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... shrine to this deity on the outskirts of Rampur . On the evening of the sixth of Cait , wheat porridge sweetened with brown sugar is cooked by women of the Jat , Brahman , Baniya , and Camar castes . This food is set aside uneaten ...
... shrine to this deity on the outskirts of Rampur . On the evening of the sixth of Cait , wheat porridge sweetened with brown sugar is cooked by women of the Jat , Brahman , Baniya , and Camar castes . This food is set aside uneaten ...
Page 201
... shrine are filled with porridge by the worshippers . If a veil is left behind for the goddess , it is taken by a female sweeper attached to the woman who made the vow . Sometimes small pigs are left as offerings to the goddess , and ...
... shrine are filled with porridge by the worshippers . If a veil is left behind for the goddess , it is taken by a female sweeper attached to the woman who made the vow . Sometimes small pigs are left as offerings to the goddess , and ...
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... shrine is near a pond whose mud is believed to be sacred . Everyone who goes to worship there digs up some mud from the bed of the pond . Offerings of sweets ( laddus and patasas ) are made at the shrine , and a ghi lamp is lit there ...
... shrine is near a pond whose mud is believed to be sacred . Everyone who goes to worship there digs up some mud from the bed of the pond . Offerings of sweets ( laddus and patasas ) are made at the shrine , and a ghi lamp is lit there ...
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Caste and the Jajmani System | 55 |
Land Tenure and Economics | 87 |
A Study of Factions Within Castes | 113 |
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