Cults and Cult-Acts in Kerala

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• “The animals to whom worship is offered can be divided into two classes, the minor and the major. Under the former head 15 included the worship of fish, lizatd, crow, and centipede of which the last 15 regarded as more important; and un- det the latter, the worship of cow, ox, cobra and in a lesser measure the elephant.”

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• “Shrines set up for Nagas are an invariable feature of every Malayali home, which has any pretence to orthodoxy or antiquity. Such shrines are looked upon with awe and dread, and the older generation at least treats them with as much respect 25 they would ૩ temple.”

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• “We have three types of Naga shrines: a Citrakita, with or without 2૪૦2૮ idols, ant-hills with or withour Citrakita, and idols.”

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