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037			_cGifted _nRRRLF,Kolkata
041			_aEnglish
082			_bJAG/SO _a306.09548
100			_aJagdisa Ayyar
245			_aSOUTH INDIAN CUSTOMS
250			_a1
260			_aNew Delhi _bNation Press _c2023
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500			_aSouth 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
650			_aIndia, South — Social life and customs
650			_aFolklore — India, South
942			_cLEN
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999			_c197845 _d197845