Note 15 — Chapter VIII · TOTEMISM AND FETISHISM.
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It is considered inauspicious to worship the fractured images of gods, but the perforated black stone called Sháligrám, taken from the Gandaki river, is considered very holy, and worshipped by the people. For it is believed to be perforated from its very beginning. Every Sháligrám has a hole in it, even when it is in the river.15