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The Festival of Pirs: Popular Islam and Shared Devotion in South India

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The Festival of Pirs: Popular Islam and Shared Devotion in South India - Mohammad, Afsar
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The Festival of P rs is an ethnographic study of the religious life of the village of Gugudu in Andhra Pradesh. It focuses on the public event of Muharram, which is practiced by urban Shi'i communities across South Asia, but takes on a strikingly different color in Gugudu because of the central place of a local pir, or saint, called Kullayappa. As with many villages in South India, Gugudu is mostly populated by non-Muslims, yet Muslim rituals and practices play a crucial role in its devotion. Afsar Mohammad explores how ...

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The Festival of Pirs: Popular Islam and Shared Devotion in South India 2013, Oxford University Press, USA, New York

ISBN-13: 9780199997596

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The Festival of Pirs: Popular Islam and Shared Devotion in South India 2013, Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN-13: 9780199997589

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