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Rh '''Ghair-i-Mahdi. —''' The name, meaning without Mahdi, of a sect of Muhammadans, who affirm that the Imām Mahdī has come and gone, while orthodox Muhammadans hold that he is yet to come.  '''Ghāsi. — '''See Haddi.  '''Ghontoro. —''' A small caste of Oriyas, who manufacture brass and bell-metal rings and bangles for the hill people. The name is derived from ghonto, a bell-metal plate.  Gidda (vulture). — A sept of Poroja.  Gikkili (rattle). — A gōtra of Kurni.  '''Giri Rāzu. — '''A contraction of Puragiri Rāzu or Puragiri Kshatriya, by which names some Perikes style themselves.  Goa.— A sub-division of Kudubis, who are said to have emigrated from Goa to South Canara.  '''Gō Brāhman. —''' A name given to Brāhmans by Kammālans, who style themselves Visva Brāhmans. <section end="H313" /> <section begin="I313" />Gōdagula.—The Gōdagulas are recorded, in the Madras Census Report, 1901, as being the same as the Gūdalas, who are a Telugu caste of basket-makers. According to Mr. C. Hayavadana Rao, to whom I am indebted for the following note, they are a distinct caste, speaking Oriya, and sometimes calling themselves Oddē (Oriya) Mēdara. Like the Mēdaras, they work in split bamboo, and make sundry articles which are not made by other castes who work in this medium. Unlike the Gūdalas, they are a polluting class, and have the following legend to account for their social degradation. God told them to make winnows and other articles for divine worship. This, they did, and, after they had delivered them, they attended a marriage feast, at which they eat flesh and drank liquor. On their return, God called on them to vomit the food which they had partaken of, and <section end="I313" />