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Page 143
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.
Page 227
It had two temples, one at one end of what might euphemistically be called the
village street — it was only a very broad ... dhobies and pariahs, 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 ... dhobies and pariahs, were allowed
into the temple, which would never be allowed in an ordinary Jaffna Hindu
temple.
Page 232
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 that the offering ...
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 that the offering ...
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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 |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace & World, Incorporated, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 30 Sep 2008 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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