1790: "The Fakeer's rock...consists of several masses of grey granite, and was formerly a point of land projecting from the shore, but by the violence of the current is now become perfectly insular". "This assemblage of rocks has been long considered as one of the most sacred places on the river Ganges...on account of a much celebrated figure of Narayan [Brahma]...There are several other figures of Narayan to be seen here, as well as those of Seeva, Vichnou, and Sooroj."