Chap. XXV LI. WAKE— SHIRWUL. 469 



overhead before giving place to other devotees. Nearly 

 opposite Vishnu's temple is another to his wife Lakshmi. 



We afterwards walked through the bazar, a busy inte- 

 resting scene, crowded with people. We saw exposed for 

 sale grains of all kinds in baskets, heaps of red ochre for 

 jiainting Gods and the sect-marks on the forehead,^ sweet- 

 meats, cotton cloths, muslins, and chatties of clay and 

 copper. Near the river there are five smaller temples to 

 Siva, each with its Nandi outside the door, and many sacred 

 peepul-trees, surrounded by walls of solid masonry. 



At sunset the view of Waee from the opposite side of the 

 river, with the temples reflected in the water, the thickets of 

 trees behind, and the crowds of people in snow-white cotton 

 dresses and red turbans, was enchanting. Waee derives its 

 great sanctity partly from being on the banks of the sacred 

 Krishna, and partly from the tradition that it was the 

 residence of the five Paudus, the favourite mythical heroes 

 of the Hindus, during part of the time of their exile. The 

 people still have many tales respecting their deeds, especially 

 those of Bhima, who was the biggest and strongest of the 

 five. A peak rising above the dried-up barren line of 

 mountains behind the town is called after them PandugJiur. 

 The temples of Waee were chiefly built, about a century ago, 

 by the head of a wealthy Mahratta family named Rastia. 



From Waee we travelled over dried-up plains, with arid 

 desolate hills in the distance, and reached the village of 

 Shirwul at early dawn. There were a few banyans near the 

 road, and some babool-trees {Acacia Arabica) dotted about 

 over the plain. The babool-tree in the Deccan has the same 



^ Every Hindu wears a sect-mark i latter wearing liis mark horizontal, 

 on his forehead. These marks are and the former purpendicuhir. Any 

 thick daubs of white earth, red ochre, ' conical or triangular mark is a symbol 

 or sandal-wood, and there are several ' of the Uiujd. Two ix-rpendicular Hues 

 forms according to the diiierent sects, and a dot between, denotes a wor- 

 Tlie grand distinctions are between shipper of Vishnu as Rama or Krishna, 

 worshippers of Vishuu and Siva, tlie &c. &c. 



