The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c17.133
The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c17.133
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v2.c17.133
12. *Kūmārotsava*, or the feast of Kārtika. In Bengal this festival takes place on the last day of the solar month of Kārtika, without any reference to the lunar date, and the full-moon of Āśvina is devoted to the worship of Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune, who is propitiated by gambling and heavy betting. At Bhubaneśvara the last day is devoted to Kārtika, and the first is left unnoticed. The idol worshipped on this occasion is that which occupies a niche on the west side of the temple, and of which a figure has been given in vol. I, plate XIX, fig. 142.