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Looking dazed but delighted, Israeli troops were hailed as heroic liberators by the Christian residents, who showered them with rice, flowers and candy.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is enthroned facing towards the east, and touches rice, flowers, earth, gold, silver, and jewels, in token of owning all the products of his realm.
From Indian Poetry Containing "The Indian Song of Songs," from the Sanskrit of the Gîta Govinda of Jayadeva, Two books from "The Iliad Of India" (Mahábhárata), "Proverbial Wisdom" from the Shlokas of the Hitopadesa, and other Oriental Poems. by Arnold, Edwin, Sir
The offerings of rice, flowers, a chicken, &c., and the pouring water over the idol, are parts of the regular daily observance in every village temple.
From Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India by Frere, M.
Sacrifices are constantly made to these idols, consisting of boiled rice, flowers, fruits, etc., but, above all, of lamps, of which many thousands are sometimes seen burning.
From Dr. Scudder's Tales for Little Readers, About the Heathen. by Scudder, Dr. John
The Dhangars consequently revere an ant-hill, and never remove one from their fields, while they worship it on the Diwāli day with offerings of rice, flowers and part of the ear of a goat.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)
