iqlim

Updated: May 7, 2025

As stated in the Haft Iqlim to have been the case in Koch Behar, so also in Jaintia, persons frequently voluntarily came forward as victims. This they generally did by appearing before the Raja on the last day of Shravan, and declaring that the goddess had called them.

P. R. T. (Philip Richard Thornhagh) Gurdon - The Khasis