Note 12 — Chapter IV · WORSHIP OF ANCESTORS AND SAINTS.
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At Vijayadurg in the Ratnágiri District the method of worshipping ancestors is as follows:—In some cases elderly parents as well as a grandfather and great grandfather are also worshipped, their feet are washed with water, and the water is accepted as tirth or holy water. While worshipping the Mahants and Sádhus, or saints, water is poured on their right hand, and they are worshipped with sandal paste and flowers, and given a dakshana or gifts of money according to one’s means and will. The pádukas, or foot prints, of saints are worshipped after their death.12