 During the game if a player has enough counters to fill any of his rubbish holes back up their status is removed and they are again used during play.The game is over when a player is unable to fill any cups with six counters at the end of a round.Tamarind seeds and cowry shells (Sozhi (சோழி) in Tamil language) are used in this game, to fill the holes of the Alli gulli board.