From Non-Brahmin Priests of the Goddess to Ascetics of God Mahima Alekha

This article deals with Mahima Dharma a contemporary vernacular ascetic religion of Odisha/Eastern India displaying a rich diversity in its regional configurations. In this paper the author proposes to look at the main protagonists of the religion, the ascetics (babas), as non-Brahmin priests, who h...

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Veröffentlicht: [publisher not identified] 2016
In: Journal of the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions
Jahr: 2016, Band: 3, Seiten: 171-185
weitere Schlagwörter:B vernacular religion
B Odisha
B Goddess
B Mahima Dharma
B India
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