Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c27.s3.55
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c27.s3.55
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v2.c27.s3.55
Sitala’s Festival.—Chait badi sat, or ‘7th of [the dark fortnight] Chait,’ is in honour of the goddess Sitala, the protectress of children: all the matrons of the city proceed with their offerings to the shrine of the goddess, placed upon the very pinnacle of an isolated hill in the valley. In every point of view, this divinity is the twin-sister of the Mater Montana,³ the guardian of infants amongst the Romans, the Grecian or Phrygian Cybele.