A History of the Mahrattas v1.c5.s3.68
A History of the Mahrattas v1.c5.s3.68
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² In 1903, when I was sub-divisional magistrate at Poona, the police prosecuted before me a man and an old woman for dedicating an eight-year-old girl to Khandoba. The accused were Mahārs. The evidence showed that the child had been attacked by plague, then epidemic in Poona, and that after trying various remedies her uncle and grandmother vowed to Khandoba that if he spared her life, she should be dedicated to him. The child recovered, and was duly married to the god, thus becoming the victim of an offence under the Indian Penal Code.