Indian Antiquary Vol 55

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Stephen Meredyth Edwardes, Krishnaswami Aiyangar
Publisher: Swati Publications

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Plate 1
Indian Antiquary
SPIRIT WORSHIP IN THE NILGIRIS
(A Spirit-porsessell Family)
1. The father, the Pajari. 2. The mother. 3. The elder son, a farmer. 4. The younger son, possessed by Mariamma, the Goddess of Cholera. 5. The daughter, possessed by Kaniamma, the Maiden Goddess. 6. The grand-daughter, in partial possession. Behind the figures is the hut of wooden supporta covered with a bamboo-mat roof in which
the images of Mariamma and Kaniamma aro kept.