The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c17.102.1

v2.c17.102.1

**Daily-Service :**—The daily round of service for the worship of the divinity is a large one. It begins at early dawn with the ringing of bells to rouse the divinity from his slumbers. The ringing is done from the Porch, and the temple-door is then opened. The ceremonials which follow are called *Dhūpas*, and for the whole day they are twenty-two in number. The 1st is *Darpaṇa*. It consists in moving about in various ways a many-wicked lamp in front of the stone. The ordinary name for this ceremony is Ārati. (2) The second, in the vernacular of the district, is called *Danta-kāṣṭha-lāgi*; it is celebrated at half-past 6 A. M., when a stick, about a foot long and smashed at one end to form a brush, is moved about in front of the stone, to represent symbolically the act of brushing the teeth of the divinity. Some water is then poured out, and a napkin turned about to complete the symbolical ablution of the face. (3) At 7 A.M. is performed the third ceremony called the *Snāna* or *Jala-lāgi*. It consists in washing the stone, first with several pitchers of water, then successively with curds, honey, ghi, sugar and milk, and then with water again to carry off the preceding articles. The stone is lastly wiped dry and the ceremony of bathing is over. (4) Dressing follows the bath, and this is called fourth *Dhūpa*, or *Vastraparidhāna*—Uriyā *lugāpidhān*. This is simple enough ;