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"This book offers a portrait of Haḍimbā, a primary village goddess in the Kullu Valley of the West Indian Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, a rural area known as the Land of God. Drawing on diverse ethnographic and textual materials The Many Faces of a Himalayan Goddess is rich with myths and tales, accounts of dramatic rituals and festivals, and descriptions of everyday life in the celebrated but remote Kullu Valley. The book portrays the goddess in varying contexts that radiate outward from her temple to local, regional, national, and indeed global spheres. The result is an important contribution to the study of Indian village goddesses, lived Hinduism, Himalayan Hinduism, and the rapidly growing field of religion and ecology"--

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The Many Faces of a Himalayan Goddess
  • Author : Ehud Halperin
  • Release : 29 June 2024
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
  • ISBN : 9780190913588
  • Genre : Religion
  • Total Page : 297 pages
  • Language : English
  • PDF File Size : 9,9 Mb

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