The Dhuris principally worship the goddess Devi. Nearly all members
of the caste belong to the Kabirpanthi sect. They believe that the
sun on setting goes through the earth, and that the milky way is the
path by which the elephant of the heavens passes from south to north
to feed on the young bamboo shoots, of which he is very fond. They
think that the constellation of the Great Bear is a cot with three
thieves tied to it. The thieves came to steal the cot, which belonged
to an old woman, but God caught them and tied them down there for
ever. Orion is the plough left by one of the Pandava brothers after
he had finished tilling the heavens. The dead are burnt. They observe
mourning during nine or ten days for an adult and make libations to the
dead at the usual period in the month of Kunwar (September-October).