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forms of worship more complicated, and more favourable to the CHAPTER 
priesthood. 
Many of the people who burn lime are a kind of low Teliga Ba - June 22, &c. 
nijigaru , as they can eat in the houses of that class ; but their native 
language is the Karnataka , or Canarese ; and the two tribes do not 
intermarry. They are divided into several families, and no man 
marries out of his own ; but they can all eat together. They have 
hereditary chiefs, who settle disputes relating to cast ; but in civil 
affairs they are subject to the chiefs of the Pancham Banijigaru . 
They do not wear the Linga, yet they consider as their Guru the 
Nidamamidy Swdmalu , who is a Mahantina Einaru, and lives in the 
Bala-pura district. They never eat with the sect of Sim ; and use ani- 
mal-food, and Bang; but are not allowed to drink spirituous liquors. 
They bury the dead. They are allowed a plurality of wives, who 
are not confined, and are so industrious that they are looked upon 
as a support to their husbands. They are never divorced, except 
for adultery ; and if their infidelity has not been with a man of a very 
low cast, the parties are frequently reconciled by the Swdmalu , who 
makes them eat together some consecrated victuals, which, with 
some holy water, puts an end to all differences. None of them can 
either read or write. They never become Ddseri. The god of their 
cast is Vencaty Rdimana , or the Tripathi Vishnu : but they pray also 
to Dharma Raja ; and offer sacrifices to Marima, and other destructive 
spirits. 
Another inferior kind of Teliga Banijigas are the Goni makers. 
They will willingly eat in the houses of that cast; but these will not 
return the compliment. They will also eat the meat prepared by a 
Pancham Banijiga. They have their own hereditary chiefs, who 
are as ignorant as their followers, none of them being able either 
to read or write. Some of them are farmers, and some are small 
traders, which does not effect any difference in cast. They do not 
wear the Linga } and their Guru is one of the hereditary chiefs of 
the Sri Vaishnavam Brahmans , whose family title is Tata A chary a. 
