Note 202 — Chapter IX
William Johnston translation
Among the solemnities established by the Brahmans on the coasts of Malabar and Coromandel, the dedication of their temples, which is renewed every year, deserves also to be mentioned. On this occasion they are accustomed to ornament the goturas, or turrets, with a number of lights and lamps, in the same manner as is done in China during the feast of Lanterns. We may add, likewise, the festival of Ciangu, or the Horn, on which the god Vishnu always blows when Nature is about to renew the business of creation. A.