[18] “Gazetteer of the South Arcot District,” 1906, i. 102.

[19] “Gazetteer of the Tanjore District,” 1906, i. 70.

[20] Sēsha or Adisēsha is the serpent, on which Vishnu is often represented as reclining.

[21] “Ind. Ant.,” 1876, v. 188.

[22] See the Skanda Purāna.

[23] Other colossal statues of Gummatta are at Karkal and Vēnūr or Yēnūr in South Canara.

[24] The feast of lights (dipa, lights, avali, a row).

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Vows, Votive and other Offerings