ABSTRACT
It is estimated that there are four hundred houses occupied by the Chú_ra-Kútí division in the Dacca district, and fifty in Naráyanganj alone. The members, however, are gradually relinquishing their ancestral trade, and of late years have taken Muhammadan servants to husk rice, while they themselves act as grocers, selling pulse, grain, and oils, or as writers, servants, and shopkeepers. The only wooden article now made by them is the sandalwood necklace worn by all Hindus. The Purohit is distinct from the family priest of the other subdivisions. The headman is styled Pradhán, and the only gotra is Aliman. The Chú_rá-Kú_tí are all Vaishnavas in creed, the Guru being the Farídábád Gosáin. Their principal festivities are the Gandhe _svarí on the tenth Asín (Sept.); and New Year’s day, on the first of Baisákh.
