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The Tooth could never be taken out or shown without the consent of both the Manager or Guardian of the Temple , the Diyawadana Nilame , in 1908 a fine old Kandyan chief and Ratemahatmaya , called Nugawela , and the Government Agent .
The Tooth could never be taken out or shown without the consent of both the Manager or Guardian of the Temple , the Diyawadana Nilame , in 1908 a fine old Kandyan chief and Ratemahatmaya , called Nugawela , and the Government Agent .
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It had two temples , one at one end of what might euphemistically be called the village street — it was only a very broad path between ... were allowed into the temple , which would never be allowed in an ordinary Jaffna Hindu temple .
It had two temples , one at one end of what might euphemistically be called the village street — it was only a very broad path between ... were allowed into the temple , which would never be allowed in an ordinary Jaffna Hindu temple .
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I went into the temple , where in 1910 I had often gone to talk about arrangements for the procession with the priest , in order to see what things were like in 1960 . I took the usual offering of fruit and flowers , but was advised ...
I went into the temple , where in 1910 I had often gone to talk about arrangements for the procession with the priest , in order to see what things were like in 1960 . I took the usual offering of fruit and flowers , but was advised ...
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| Title | Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Volume 2 Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Leonard Woolf Volume 2 of Woolf, Leonard: An autobiography of the years |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 30 Sep 2008 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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