420 A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH 
CHAPTER 
VI. 
Aug. 1 — 6. 
Customs of 
the Karnata 
Devdngas 
who do not 
wear the 
Linga. 
Customs of 
the Sadru 
Woculigas . 
ceremony is analagous to the Dhana of the Brahmans. The Gurus 
on their circuits receive also from their followers Pharma, or cha- 
rity, or rather duty, but have no fixed dues. The Einaru attend 
at marriages, births, and funerals, at Mala-paksha , as the Tit hi of 
the Sudras is called, and at all great feasts. On these occasions 
they perform Puja to the Linga , reading some Mantrams, in the 
vulgar tongue however, and pouring over it some water and flowers, 
which by this means are consecrated, and then are divided among 
the people whom the occasion has assembled. The Einaru then 
eats something that has been prepared for him, and at marriages 
receives a small sum of money. The Panchdnga , or village astro- 
loger, attends on similar occasions, and reads Mantrams in the 
vulgar language. He is of course paid for his trouble. 
Here, some Devdngas of the Karnata nation do not wear the 
Linga ; hut still the}^ consider Cari Baswa Uppa as their Guru. 
They will eat in the house of a Pevanga who wears the Linga, but 
he will not return the compliment. They eat in common, but do 
not intermarry with the Telinga PSvdngas , who, like themselves, 
worship Siva, without wearing his indecent badge. They eat ani- 
mal food, an indulgence which has probably occasioned the sepa- 
ration. They ought not to drink spirituous liquors. . As a kind of 
excuse, or pretence for eating the flesh, they offer bloody sacrifices 
to the Saktis. They take the vow of Pdseri, but do not pray to the 
Virika, or spirits of men sainted for chastity. They acknowledge 
transmigration, as a future state of reward and punishment. 
The Sadru Woculigas are a cast of Karnata origin and Sudra birth; 
they are divided into two tribes that seem to have no communion ; 
the Cumblagataru Sadru, and the Sadru simply so called. The Sadru 
proper are cultivators, both as masters and servants ; they act as 
Candachara, or native militia, and sometimes trade in grain. They 
have no hereditary chiefs ; but their disputes are settled by a 
council of four Sadru Gaudas, or chief farmers, who also punish all 
transgressions against the rules of cast, excommunicating licentious 
