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26 these unholy sacrifices. People were filled with alarm, when it was reported that an earthquake had disturbed the Kalyan Taluka. A fortress on the Ghats was believed to have suffered injury from the influence of evil sight, and another fortress, a few years later, was rendered unfit for occupation by the prevalence of an accountable disease. In all these three cases, steps were taken to pacify the elements by general purification. The donee of a J zuhagir Village prayed to Government to resume the grant and exchange it for some other, as the gift became undesirable on account of the prevalence of evil spirits. Partial and local famines gave frequent trouble in those days, and large sums were spent in em ploying Brahmins to drown the gods, or pour Water Over them fOl days and weeks together. Sacrifice of buffaloes to a goddess at Trimbak, which had been stopped for some years, was resumed by the order of the Government at the instance of Brahmin devotees. When a maneating tiger appeared on the Saptashringi Hill in the Nasik District, the Kamavisdar was ordered to Consult the pleasure of the goddess, and if she consented, to employ men to shoot it. A lizard having fallen on the bod y of the idol at Pandharpur, a great penance was ordered in which Brahmins took part. The sale of cows to butchers was strictly prohibited throughout the country. Some Mahomedans, who were guilty of breaking the flow were severely punished, and a Brahmin, Who cut off the taif of a ဝow was sent to prison. The revival of the t sacrifice, lasting over many ဖျွိ ဇီးူးမျိုးမျိုး ဖြိုးမျိုးဖွံ့ဖြိုးမျိုးဖြိုးမျိူးမြို့ Government by the Supply CCS Were Sಿ : ron y le necessary articles in cash anc kind, Costing several thousands of rupees. Shrines and temples multi 'ಲ್ಲ! Poona, and the last portion of the Selections gives αρίνο salo temples, which were of sufficient importance to re9P in 1810-1811, The relative popularity of the several the analysis which shows that there were 52 temples of Maruti the attendant of Rama, while Rama himself had 18 } temples dedicated to Vishnu were 9, to Withoba 'ನ್ತ l2. Rama and Krishna incarnations had thus The most popular gods with the Brahmi M Pullarg Tahmins were ahadeo who had 40 temples, and Ganpati who had 36 temples. J udged 器 the : of temples, the worshippers of Shiva and Vishnu were ULIS near y equal. The old aboriginal gods had in all 82 places of WOrshino: the Devi had 10 Dattatraya had only one VOrship; temple for his OI" 1S WOTS Εheτο νομο 8 places of Mahomedan Dargas held in Veneration ship, and l.