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" — not a man, oh mother ! a goat ; and since that time a he-goat without blemish has been sacrificed. Similarly in Bellur in Tavaligeri-Murnad of Kiggatnad Taluq, once a year, by turns from each house, a man was sacrificed by cutting off his head at... "
Mysore and Coorg: Coorg - Page 264
by Benjamin Lewis Rice - 1878
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Manual of Coorg: A Gazetter of the Natural Features of the Country, and the ...

G. Richter - 1870 - 524 pages
...without blemish has been sacrificed. Similarly in Belliir in Tavaligherri-miirnad of Kiggatnad-taluq once a year by turns from each house a man was sacrificed...unsuccessful search, returned to the temple and said to the pdjari: "Kalak-adu" which has a double meaning viz. "Kalake," next year — "adu," we will give, or...
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Bulletin ..., Volumes 4-5

Government Museum (Madras, India) - 1901 - 534 pages
...he-goat without blemish has been sacrificed. Similarly in BELLUR in TAVALIGERI-MCRNAD of KiaGAiNAD TALUQ, once a year, by turns from each house , a man was...at the temple ; but when the turn came to a certain home, the devoted victim made his escape into the jungle. The villagers, after an unsuccessful search,...
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Omens and Superstitions of Southern India

Edgar Thurston - 1912 - 360 pages
...mother, a goat), and since that time a he-goat without blemish has been sacrificed. Similarly, in Bellur, once a year, by turns from each house, a man was sacrificed...the temple ; but, when the turn came to a certain home, the devoted victim made his escape to the jungle. The villagers, after an unsuccessful search,...
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The Village Gods of South India

Henry Whitehead - 1916 - 212 pages
...he-goat without blemish has been sacrificed. Similarly in Bellur in Tavaligeri-Murnad of Kiggatnad Taluq, once a year, by turns from each house, a man was sacrificed...at the temple ; but when the turn came to a certain home, the devoted victim made his escape into the jungle. The villagers, after an unsuccessful search,...
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The Village Gods of South India

Henry Whitehead - 1921 - 200 pages
...man was sacrificed by cutting off his head at the temple ; but when the turn came to a certain home, the devoted victim made his escape into the jungle....search, returned to the temple, and said to the pujari ' Kalak Adu,' which has a double meaning, viz. Kalak, next year, Adu, we will give, or Adu, a goat,...
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Omens and Superstitions of Southern India

Edgar Thurston, C.I.E. - 1912 - 370 pages
...mother, a goat), and since that time a he-goat without blemish has been sacrificed. Similarly, in Bellur, once a year, by turns from each house, a man was sacrificed...the temple ; but, when the turn came to a certain home, the devoted victim made his escape to the jungle. The villagers, after an unsuccessful search,...
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