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celebrated in the Pagodas ofSeevali, tlie destroyer, in honor of 

 the goddess Parvetee whose image they carry in procession in a 

 chariot. 



4. Audy Pundaga — This festival takes place in the latter end 

 of the same month. A day of recreation and entertainment on 

 which the Hindoos feast on boiled cocoanuts, 



5. Awany Moolum — On the day when the moon is in the con- 

 stellation Moolum in the 5lh month Awany (August-September) is 

 the feast of Avany Moolum, which is celebrated in the temples of 

 Seevah, in commemoration of several miracles said to have been per- 

 formed by that deity. 



6. Cartica Deepum — On the day, on which the moon is in the 

 constellation critica in the 8th month Cartica or November- De- 

 cember, is the festival of 'Aroonachala Deepum. It is kept with 

 particular state at Trinomalee,' where a great lamp is kept burning 

 and whither pilgrims flock from all parts of the coast. The temple 

 at Trinomalee is built at the foot of a sacred mountain, in honor of 

 Seevah. Tradition runs that this deity descended in a column of 

 fire to put an end to a dispute about precedence, which had arisen 

 between Vishnoo and Bramah. Seevah, to perpetuate the memory 

 of this event, changed the burning column, into a mountain, and 

 commanded his followers to worship it ; and it is on account of its 

 pristine state, that during three days a great fire or lamp is lighted on 

 the mountain's top. The lamp, which is in a large stone cauldron is 

 fed with butter or ghee and camphire, which the people send from 

 all parts : the match is composed of pieces of linen of several cubita 

 length. The bramins take great care to collect the remains of this 

 lamp, which they present to their benefactors, who every day mark 

 their forehead with it. It is in imitation of this sacred lamp, that 

 the worshippers of Seevah make in their houses a large cake of 

 rice flour, kneaded with water. They make a hole in the middle, 

 which they fill with butter or ghee, and light a small match j they 

 then worship this fire, and fast the whole day ; and after six o'clock 

 at night they eat the cake. 



7. Vishnoo Deepum — The worshippers of Vishnoo, have a grand 

 festival on the same day, which is called Vishnoo Deepnm. It 

 differs from the other only in the object; so that the two sects 

 celebrate their festivals together ; the streets and houses are illumi- 

 nated, and the Gods carried in procession. The worshippers of 

 Vishnoo say, that it was on the day of the full moon in this ixionth, 



