ELICIIPOOR AND MUNGROOL. 
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Hindoo goddess of evil, Kalli, is the presiding genius 
of thuggi , and under her banners, it is strange to 
relate, Mussulmans, no less than Hindoos, perform 
the bloody rites which they affect to regard as re- 
ligious sacrifices. Yet when we find that the giant 
power of superstition has leagued itself with avarice, 
I know not how we can be surprised at any ex- 
tremity of fiendish cruelty and guilt which may 
spring from the alliance. 
The tomb of Meer Haiat Kalundur, at Mungrool, 
which I have mentioned as having been a favourite 
resort of these wretches, is thought to be of great 
antiquity ; and it is probable, that the sanctified 
person whose name it records, accompanied into 
the Dekkan the army of Alla-ud-Deen, hereinbefore 
discoursed of. Little, however, is known concerning 
the history of his holiness, beyond what his name 
implies, and the anniversary of his death, on which 
day some honorary ceremonies are still observed, and 
a large mela , or fair, is held, for the purposes of 
worldly as well as of spiritual barter. 
The term Kalundur,* is that which English trans- 
lators have written calender, and which is pleasantly 
familiar to all lovers of the Arabian Nights’ Enter- 
tainments. This tribe of religious mendicants is not 
numerous in India, doubtless in consequence of the 
slight esteem in which their community is here held, 
while in Arabia it still enjoys a high repute for 
* The accent is on the second syllable. 
