Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c27.s1.114

v2.c27.s1.114

trade to the stores : and thus caravans of thirty and forty cars, double-yoked, pass twice or thrice annually by the upper road to Nathdwara. These pious bounties are not allowed to moulder in the *bhandars*: the apparel is distributed with a liberal hand as the gift of the deity to those who evince their devotion ; and the edibles enter daily into the various food prepared at the shrine.