Chappitti Adivaram.--Abstinence from salt on every Sunday for a year, with a view to secure the longevity of children.
Udayapadmam.--To take for one year a daily bath, and to draw the representation of a lotus with rice-flour every morning near the sacred tulasi plant (Ocimum sanctum), which is kept in many Hindu households, growing on an altar of masonry. The object of this is to restore a dead husband to life again, i.e., to secure re-union in another life.
Krishna Tulasi.--To avert widowhood, those who perform this rite present thirteen pairs of cakes in a gold cup to a Brahman.
Kartika Chalimidi.--The distribution of chalimidi, which is flour mixed with sugar water, for three years; in the first year one and a half seer of rice, in the second year two and a half seers, and in the third year twenty-six seers, the object sought being to restore life to children that may die, i.e., restoration in another world.
Kailasa Gauri Devi.--To grind one and a half viss (a measure) of turmeric without assistance in perfect silence, and then distribute it among 101 matrons, the object being to avert widowhood.
Dhairya Lakshmi.--As a charm against tears, matrons light a magic light, which must have a cotton wick of the weight of one pagoda (a gold coin), and, instead of a quarter of a viss of ghee, clarified butter.
Dhanapalalu.--Giving four different sorts of grain for five years to a Brahman, to atone for the sin of the catamenial discharge.
Nadikesudu.--The distribution of five seers each of nine different sorts of grain, which must be dressed and eaten in the house. This is done for the procuring of wealth.
Nityadhanyamu.--Daily giving a handful of grain to any Brahmin with the object of averting widowhood.
Phalala Gauri Devi.--This is performed by the presentation of sixteen fruits of sixteen different species to any married woman, with the view of securing healthy offspring.
Pamidipuvulu.--With the view to avert widowhood and secure influence with their husbands, young wives practise the daily worship of thirteen flowers for a time, and afterwards present to a Brahmin the representations of thirteen flowers in gold, together with a lingam and panavattam (the seat of the lingam).