evi, or Parvati, with the
bull and tiger 304
24. Devotees, possessed, embracing each other, while supported
on tridents, at Siva's fair at Pachmarhi 306
25. Image of the prophet Swami Narayan in the Teli temple at
Burhanpur 326
26. Images of Rama, Lachman and Sita, with attendants 330
27. Image of Lakshmi, the Goddess of Wealth, the consort of Vishnu,
with attendant 332
28. Image of the boar incarnation of Vishnu 334
29. Bahrupia impersonating the goddess Kali 344
30. Dasari religious mendicant with discus and conch-shell of
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31. Aghori mendicant 14
32. Ahirs decorated with cowries for the Stick Dance at Diwali
18
33. Image of Krishna as Murlidhar or the flute-player, with
attendant deities 28
34. Ahir dancers in Diwali costume 32
35. Pinjara cleaning cotton 72
36. Baiga village, Balaghat District 88
37. Hindu mendicants with sect-marks 94
38. Anchorite sitting on iron nails 98
39. Pilgrims carrying water of the river Nerbudda 100
40. _Coloured Plate_: Examples of Tilaks or sect-marks worn on
the forehead 102
41. Group of Marwari Bania women 112
42. Image of the god Ganpati carried in procession 116
43. The elephant-headed god Ganpati. His conveyance is a rat,
which can be seen as a little blob between his feet 120
44. Mud images made and worshipped at the Holi festival 126
45. Bania's shop 128
46. Banjara women with the _singh_ or horn 184
47. Group of Banjara women 188
48. Basors making baskets of bamboo 210
49. Bhat with his _putla_ or doll 256
50. Group of Bhils 278
51. Tantia Bhil, a famous dacoit 282
52. Group of Bohras at Burhanpur (Nimar) 346
53. Brahman worshipping his household gods 380
54. Brahman bathing party 384
55. Brahman Pujaris or priests 390
56. Group of Maratha Brahman men 392
57. Group of Naramdeo Brahman women 396
58. Group of Naramdeo Brahman men 398
59. Chamars tanning and working in leather 416
60. Chamars cutting leather and making shoes 418
61. Chhipa or calico-printer at work 430
62. Dhimar or fisherman's hut 502
63. Fishermen in dug-outs or hollowed tree trunks 506