Note 22 — Chapter XI · GENERAL.

At Ibrámpur in the Ratnágiri District the image of cupid is seated in a palanquin and carried with music from the temple to the Holi ground. The palanquin is then placed on a certain spot. The place for thus depositing the image of the god is called Sáhán.22 At Náringre there is a big stone called Holdev which is worshipped by the people before kindling the Holi fire.23 After the kindling of the sacred fire the palanquin is lifted from the Sáhán, and turned round the Holi fire with great rejoicings. The palanquin is then carried through the village and is first taken to the house of a Mánkari, and then from house to house during the next five days. The inmates of the houses worship the deity in the palanquin and offer cocoanuts and other fruits and make certain vows. The palanquin is taken back to the temple on the fifth day of the dark half of Fálgun when on its way gulál or red powder is thrown over the image and on the people who accompany it.24