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the villages to the city markets, and in this the mind
and the eye can perceive, perhaps, the growth of a mere
fishing village into a metropolis. Time passes though
traditions remain.

"To market, to market "....to Crawford Market
Crowds pass every day through fche wings of this spacious
structure; housewives and servants, city-dwellers and
. tourists, Indians and foreigners; in brief, all sorts of
people from all sorts of places. Small wonder they
.all come to Crawford Market, for here, everything is
available and. everybody can be served; such a buying
and selling and bargaining and arguments. Here are
all things from the necessities of life to the articles
de luxe^ from green cabbages to face creams.

Around, the pretty Jumma Masjid with its
impresive minarets and white marble dome are fihe
streets lined with booths and. shops that sell saris,
swadeshi goods, cotton piece-goods, wollen material,
ready-made articles, cutlery and crockery, footwear fit
for prince are peasant, and many thosands of things
manufactured all over the world.

Follow the crowds from these godowns and markets
to and through Bhnleshwar and they will lead to
perhaps the most congested quarter of Bombay.
Bhuleshwar's narrow lanes and streets, paved with
flagstones, are crowded with hawkers and merchants
whose shops purvey anything that glitters, from tinsel
to pure gold lace. There -are many small shrines and
many -well-known temples in this area;' to them, since
Bhuleshwar was famous, have came the pilgrims
and pigeons that abound, in temple, tower, and
building where the people of Bhnleshwar dwell. ThQ