The many faces of a Himalayan goddess : Haḍimbā, her devotees, and religion in rapid change /
"This book offers a portrait of Haḍimbā, a primary village goddess in the Kullu Valley of the West Indian Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, a rural area known as the Land of God. Drawing on diverse ethnographic and textual materials The Many Faces of a Himalayan Goddess is rich with myths an...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2020]
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| Series: | Religion, culture, and history series.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "This book offers a portrait of Haḍimbā, a primary village goddess in the Kullu Valley of the West Indian Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, a rural area known as the Land of God. 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 book portrays the goddess in varying contexts that radiate outward from her temple to local, regional, national, and indeed global spheres. The result is an important contribution to the study of Indian village goddesses, lived Hinduism, Himalayan Hinduism, and the rapidly growing field of religion and ecology"-- |
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| Item Description: | Significant Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Columbia University, 2012, titled Haḍimbā becoming herself : a Himalayan goddess in change. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 270 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190913601 0190913606 |