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Page 103
... pilgrims . The street was thronged with pilgrims , idling , buying provisions , hurrying to the temple . It was near the time for the procession to start from the temple . The festival lasted fourteen days , and every night the god was ...
... pilgrims . The street was thronged with pilgrims , idling , buying provisions , hurrying to the temple . It was near the time for the procession to start from the temple . The festival lasted fourteen days , and every night the god was ...
Page 104
... pilgrimage was intensified in the minds of Silindu and Karlinahami and the other pilgrims , who were villagers like themselves , by the mystery which surrounds the god . On the road and around the fires at night , in the streets of the ...
... pilgrimage was intensified in the minds of Silindu and Karlinahami and the other pilgrims , who were villagers like themselves , by the mystery which surrounds the god . On the road and around the fires at night , in the streets of the ...
Page 107
... pilgrims called upon the name of the god , and with bowls of blazing cam- phor upon their heads followed him in procession to his mistress's temple . There the kapuralas , blind- folded , took the god , hidden by the cloth , from the ...
... pilgrims called upon the name of the god , and with bowls of blazing cam- phor upon their heads followed him in procession to his mistress's temple . There the kapuralas , blind- folded , took the god , hidden by the cloth , from the ...
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afraid Agent Hamadoru aiya Aiyo anger angry Appochchi Arachchi asked Babehami Babun Beddagama began Beragama brother Buddha called charm chena crop child cloth Colombo compound dagobas daughter deer devil elephant evil eyes father fear felt Fernando fever fool girl give grain hami hand hang headman hear heard Hinni Hinnihami hunter judge jungle Kamburupitiya kapurala Karlinahami kill knew Korala Mahatmaya kunji kurakkan kurunies laughed leave Leonard Woolf listened live looked magistrate months morning Mudalali Nanchohami never night path peon pilgrims prison Punchi Menika Punchirala rain Ratemahatmaya rice Rodiya round sanyasi side silence Silindu Sinhalese slowly squatted stood strange talk Tamils tank tell temple thing thought tired told took track trees trouble understand veddas vederala village walked watched wife wild woman women words yakka Yakkini yakko