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CHAPTER Iswara; but both sects intermarry, the wife always adopting the 
religion of the husband. 
June 22, &c. The Teliga Devangas of the sect of Siva do not wear the Ling a, 
although they consider Cari Baswa-uppa as their Guru . This priest 
admonishes them to wash their heads, and to pray regularly to 
Iswara; and, as usual, requires from them contributions. He has a 
small due on every marriage. The Panchcmga reads Mantrams at 
births, marriages, and funerals; at the AmaVasya , or last day of the 
lunar month, and at the Tithi, or day on which their parents died ; 
on both of which days a fast, in commemoration of their deceased 
parents, is observed by the greater part of the Hindu race. On these 
occasions the Jangamas attend, but merely to receive charity. Con» 
cerning a future life, they have similar opinions with those who 
wear the Linga. They offer bloody sacrifices to the Saktis . They 
bury the dead; and the custom of the widow burying herself alive 
with her husband’s body was once prevalent among them, but has 
now become obsolete. Girls, after the age of puberty, continue to 
be marriageable. A man is allowed to take many wives, but is not 
permitted to shut them up, nor to divorce them for any cause except 
adultery. The men confine theirlearning to the being able to read 
and write accompts. They eat fowls, fish, hogs, sheep, and goats, 
but account it unlawful to drink spirituous liquors. 
The Teliga Devangas of the Vishnu sect are followers of the Sri 
Vaishnavam Brahmans , and are acknowledged by them to be Sudras \ 
The hereditary chiefs, or Ijyamanas, of all the Devangas are the 
same ; each man in the place submitting to the authority of the 
xdiief of the sect that is most numerous. 
Customs of The Shaynagas, or Shaynagaru, form a very numerous and wealthy 
g t aru. ' hayna ~ class of weavers. They are divided into two nations, Telinga , and 
Canara; but of the former, there are none in this neighbourhood. 
Although by far the greater part of the Canara Shaynagas are 
settled below the Ghats , in countries where the Tamil language is 
spoken; and though all these who are settled now in this neigh- 
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