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Page 89
There is a great temple there , and the great Beragama deviyo lives in it . He is a
Tamil god , so they say ; but Sinhalese kapuralas o serve him in the temple . My
father used to say that he is a very great god . His power is over the jungle , and ...
There is a great temple there , and the great Beragama deviyo lives in it . He is a
Tamil god , so they say ; but Sinhalese kapuralas o serve him in the temple . My
father used to say that he is a very great god . His power is over the jungle , and ...
Page 103
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 taken in procession ...
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 taken in procession ...
Page 106
1 climbed the hill , and carried the god down , and bore him across the river , and
placed him upon its banks under the shadow of the trees , where now stands his
great temple . Then the god swore that he would no longer be served by Tamils ...
1 climbed the hill , and carried the god down , and bore him across the river , and
placed him upon its banks under the shadow of the trees , where now stands his
great temple . Then the god swore that he would no longer be served by Tamils ...
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User Review - Steve38 - LibraryThingDear me but this is a depressing book. Everything that can go wrong does go wrong for the main characters. Written from the point of view of impoverished, uneducated jungle dwellers in Sri Lanka by ... Read full review
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Village in the Jungle |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | 2, reprint |
| Publisher | B.R. Publishing Corporation, 1975 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 19 Feb 2009 |
| ISBN | 0883867052, 9780883867051 |
| Length | 301 pages |
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