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Feeding a Thousand Souls: Women, Ritual, and Ecology in India- An Exploration of the Kolam

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Feeding a Thousand Souls: Women, Ritual, and Ecology in India- An Exploration of the Kolam - Nagarajan, Vijaya
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Every day millions of Tamil women in southeast India wake up before dawn to create a new kolam, an ephemeral but highly elaborate ritual design made with rice flour, on the thresholds of homes, businesses, and temples. This thousand-year-old ritual welcomes and honors the goddesses Lakshmi and Bhudevi. The first comprehensive study of the kolam in English, Feeding a Thousand Souls is the culmination of Vijaya Nagarajan's many years of research and writing on this exacting ritual practice.

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Feeding a Thousand Souls: Women, Ritual, and Ecology in India- An Exploration of the Kolam 2018, Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN-13: 9780190858070

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Feeding a Thousand Souls: Women, Ritual, and Ecology in India- An Exploration of the Kolam 2018, Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN-13: 9780195170825

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