Show charity among tho the hindus it is lit at the period of the that the praz practice lice of charity is ia seen been in Us its fullest play in bengal men women woman and on 1 childen chIl child Ren roo the learned and the tha ignorant the tha rich and the be poor ill the a proud brahman and the despised chari do ilal all welcome the approach ap of thi festival with tho the greatest delight tb the husbandman U lays aside his bis plow the tha merchant his big account books the artisan lit hill tools the landoll landed proprietor prop notor lit hi a ag 9 cures all partake of tho the general mirth the goddess is the iho female principle by whose iffla once euca the universe wua was created she is tho he wife of tho dissolute dieBo lute shiva and is 19 said in olden times to have destroyed a giant billed Idol lesa who loll had been u persecutor of th the S gods BS as well ua as of nieu men Poso possessed essed 1 of ten tan arms which grasp different kinds of weapons the goddess fit her right t leg oi 01 a lion nod and her left on tho the shoulder of a kinat giant whom the she imi hits conquered conque led aloha BU as perhaps awl mi I 1 into whose heart a serpent from one oita of her bar aim strikes 1 its a deadly fang a over hot it lead d I 1 in a 4 pointed painted arch on which or are ted I 1 her numerous nume roua attendants in in tho the battle field and aid tho the carnage cin aige caused by the depredations ot of the giant on her bar two sides fides al band and in graceful positions pooi tiona her two daughters daughtry the goddess of pros proa and tho goddess of wisdom islona ff while close to them aru are placed ga belsha lied bud kostiou Kat Kor tiou Gano olia with a head like that of an elephant and tho the fair cartica riding on a peacock tho ihu worship ot of baits three days the tha image is ia usually made ot of straw and clay dea orated profusely on the fourth day it Is ia thrown luto into some sacred barred river biyer or lake the preparatory rites sad and core cere monies monies in the household are numerous nume rouB ab ablutions lations prayers preparation of ab arti oular kinds of broad and ritual 0 observances servantes serva noes thou then on the first great day of the feast the image la Is suppose supposed to be animated with the spirit of door gab and to that spirit tho the religious religions ado rations are tendered rendered not the goddess only but her bar attendants also to the till right and left all receive their sharo share of homage sail and worship on oa the second day tho the whole household attends the bathing of the image which is is done with great solemnity Bolo anil and devotion the willows wi lows fast altogether on this day in the hope of retting getting peculiar bless inge ines from Door gall and freeing them selves from the stain of earthly desire oa the third duy day sacrifices an and a rejoin ingo are celebrated with loud and nobey I 1 demonstrations kids sheep and aid bu bif falace are the animals sacrificed act cording to the means taen ngot of tho the households household tho the brahmans Brab Brah mans are anro daily feasted with sweet sweetmeats meats traits fruits and curds cards and doubtless much of the benefit to be derival deri voil from tho the celebration depends upon tho the way in ia which the brahmans Brah mans uro ore treated tho the fourth sail au 1 concluding day of the least feast is tho the mot most important im por tant sacrifices are again offered and aft after ar going through a round of to re legious io ad orations the officiating priest dismisses the still and imp lorea her to return next neit your year the dismissing ceremony being complete the females of the household pour out oat their lemon lamen lations at the near bear prospect ol of tho the departure of so 0 o ben 0 dicent a deity daily the goddess is is then presented with gifts and tho the dust dual ol of her feet is rubbed on tho the foreheads ot of lor her nothing now remains bat to consign tho the image from which the diviaio spirit blint la IS supposed to it leavo aye depar departed tea to ilia waters borne on ilia iho shoulders of stout potters porters the idol is paraded through tho the streets wit with h groat great pomp the neighborhood ro bounds with music ennisio and singing tho the acclamation of cl the abo worshipers are heard above the din at length arrived at the water tho the image with all its trappings anil and tinsel tS is ia east into the waters the poor subsequently vying with one another in in rifling the goddess of her decorations on ro writing from tho the immersion tho the pries anet t sprinkles pr inkles tho the votaries vot aries with holy wat water or und oil offers thorn his hia boned benedictions actions they each other with enghu a easm and usually wind up the festivities s with draughts of a 0 SDI ution of be hemp in P leaves which prod produces U ces a light blight etc liberally distributed at the same timo time |