Then in addition totheseconcealedorpublic, secret or patent wars, there wererobbers, mendicants, Huguenots, wolves, andscoundrels, who made war upon everybody.
On auspicious days, villagers throng here to pray, while vendors sell vermillion powder, sweets, beads and bangles and folk musicians strike up their instruments to accompany bhajans (hymns) sung soulfully by wandering mendicants.