At Gwalior are a number of Hindu temple-caves. The precipitous sides of the great mountain are cut and carved into hundreds of statues, from one foot to forty feet high, and deep recesses in which they seem hidden away. One of these caves was probably made about 300 years after Christ. After passing through several archways we stand before three idols, each twenty feet high. The worship of these has long since ceased, and they only remain to show us what the people of India worshiped hundreds of years ago. More than a thousand years before this cave was excavated, and over twenty-five hundred years ago, another great cave was prepared at Gwalior, that of Ourwhai. This is an old Jain temple. For about 800 feet, the hard surface of the rock has been dressed so as to form a smooth wall, and the lower part of this wall has been excavated, and there the statues were sculptured. First there are nine gigantic statues, each thirty feet high, placed in niches. Behind these is a small chamber containing another great statue in a lying position. From this chamber a door leads into a tank. Following the paved foot-path which surrounds this tank, you come to another and larger chamber, which is specially dedicated to the statue of Adinath, thirty-five feet high. Around the idol are rich sculptures, and on the cushion on which it sits is a long inscription. This mountain contains twelve rooms, in each of which are from one to nine statues; most of these are from twenty to thirty feet high. For nearly ten miles around this mountain are bas-reliefs, statues and excavations. There is a natural tendency among the superstitious people to seek places of darkness for the observances of their religious rites. Oftentimes the priests are enabled to impose on the credulity of the people much more easily when they add some element of weirdness or mystery to their strange religious performances. [Illustration: IMAGE OF GANESHA.] [Illustration: ANNUAL BOAT-FESTIVAL OF GANESHA, ON THE GANGES.] [Illustration: A WAYSIDE IDOL OF GANESHA, GOD OF WISDOM.] GANESHA, GOD OF WISDOM. Another exceedingly popular idol of the Hindus is that of Ganesha, the God of Wisdom. It is partly in the shape of a man and partly in the shape of an elephant. The children in the schools are taught to worship it, and it is adored by all who wish to become acquainted with Hindu learning and so-called wisdom. The images of this god are not only found in the temples and schools, and at the corners of the streets in the cities, but also under the trees on country roadsides.