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The relations of the boy approach him with a new basket, containing five measures of uncooked rice, pulse, ghl, etc. , and a quarter of a rupee one fanam, as it is generally desig- nated. The priest sits near the water-course, and lights a fire on the bank. Perfumes are thrown profusely into it, and this is almost the only ceremony before the fire. The boys, whose turn it is to receive the linga that day, are all directed to bathe in the river. A plantain leaf, cut into one foot square, is plac...ed in front of the fire towards the east of it. The lingas, kept in readiness by the parents of the boys, are now received by the priest, and placed on the leaves. The boys are asked to wash them each one the linga meant for his wearing in water and milk. Then comes the time for the expendi- ture of all the collected milk of the morning. Profusely the white fluid is poured, till the whole rivulet is nothing but a stream of milk. After the lingas are thus washed, the boys give them to the priest, who places them in his left palm, and, covering them with his right, utters, with all the solemnity due to the occasion, the following BADAGA 92 incantation, while the boys and the whole village assem- bled there listen to it with the most profound respect and veneration ' Oh !
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