Indian Antiquary Vol 36

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple
Publisher: Swati Publications

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[FEBRUARY, 1907
and so enmity arose between them. The Dodra people then stole an image from the Kwara temple, but it disappeared and was found again in a pool in a cave. It then spoke by the mouth of its chela and declared that it would not live at Dödra and that the people must quit that place and accompany it elsewhere. So a body of men, Kanêts, Kolis and Türis, left Dödra and reached Dagôn, in Keônthal State, where was the temple of Jipûr, the god of the Raja's family. This temple the new god destroyed by lightning, and took possession of his residence. The men who had accompanied the god settled in this region and the cult of Kaneti prospered. Aicbå, a Brahman, was then wazfr of Ke3ntbal, and he made & vow that if his progeny increased, he would cease to worship Jipůr and affect Kanêți. His descendants soon numbered 1,500 houses. Similarly, the Bhalêr tribe made a vow to Kaneti, that if their repute for courage increased, they would desert Ji pûr.
4. The Cult of Deo Chand. Legend. - Deo Chand, the ancestor of the Kbanôgê sept of the Kanets, was wazir of Keônthal and once wished to celebrate a jag, so he fixed on an auspicious day and asked for the loan of Jungâ's image. This the pujdris refused bim, although they accepted his first invitation, and asked him to fix another day. Deo Chand could not do this or induce the pujarís to lend him the image, so he got a blacksmith to make a new one, and celebrated the jag, placing the image, which he named Deo Chand after himself, in & new temple. He proclaimed Deo Chand subordinate to Jangå, but in all other respects the temple is under separate management.
5. The Cult of Shaneti. There are two groups of Kanots, the Painoi or Paindi and the Shainti. Owing to some dispute with the pujdríe, the Shaintis made a separate god for themselves and called him Shandti.
6. The Cult of Mahanpha. The Chibhar Kanêts of Jatil pargand borrowed an image of Jung& and established a separate temple,
7. The Cult of Tira. Legend. - Tira is the god of the Jatik people, who are a sept of the Brahmans. A Tirů Brahman went to petition the Râjâ and was harshly treated, so he cut off his own head, whereupon his headless body danced for a time. The Brâhmans then made an image of Tîrû and he is now worshipped as the jathéra of the Jâtiks.
8. The Cult of Khateshwar. The Brahmans of Bhakar borrowed an image of JungA and built a seperate temple for it at a place called Kôti, whence the god's name.
9. The Cult of Chadei. The Nawawan sept of the Kanêts brought this god from pargand Ratësh and built his temple at Charol, whence the god's neme.
10. The Cult of Shanes and Jaa. Jungå on his birth made a tour through the Keônthal territory, and, having visited Shaint and Jall villages, ordered temples to be built in each of them. Shanei is subordinate to Jung, and Jad to Shandi. Both these temples are in the village of Koti.
11. The Cult of Dhora. A very ancient god of the Jai pargand of Keonthal. All the samindars, who affected Dharu, died childless. The temple is financed by the Rájás and the god is subordinate to Junga.
12. The Cult of Kalthi. The Chibbar sept of the Kanets affect this god. His temple is at a place called Kawalath.