Feeding a thousand souls : women, ritual and ecology in India : an exploration of the Kolam /

Every day millions of Tamil women in southeast India wake up before dawn to create a kolam, an ephemeral ritual design made with rice flour, on the thresholds of homes, businesses and temples. This thousand-year-old ritual welcomes and honors Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and alertness, and Bhudevi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Nagarajan, Vijaya, 1961- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Subjects:	Kolam (House marks) Women, Tamil > Rites and ceremonies. Hindu decoration and ornament. Hinduism > Rituals. Femmes tamoules > Rites et cérémonies. Décoration et ornement hindous. Hindouisme > Rituel. Kolam (Art de l'Inde) Hinduism. RELIGION. History. Rituals & Practice. Cultural. Anthropology. SOCIAL SCIENCE. Hindu decoration and ornament Hinduism > Rituals Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Beginnings
Following lines of beauty
Rituals
Thresholds
Antal
Designs
Embodied mathematics
Competitions : from village to city
Embedded ecologies and the earth goddess
Marrying trees and global warming
Feeding a thousand souls : a ritual of generosity
Endings.