The renowned engraver Bernard Picart numbered vignettes on this print to correlate with a descriptive key at the bottom. Below is the English transcription of the key printed on Claude du Bosc’s copy of Picart’s engraving. It includes descriptions of three temples, which Picart called “Pagods.” He noted that the central temple was dedicated to “Mamaniva,” a local goddess. Inside appears to be only the head of a sculpture, rather than a full figure. It is possible that a shrine was built around this fragment, as depicted in the print, or that it was an invention of the engraver. The other temples are dedicated to Rama, an avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu and hero of the epic Ramayana.

Picart sought to give specific designations to the renouncers depicted in the print. “Faquir” (fakir) typically denotes a Muslim religious mendicant, while “Bramin” (Brahmin) refers to a member of the highest of the four Hindu castes or a Hindu priest. However, here Picart used both terms more broadly or misapplied them. He seems to use “faquir” as a general term to describe ascetics including Hindu devotees, and the term “Brahmin” is applied to a figure from the Jain religion.