﻿IIEUEDITARY LIVING DEITY. S83 



Mux Dro (tiic 2d). His eldestson Durnee Durr 

 Di::> succeeded, and died ai)()iU the year 1770, from 

 wbicli period his first born, Gabajee Deo has pos- 

 sessed, witii its sa-.ictitied accompaniment, the guar- 

 dianshij) of the $ lered stone. 



The divine donation was covenanted to continue 

 but for seven generations : — whence, on tlie demise 

 of Bawa Deo, the present heir apparent, to whom in 

 the fuhiess of time it v/iil descenci, the holy incarna- 

 tion, unless peipetuated by fartlier miracles, will, as 

 an emanation from God, be absorbed in him. 



It doth not appear that every Deo (by whieb title 

 tbe represeiitativeof this family is always called) hath 

 performed miracles. One is mentioned of the ori- 

 ginal founder of this incarnate godhead, if it may be 

 so called, which pioductd the first worldly posses- 

 sion of the family. 



Soon after bis visitation, and v»hile in great po- 

 verty, he was passing by Fanoivia, a town near Chin- 

 rhoor, the Patalcen * of w hith place having been 

 many years married, without male issue, despaired of 

 ever obtaining that blessing. She implored and ob- 

 tained the holy man's praters, and her pious desire, 

 and in token of her gratitude, bestowed on him the 

 produce of afield, situated iie-dv Pa ?i ore la, of the an- 

 nual average value of three linndred rupees. With 

 this a temple was endowed, at Chinchoor, which still 

 enjoys the grateful gift, and had not for many years 

 any other secular estate. 



No miracle, that I have heard of, is recorded of 

 the next legatee. 



Naruain Deo, thethird in lineal ascent from the 

 present Deo, performed a more important and con- 

 spicuous miracie. It was in his time that the Mog- 

 kul army oi Uydurabad so successfully invaded the 



Maratta 



* Pat el's wife. 



