The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c17.121

v2.c17.121

**Upa Yatras or Minor Festivals :**—The minor festivals of Bhuvaneśvara, like the preceding, are mostly reproductions or modifications of the rites and ceremonies enjoined in the later Smṛti compilations. And such being the case, it is not at all likely that they date from the rise of the Great Tower. Pious worshippers, anxious to evince their devotion by special acts of adoration, introduced them from time to time, and, once introduced, they took root and thrived, and, gradually hallowed by the sanctity of custom, became integral parts of the ritual of the place.