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Playing host to deity : festival religion in the South Indian tradition /

The annual festivals that are central to the south Indian religious tradition are among the largest religious gatherings in the world. This text offers a fieldwork-based study of 14 different religious festivals.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Younger, Paul
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Subjects:
Fasts and feasts > Hinduism.
Fasts and feasts > India, South.
Fêtes religieuses > Hindouisme > Inda (Sud)
Fêtes religieuses > Hindouisme.
RELIGION > Hinduism > General.
Fasts and feasts
Fasts and feasts > Hinduism
South India
Hindoeïsme.
Feesten.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:The annual festivals that are central to the south Indian religious tradition are among the largest religious gatherings in the world. This text offers a fieldwork-based study of 14 different religious festivals.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vii, 189 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-183) and index.
ISBN:1429401834
9781429401838
0195140443
9780195140446