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The Many Faces of a Himalayan Goddess: Hadimba, Her Devotees, and Religion in Rapid Change

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The Many Faces of a Himalayan Goddess: Hadimba, Her Devotees, and Religion in Rapid Change - Halperin, Ehud
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This book offers a portrait of Hadimba, a primary village goddess in the Kullu Valley of the West Indian Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh. 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 result is an important contribution to the study of Indian village goddesses, lived Hinduism, Himalayan Hinduism, and the rapidly growing ...

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The Many Faces of a Himalayan Goddess: Hadimba, Her Devotees, and Religion in Rapid Change 2019, Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN-13: 9780190913588

Hardcover