During the famine of the year 1895 Samvat era (= 1839 A
- Date of account
- Published 1914
- Source
- Folk Lore Notes. Vol. I—Gujarat
- Reference
- Folk Lore Notes. Vol. I—Gujarat · selected passage 31
- Rights
- public_domain
- Language
- English
- Record updated
- 2026-08-25
Record summary
During the famine of the year 1895 Samvat era (= 1839 A
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Source passage
Source text · mention onlyDuring the famine of the year 1895 Samvat era (= 1839 A. D.) the bhuva was thinking of leaving the Mata in order to escape from starvation, when the goddess appeared in a dream to him, and told him that he would find half a rupee every morning in the temple until he saw and partook of the new harvest. In the month of Shravan, he happened to partake of some new seeds and the coin could not be found as usual after this, although the new harvest was not quite ready till three months afterwards. At the entreaties of the bhuva, however, the Mata again told him in a dream that he would find a silver anklet, weighing 60 tolas, on the bhogava (village boundary) of the village of Shiyani. A number of vows are observed in honour of this goddess with various motives.
Historical context
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Modern context
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