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sweetened milk and are eaten by the worshippers, who, as_ before, 
are young girls, This ceremony must also be observed for four 
years. The form described above is reported from Jessore, 24- 
Parganas and Midnapur. A miniature tank is not an indispen- 
sable adjunct in those districts. Im Mymensingh, however, a 
Marbo sagare. 
Tug tusalu mai, tus tusala bhai, 
Tomar kalyane ami cha buri pithe khai. 
Cha buri pitha Gange bali Gang sinane yai. 
TRANSLATION, 
b : ? are our mother and our 
ie er. By your blessing I eat six score cakes. Six score cakes 
eg lags Ganges. I will go to bathe in the Ganges.” 
B One of the few instances of miniature tank worship in 
ehar is found in the Batsabitri, which is observed in Muzaffarpur 
Jyaistha. in the month of Jyaistha. A tank is dug 
banyan se e “ore the courtyard and a branch of the 
wait th 1s placed in it, It is then worshipped by married 
and va mali Sweets, flowers, aipun (rice ground with turmeric) 
be biter are offered that their husbands may 
observance in Besaeal Siva. There seems to be no corresponding 
In Murshidabad 
branch of the jack an image of Sasthi is placed beneath @ 
tree which is planted on the bank of @ 
