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The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India,...

9. Festivals.

Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)
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The Jogis worship Siva, and their principal festival is the Shivrātri, when they stay awake all night and sing songs in honour of Gorakhnāth, the founder of their order. On the Nāg-Panchmi day they venerate the cobra and they take about snakes and exhibit them.

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The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 3, Project Gutenberg eBook #41424

8. Burial. 10. Caste subdivisions.