Revelry, rivalry, and longing for the Goddesses of Bengal: the fortunes of Hindu festivals
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Main Author: McDermott, Rachel Fell (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Columbia University Press New York c2011
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Annually during the months of autumn, Bengal hosts three interlinked festivals to honor its most important goddesses: Durga, Kali, and Jagaddhatri. While each of these deities possesses a distinct iconography, myth, and character, they are all martial. Durga, Kali, and Jagaddhatri often demand blood sacrifice as part of their worship and offer material and spiritual benefits to their votaries. Richly represented in straw, clay, paint, and decoration, they are similarly displayed in elaborately festooned temples, thronged by thousands of admirers.The first book to recount the history of these f
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 372 p)
ISBN:9780231527873

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