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
