5. Dâdu appears to have taught the unity of God. “To this day,” says Mr. Coldstream, [272] “the Dâdupanthis use the phrase Sat Râm, the True God, as a current phrase expressive of their creed. He forbids the worship of idols and did not build temples; now temples are built by his followers, who say that in them they worship “The Book.” “The worship,” according to Professor Wilson, “is addressed to Râma, but it is restricted to the Japa or repetition of his name, and the Râma intended is the deity negatively described in the Vedanta theology.” In fact the doctrine of Dâdu is sometimes described as pantheistic. The religious works of the sect contain many of the sayings of Kabîr. The chief of these are the Dâdubâni, the Sakya-granth and the Janamlîla, which contains an account of the Guru and his disciples. In the Panjâb the celibates of to-day wear white cloths in contrast to most other Sâdhs who wear ochre-coloured clothes. They abjure flesh and wine, and they shave both beard and moustache. They wear necklaces and have white round caps on their heads, to which is attached a piece of cloth which hangs down the back. 6. At the Census of 1891 there were only five members of this sect recorded in these Provinces, of whom four were found in the Sahâranpur and one in the Muzaffarnagar District. DISTRIBUTION OF THE NÂGAS AND DÂDUPANTHIS ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS OF 1891. ===============+============+======+======= Districts. |Dâdupanthis.|Nâgas.|Total. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~+~~~~~~~ Dehra Dûn | ... | 3| 3 Sahâranpur | 4 | 14| 18 Muzaffarnagar | 1 | 4| 5 Aligarh | ... | 25| 25 Agra | ... | 43| 43 Mainpuri | ... | 2| 2 Etah | ... | 4| 4 Shâhjahânpur | ... | 7| 7 Fatehpur | ... | 2| 2 Bânda | ... | 1| 1 Hamîrpur | ... | 5| 5 Allahâbâd | ... | 3| 3 Gorakhpur | ... | 4| 4 Basti | ... | 280| 280 Garhwâl | ... | 13| 13 Tarâi | ... | 1| 1 +~~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~+~~~~~~~ | 5 | 411| 416 Total +~~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Males 335 | Females 76 ===============+===========================