The festival of Vigea-Dachemi, Vijayadashami, where the gods are taken out to hunt. Porters carry a figure of Vishnu mounted on a wooden horse, armed with a spear. Two devotees kill a deer with club and sword. .Chasse des dieux dans les campagnes. Copperplate engraving by Jean-Baptiste Marie Poisson after an illustration by Pierre Sonnerat from his Voyage aux Indes Orientales et à la Chine (Voyage to the East Indies and China, Dentu, Paris, 1806.
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