A lamp, having an odd number of cotton wicks, which is kept lighted whatever the hour of day it may be; A measure, called nazhi, made of jak tree (Artocarpus integrifolia) wood, filled to overflowing with rice, and placed on a flat bell-metal plate (talika); A plain white cloth, washed but not new, neatly folded, and placed on the metal plate to the right (south) of the rice; A small bell-metal vessel (kindi), having no handle, filled with water. The lamp is placed on the south side of the mat, the plate next to it (to the north), and the kindi at a little distance to the left (the north). The people who sit on the mat always face the east. The mat having been spread, the various articles just mentioned are brought from the central room of the house by three women, who set them in their places. The Tandan's wife carries the lamp, the eldest woman of the house the bell-metal plate, and some other woman the kindi. The Tandan of the boy's tara, the boy's sister's husband, and a friend then sit on the mat covered with a cloth. If the boy has two brothers-in-law, both sit on the mat, to the exclusion of the friend. The senior woman of the house then hands three plates of rice conjee to the Tandan of the girl's tara, who places them in front of the three persons seated on the mat. To the right of each plate, a little jaggery (unrefined sugar) is placed on a piece of plantain leaf. Each of those seated takes about a spoonful of conjee in his right hand. The Tandan repeats the formula, which has already been given, and asks "May the conjee be drunk"? He answers his question by drinking some of the conjee, and eating a little jaggery. All three then partake of the conjee and jaggery, after which they rise from the mat, and the plates and mat are removed. The place is cleaned, and the mats are again put down, while betel is distributed. The two Tandans then sit on the mat. The girl's Tandan picks up a bundle of about twenty-five betel leaves, and gives half to the boy's Tandan. The Tandans exchange betel leaves, each giving the other four. The boy's Tandan then folds four fanams (one rupee) in four betel leaves, which he hands to the girl's Tandan, saying "May the conjee ceremony be performed"? The Tandans again exchange betel leaves as before, and distribute them to all the castemen present, beginning with the uncles of the boy and girl. The proceedings in the verandah are now over. The next part of the ceremony takes place in the middle room of the house, where the mats, lamp, and other articles are arranged as before. The two Tandans sit on the mat with the boy on the right and the girl on the left, facing east. The boy's uncle stands in front of the Tandans, facing west, and the girl's uncle behind them, facing east. The boy's father gives to the boy's uncle two new plain white cloths, with twenty-one fanams (Rs. 5-4) placed on them. When presenting them, he says "Let the Adayalam be performed"