01223nam a2200229 4500 260201b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9788194981459 Gifted RRRLF,Kolkata English JAG/SO 306.09548 Jagdisa Ayyar SOUTH INDIAN CUSTOMS 1 New Delhi Nation Press 2023 169 South Indian Customs examines various social and religious customs practised in southern India (especially among Hindus). The author describes and interprets a wide range of traditional practices—many now obsolete or symbolic—including rituals connected with: Protection against the evil eye and mantras Wearing caste marks and mutual salutations Pilgrimages, presenting gifts, and greeting customs Symbols like margosa leaves outside homes Marriage, birth, and death rites Everyday customs like floor decoration, food and purification practices Other traditional beliefs involving omen-reading, palmistry, and plants/animals as sacred India, South — Social life and customs Folklore — India, South LEN ddc ddc 0 0 ddc 0 0 NFIC MAIN MAIN GEN 2026-02-01 Gifted 750.00 0 306.09848 JAG/SO E1102618 2026-02-01 12:00:26 2026-02-01 LEN 197845 197845