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​Pagati Vēsham.— A class of Telugu beggars, who put on disguises (vēsham) while begging.*[1] At the annual festival at Tirupati in honour of the goddess Gangamma, custom requires the people to appear in a different disguise every morning and evening. These disguises include those of a Bairāgi, serpent, etc.†[2]

  1. ↑ * Madras Census Report, 1901.
  2. ↑ † See Manual of the North Arcot district, I, 187.
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