The one in an image by itself looks to me more like some sort of ornament than a coin. Allen Thrasher
Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Tuesday, December 30, 2025, 9:48 AM, jacob--- via INDOLOGY <[email protected]> wrote: Dear friends and colleagues, I am traveling in Central Maharashtra and have come across several instances of coins being hammered into holes in Hindu temple floors, stairs, and doorsteps (see attached images from Balaji Mandir in Walur, Parbhani District). A few local people remember the practice from earlier generations, but other than that I have not been able to find out much. Does anyone on the list known about the tradition and its significance? I would be especially interested in finding out if it is a local or a more widespread phenomenon. Many thanks in advance. Best regards, Jacob Jacob Schmidt-Madsen Postdoctoral Scholar Astral Sciences in Trans-Regional Asia (ASTRA) Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany _______________________________________________ INDOLOGY mailing list [email protected] https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
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