Note 11 — TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Still, in practice there are two forms of worship: ordinary or sāmānya-pūjā and special or vishesha-pūjā.11 Ordinary worship is performed by bathing the deity—which can be done by sprinkling a few drops of water over it—burning a ghi, or an oil, lamp before it, and by offering a cocoanut and a pice or a half-anna piece. The last is taken away by the bhuva, or priest, who returns generally half or three-quarters of the cocoanut as a prasād of the god.