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The next morning Saturday we got a real carriage and went first to see the big Banyan tree. It is the second largest in India and was a wonder. It must have covered a space as big as a city block. The book says 70 ft circumference. Sometimes women get the devil in them, folks say so, and the women themselves believe they have a devil and they ought to know. Then they come to this tree and hang up little offerings and pray to the spirit of the tree and the devils are driven out! We didn't have time to get ours extracted so we have them yet. We visited the old palace of Tirumala Layak and then visited the great temple which we had come to see. It was built in 1623...