Note 12 — TABLE OF CONTENTS.

There are no particular days prescribed for such worship, but Sundays and Tuesdays would seem to be the most favoured.12 On such days, offerings are made for the fulfilment of a vow recorded in order to avoid a bādhā, or impending evil. In the observance of this vow the devotee abstains from certain things, such as ghi, butter, milk, rice, juvar, betelnut till the period of the vow expires. When a vow is thus discharged, the devotee offers flowers, garlands, incense, food or drink according to the terms of his vow.12 The dhūpa, i.e., burning incense of gūgal (balsamodendron) is one of the commonest methods of worship.