PLATE TWO

“As soon as the people of the village understood
that the Deity was going to be installed, they brought
their entire stocks of rice, dahl and wheat flour. They
brought such large quantities that the entire surface of
the top of the hill was filled. All the cooked rice was
stacked on palasa leaves, which were on new cloths
spread over the ground. Around the stack of cooked
rice were stacks of chappatis, and all the vegetables
and liquid vegetable preparations were placed in dif-
ferent pots and put around them. Pots of yogurt, milk,
buttermilk and sikharini, sweet rice, cream and solid
cream were placed alongside the vegetables. In this
way the Annakita ceremony was performed, and
Madhavendra Puri Gosvami personally offered every-
thing to Gopila.” (pp.37-34)
