BOOK SUMMARY OF SOUTH INDIAN CUSTOMS
In this volume that author has dealt with various social customs prevalent in
Southern India. He has dealt with a wide range of subjects and has endeavored to
give an explanation pertaining to the rationale of the customs. 51 customs have
been mention and among them are discussed evil eye, caste marks, prostration
before the sun, margosa leaves in front of the houses, marriage ceremonies, use
of cow dung, sati, palmistry, yellow robes, purification ring, diets, pollution,
inauspicious months etc. This book is a reprint of the 1925 edition.