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THE CASTES AND TRIBES 

OF 

H. E. H. THE NIZAM'S DOMINIONS 

BY 

SYED SIRAJ UL HASSAN 

Of Merton College, Oxford, Trinity College, Dublin, and 

Middle Temple, London. 

One of the Judges of H. E. H. the Nizam's High Court 

of Judicature : Lately Director of Public Instruction. 

BOMBAY 

THE TlMES PRESS 

1920 
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Singe — a low class of mendicants >vho beg only from Hatkers
and Devangas and take their name f«.om Singa, a horn or trumpet
which they blow at every religious ceremony of their patrons* Their
traditions say that they were formerly Deekshioant and were in
charge of the store department of the Emperor. It once so happened
that the whole stores were looted and the Emperor ordered their
heads to be cut off. He relented, however, and agreed to their release
on condition that the loss he suffered should be made good. The
Devanga weavers undertook to stand security for them. The
Emperor was pleased and not only released tljem but decreed that
they should be ever attended with a drum, a flag, a bugle, a lighted
torch even in day light and the image of Choundcshwari, the para-
phernalia of great men.

They have no endogamous divisions and their exogamous sections
are of the Maratha type as, Jirge, Wale, Kole, Sontake, Mirje.
These are the only exogamous divisions of the caste which have now
expanded into many.

Girls are married either as infants or as adults between the ages
of 5 and 12. Immediately after marriage the girl is sent to her
husband's house. Adultery before marriage is condoned by puri-
ficatory rites, which consist in making the girl drink water in which
the toe of the chief man of the caste council has been washed. If
she become pregnant before marriage, she is purified similarly and
married to her lover. Polygamy is permitted. The marriage of the
caste is of the Lingayit type and Jangams are called in for the
performance of the ceremony. The Antarpat ceremony is performed
after the Lingayit ritual of Panch Kalasha has been celebrated. The
tying of the black bead necklace round the bride's neck forms the
essential portion of the ceremony. They follow the Hindu Law of
==Inheritance==

Their favourite object of worship is Choundeshwari,
the tutelary goddess of Devangas. They are Lingayits in creed, anti
engclge Jangams for religious and ceremonial observances. They
daily worship Siva Linga, whose symbol they wear in a casket upon
their bodies. Socially, they rank immediately below the Devangas
and, as Lingayits, abstain from flesh and wine.

Singe: Deccan - Revision history

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THE CASTES AND TRIBES
OF
H. E. H. THE NIZAM'S DO..."