Note 84 — Chapter III · DISEASE DEITIES.
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Generally speaking every bhuvā keeps an image of his favourite mātā in or near his own dwelling. Generally he erects a hut for the purpose and hoists a flag upon it. Near the image are placed a number of conch-shells and stones and brooms of peacock feathers. The deity is not systematically worshipped every day but receives adoration every Sunday and Tuesday. Sometimes the bhuvā has a disciple—a sevaka—who does the duty of dashing bell-metal cymbals at the time when the bhuvā throws himself in a trance.84