he Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of
Thuggee depicted in the caves of Ellora
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17. Teli beneficence
Colonel Tod gives instances in Udaipur of works of beneficence executed by Telis. "The _Teli-ki-Sarai_ or oilman's caravanserai is not conspicuous for magnitude; but it is remarkable not merely for its utility but even for its elegance of design. The _Teli-ka-Pul_ or Oilman's Bridge at Nurabad is a magnificent memorial of the trade and deserves preservation. These Telis perambulate the country with skins of oil on a bullock and from hard-earned pence erect the structures which bear their name." [676] Similarly the temple of Vishnu at Rajim is said to be named after one Rajan Telin, who discovered the image lying abandoned by the roadside. She placed her skin of oil on it to rest herself and on that day her oil never decreased, and when she had finished selling in the market she had all her oil as well as the money. Her husband suspected her of evil practices, but, when next day her mother-in-law laid a skinful of oil on the image and the same thing happened, it was seen that the god had made himself manifest to her, and a temple was built and named after her and the image enshrined in it. Similarly the image of Mahadeo at Pithampur in Bilaspur was seen buried by a Teli in a dream, and he dug it up and made a shrine to it and was cured of dysentery. So an annual fair is held and many people go there to be healed of their diseases.
Thug
[This article is based almost entirely on Colonel (Sir William) Sleeman's _Ramaseeana or Vocabulary of the Thugs_ (1835). A small work, Hutton's _Thugs and Dacoits_, has been quoted for convenience, but it is compiled entirely from Colonel Sleeman's Reports. Another book by Colonel Sleeman, _Reports on the Depredations of the Thug Gangs_, is mainly a series of accounts of the journeys of different gangs and contains only a very brief general notice.]
List of Paragraphs
1. _Historical notice_. 2. _Thuggee depicted in the caves of Ellora_. 3. _Origin of the Thugs_. 4. _Methods of assassination_. 5. _Account of certain murders_. 6. _Special incidents (continued)_. 7. _Disguises of the Thugs_. 8. _Secrecy of their operations_. 9. _Support of landholders and villagers_. 10. _Murder of sepoys_. 11. _Callous nature of the Thugs_. 12. _Belief in divine support_. 13. _Theory of Thuggee as a religious sect_. 14. _Worship of Kali_. 15. _The sacred pickaxe_. 16. _The sacred gur (sugar)_. 17. _Worship of ancestors_. 18. _Fasting_. 19. _Initiation of a novice_. 20. _Prohibition of murder of women_. 21. _Other classes of persons not killed_. 22. _Belief in omens_. 23. _Omens and taboos_. 24. _Nature of the belief in omens_. 25. _Suppression of Thuggee_.
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