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           themselves). You can get a leaf-cup  and  sugar,  for  a  hundred  rupees.
           of acär (pickle), again only a rupee.  Some  sweets  include  such  costly
           There are many kinds of chutneys,  ingredients  as  musk  and  saffron.
           fruit salads, and a unique raitä made  People  don’t  haggle  much  over
           with  chopped  fruit  in  thin  yogurt  prices.  Whatever  the  shopkeepers
           spiced  with  mustard  seeds.  There  say, people just accept it, and that’s
           are big capätés full of ghee for two or  that.
           three rupees, depending on the size.
           You’ll  find  rice,  däl,  curry  sauce,   Items  like  grain  sweets  and  sugar-
           fried  vegetables,  and  samosäs  so      crusted  purés  keep  for  months
           huge that one is practically enough       without losing freshness. A pilgrim
           for a meal.                               traveling  abroad  from  Nathdwara
                                                     may bring prasädam of Çrénäthajé to
           Then  there  are  milk  sweets  and  his friends overseas. Like the Deity
           sweets made with grains and sugar,  Himself, the prasädam of Çrénäthajé

           rich  with  ghee.  You  can  buy  big  is famous all over the world. m
           blocks,  made  with  grains,  ghee,


































           Çrénäthajé paintings from small shops like this one will find their way into
           homes all over the world.
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