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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1. VerfasserIn: Halperin, Ehud (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Oxford New York Oxford University Press [2020]
In:Jahr: 2020
Rezensionen:[Rezension von: Ehud Halperin, The many faces of a Himalayan goddess - Hadimba, her devotees, and religion in rapid change] (2023) (Pande, Mrinal)
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Hiḍimbā, Fiktive Gestalt / Kullutal / Hinduismus / Religiöses Leben / Religiöser Wandel
B Hiḍimbā, Fiktive Gestalt / Mahābhārata
RelBib Classification:BK Hinduismus, Jainismus, Sikhismus
KBM Asien
weitere Schlagwörter:B Hiḍimbā (Hindu mythological character)
B Hindu goddesses (India) (Himachal Pradesh)
B Hochschulschrift
B Himachal Pradesh (India) Religious life and customs
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Zusammenfassung:"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"--
Beschreibung:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 247-261
Significant revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--Columbia University, 2012, titled Haḍimbā becoming herself : a Himalayan goddess in change
Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0190913584