The making of a modern temple and a Hindu city : Kalighat and Kolkata /
"Middle-class Hindus have worked to modernize Kālīghāṭ - the most famous Hindu temple in Kolkata - over the past long century. Rather than being rejected with the onslaught of European modernity, the temple became a facet through which Hindus could produce and publicize their modernity, as well...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2019]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Middle-class Hindus have worked to modernize Kālīghāṭ - the most famous Hindu temple in Kolkata - over the past long century. Rather than being rejected with the onslaught of European modernity, the temple became a facet through which Hindus could produce and publicize their modernity, as well as their cities' and their nation's"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 217 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190885298 0190885297 9780190885274 0190885270 9780190885281 0190885289 |