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JULY, 1894.]
THE DEVIL WORSHIP OF THE TULUVAS.
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Sankara Baidya's house was at Nandana Vana, where they put up. A dream came to the Bairagis, while they slept that night, in which the Bhůta Kåla-Bhairava said :-"I want a sanam here."
They got up next day, brought one of the three stones from the fire-place in which they had cooked, and established that Bhûta in the stone and prayed to him :
"You had better make the acquaintance of the villagers here and get your food, and offerings from then."
They left that place and passed by Nandana Vana, and came to a place called Pulinkedi. mar, where there was an old fort, which they passed by. There was a bidu at & place called Nandere-bettu in the village of Ambadadi, which they passed through, and then they came to Kudigrama Magne. They passed by the temple at Perivedi, by the village of Tumbai, and came to the village of Tujer. They passed by Kirodibannakute Barke, where there was a nameless tree, under which they put up. That night they had a dream that the Bhůta wanted & sanam and that a feast was to be performed. They arose next day and prayed to him : "Take your food and have a feast in your honour here."
They established there a stone, which was one of the three stones from their fire-place. Then they left the Kirodibannakutê Barke and passed by the Varadekvara Temple, and by the water-course at Arkule, and then by Addyara Magne. They passed by a stream at Maikal, and then by Surakula Janana Biļu, where there was a kambla, and they visited the hut of a Bhata called Manjagabbe Deva in the corner of the field. A Bhata called Giravu met them at Ganada-bettu, and they saw him. Then they passed by Nantur Kari Bettu, and came to a tank called Kattale Puvodi Kedu, which is at Bazal, where they took a bath, washed away their ashes, and left as soon as they had bathed. They saw sone girls at Bajal [(?) Bazal], and they stood awhile at the ferry of Bajal. Then they sat down in the boat which came first, and crossed the Bajal ferry. They went to Pariyala Magne, and leaving it passed by a stone which was used for putting flowers on. They passed by Bolma Yerandale Patta, and by Mulara-guttu, and by the kamblá at Mulara. Then they ascended the hill of Kallada, and passed by Mair Mendyar, visiting the Bhata of the Badamakula at Badar.
At that time the sun was setting, and so they lodged at a Kotakâr's house, where one Sankaru Baidyadi had put some rice in & pot and was washing it. When the four Bairagis came she stopped washing the rice, ran to the house, and gave them a handful of rice in a flat basket. When they saw it, they said :
“We are not beggars; we are travellers going to Malabar in the South. You had better give us five kondé of ricet out of what you are washing."
She gave it them and they put it into a vessel, boiled it and ate it up. They also made their beds there. In the morning they rose and called Sankaru Baidyadi, and told her to come near to them. She did so, and they asked her how many sons she had. She replied :
"I have only one, named Siddamarda Baidya.”
On which they said :-"We go to Malabar and shall return, and in the interval your son should not be married. On our return, we will teach him the details of our sdstram, and give him a mantra about a Bhuta. Until then he should not be married."
Having said thus, they went away in the morning. When they came to Sankaru she was poor, but no sooner had they gone than she became rich. Then the people of her village agreed together and also those of her caste, and having collected together they called Sankaru Bai. dyadi, and they said to her :"We wish to have your son married : what do you say to it?" A large paddy field.
* Four kondés = one ser.
