Note 66 — Chapter II · HEROIC GODLINGS
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On the second day of the bright half of Āshādh (which is the new year’s day according to the Halari year) Hindus offer lāpsi to Rāval Pīr as also on each Monday in the month of Bhādrapad. On occasions of popular distress, such as the breaking out of cholera or when the rains stop for days together, the bhuvās at the place, who are Dāl Rajputs, receive the pedi (a small heap of lāpsi) on behalf of the Pīr, and being possessed, declare the will of the Pīr as to when rain may be expected or when an epidemic will be warded off. Persons who are anxious for the success of their undertakings observe vows in honour of the Pīr which may cost them anything from a single pice to twenty-five rupees. At the shrine of Nānā Rāval Pīr, huge kettledrums are beaten and the ceremony of ārati is performed every morning and evening.66