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Sweetening and intensification : currents shaping Hindu practices /

"Explores how these two currents are shaping the contours of contemporary Hindu worship, myth, and visual and material culture in contemporary South Asia and its diasporas"--

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Allocco, Amy L. (Editor), Zeiler, Xenia (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2025]
Subjects:
Hinduism > South Asia > Rituals.
Hindu gods > South Asia.
Worship (Hinduism)
Hinduism > Social aspects > South Asia.
Hindu diaspora.
South Asia > Religious life and customs.
Hindouisme > Asie méridionale > Rituel.
Cultes hindous.
Hindouisme > Aspect social > Asie méridionale.
Table of Contents:
  • A divine dust-up : diverging trajectories of local gods in Garhwal / Brian K. Pennington
  • Insistence, persistence, and resistance in Tamil Hindu rituals to call the dead / Amy L. Allocco
  • Kali in a time of hurt sentiments / Rachel Fell McDermott.