Note 21 — Chapter IV · WORSHIP OF ANCESTORS AND SAINTS.
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At Shirgaon in the Thána District, the worship of ancestors is performed on the day of the father’s death, every year. On any auspicious occasion the rite called Nandi shráddha is performed at the beginning of the ceremony. It is believed that evil spirits or ghosts have to remain in the ghostly state for about one thousand years, or at least until one of the descendants in the family goes to a holy place like Káshi (Benares) and there performs the shráddha rites of his ancestors.21