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300 PIETRO DELLA VALLE AT AHMADABAD returned by the same way we came to the street of the great market. From whence we went to see a famous temple of Mahedeu, to which there is hourly a great concourse of people, and the street which leads to it is always full, not onely of goers and comers to the THE RIVER SABARMATI AT AHMADABAD. Near its bank is an old temple of Mabadeva, or Siva. temple, but also of beggars who stand here and there asking alms of those that pass by. The building of this temple is small, the entrance narrow and very low, almost under ground; for you descend by many steps, and you would think you were rather going into a grotto than into a temple, and hence there is always a great crowd there. On high hung a great number of bells, which are rung every moment with great noise by those who come to worship. Within the temple con- tinually stand many naked Gioghi, having onely their