Playing Host to Deity: Festival Religion in the South Indian Tradition

by PaulYounger (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2001

  $243.64

  The annual festivals that are central to the south Indian religious tradition are among the largest religious gatherings found anywhere in the world. In this book, Paul Younger offers a fieldwork-based study of 14 different religious festivals, shedding light on not only their religious, but also their social and political meanings.