The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c17.116

v2.c17.116

10. *Paraśurāmāṣṭamī Yātrā* is celebrated on the 8th of the waxing moon in the month of Āṣāḍha (June-July) by taking the proxy to the temple of Paraśurāmeśvara, and there entertaining it with flowers, incenses, music and dancing. The vehicle used in the procession is called a Vimāna,—a kind of sedan chair carried on men's shoulders. These visits constitute a peculiar feature of the local custom, as it is almost unknown in other parts of India. The god or the image worshipped is the greatest, and it is supposed that he or it cannot but lower himself or itself by paying visits to others; but this feeling does not at all obtain at Bhuvaneśvara. It should be added, however, that as the visits are paid to different images of the same divinity, there is no loss of dignity entailed by them.