, the jar of blessing. On one side of the wall is a copper ewer full of water, for the Mother to wash Her face. Above is the canopy of the shrine, and behind the image hangs a fine piece of Banaras cloth. At the four corners of the altar stand silver pillars, and on them a costly canopy that adds to the beauty of the image. The temple has two chambers. Several openings of the hall are secured with strong doors, and a watchman sits by one of them. At the door of the shrine, in a five-part vessel, is the holy water from the Mother's feet. The temple roof is crowned with nine spires: four on the lowest tier, four on the middle tier and one above all. One spire is now broken. In this temple and in the shrine of Radhakanta the Paramahamsa performed worship.