[34] Journ. Anthrop. Soc., Bombay, ii. 272.

[35] “Gazetteer of the Madura District,” 1906, i. 86.

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

[37] “Hindu Manners, Customs, and Ceremonies” translation by H. K. Beauchamp, 1897, ii. 610.

[38] “Ind. Ant.,” 1880, ix. 152.

[39] “Mysore,” 1897, ii. 350.

[40] Madras Museum Bull., 1901, iii., No. 3, 266.

[41] The making of a shrine, Calcutta Review, 1899, cviii. 173–5.

[42] Bhūtha, or demon worship, prevails in South Canara, where the villages have their bhūtha sthānam or demon shrine.

[43] “Cochin Census Report,” 1901, part i. 25.