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The temple servants are the kdrddr or manager, pujari, 
bhanddri, tokri, math, kayath, mali ' and bajantri. 
In the villages the term pujari or deotti* is applied to those 
who carry the deotd’s car or rath, as well as to those who accom- 
pany the deotd to their villages. 
At Shungré, Chiigion and Gramang in Kanawar are the 
temples of the three Maheshras. Gramang is a village in Bhaba 
pargana, also called Kath-gaon. 
The bajantri are drummers or musicians and get grain, a 
he-goat (and sometimes a shroud at a death) for their services. 
Others offer a cloth, called shdyi,’ to the temple for the decora- 
tion of the god’s rath. 
The pujdris ordinarily belong to the first class of Kanets. 
The bhandari is the store-keeper. The tokri’s duty is to weigh, 
and the function of the mdth or mdthas is to ask oracles of the 
deity on behalf of the people. 
_ The gods of the village-temples are subordinate to the god 
of a Deo mandir or ‘‘ great temple,’’ and they perform certain 
services for him, e.g., at a ydg* and at fairs, in return for the 
= : at Siangré ® and Kharahan contain 
subordinate deotds, and a Deo mandir usually possesses one or 
more birs ® to whom food and sacrifice are offered, and who are 
worshipped. 
Further, in the temple of a village-god will generally be found 
two cars, one for the presiding god, the other for his subordinate, 
or kotwal. 
The Kali pijans are called kherid-kdri7? in Bashdéhr, and 
include the Pret Pajaé, Tekar, and Sarvamandal pijan. They 
are observed in Sawan or Phagan, and the ydg or observance is 
paid for from the jagir of the deity or from funds supplied by hi 
deotis 8 (devotees), who also give grain, ghi, oil and he-goats. 
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Kanawar. 
2 Deotis are those who worship the deity ; they are also called pujdris. 
Deotés are especially those who carry the rath of the deity, and cause him 
to dance. 
8 Shdri a dhoti-cloth or piece of cloth attached in the car of the 
deity. : 
4 Sanskrit yajna, a sacrifice. ae 
5 In turn Maheshwar of Sangra is subordinate to Bhima Kali at 
Saréhan. - : : : 
6 Bir is par excellence the deity Mahabir, that is Haniman ; Bhairab 
is also termed a Bir. LankurAbir too is a Bhairab deity. 
1 called because some khir (rice boiled in milk) is offered to the 
deity Kali. Pret-paijan is the worship of ghosts, Teakar and Sarba- 
maiidal-pajan is the worship of all the deities at one place. 
 Dvotis here are the persons to whom the Deota belongs, not the 
