The many faces of a Himalayan goddess : Hadimba, her devotees, and religion in rapid change / Ehud Halperin.

The many faces of a Himalayan goddess : Hadimba, her devotees, and religion in rapid change / Ehud Halperin.

9780190913618 (electronic book)

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.

English

1 online resource : illustrations, maps.

BL1138.4.H53

294.52114

This text offers a portrait of Hadimba, a primary village goddess in the Kullu Valley of the West Indian Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh. 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 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.

This text offers a portrait of Hadimba, a primary village goddess in the Kullu Valley of the West Indian Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh. 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 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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