 The Mela lasts several days, but three days are the limit of the religious festival. The first ceremony is the propitiation of the ocean, by casting into it various offerings, with short ejaculatory prayers ; the oblations are commonly cocoa-nuts, fruits,...  A statistical account of Bengal - Page 104by sir William Wilson Hunter - 1875Full view - About this book
 | Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland - Asia - 1848 - 558 pages
...Society, whilst in their possession, for 1200 rupees in the first year, and 2000 in the second. The Mela lasts several days, but three days are the limit of...ocean, by casting into it various offerings, with short ejacnlatory prayers; the oblations are commonly cocoa-nuts, fruits, or flowers; the most appropriate... | |
 | William Wilson Hunter - Bengal (India) - 1875 - 424 pages
...betel-nuts, black pepper, and the red powder that is scattered about at the vernal festival of the Hulf. A pandit in my employ, who had visited the meld, asserted...most appropriate gift is that of the five gems (panch ratt1a), consisting of a pearl or diamond, an emerald, a topaz, and a piece of coral, along with a... | |
 | India. Imperial Record Department - Fasts and feasts - 1914 - 140 pages
...shore of the Island of Saugor. The mela lasts for several days, but three days are the limit of the festival. The first ceremony is the propitiation of...ocean by casting into it various offerings with short prayers ; the oblations are commonly cocoanuts, fruits and flowers ; the most appropriate gift is that... | |
 | History - 1991 - 98 pages
...Society, whilst in their possession, for 1,200 rupees in the first year, and 2,000 in the second. The Mela lasts several days, but three days are the limit of...the most appropriate gift is that of the five gems, Pancha ratna, consisting of a pearl or diamond, an emerald, a topaz, and a piece of coral, along with... | |
 | Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland - Asia - 1848 - 768 pages
...Society, whilst in their possession, for 1200 rupees in the first year, and 2000 in the second. The Mela lasts several days, but three days are the limit of...the most appropriate gift is that of the five gems, Pancha ratna, consisting of a pearl or diamond, an emerald, a topaz, and a piece of coral, aJong with... | |
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