British gazetters went looking for differences - but found syncretic practices - Prof. Vinay Lal
Channel: Anekdhara
Date: 2023-02-23

Prof. Vinay Lal discusses how British colonial gazetters went looking for rigid and well differentiated communities but found composite traditions on the ground. Short clip talks about these traditions in Gujarat giving two examples. First is about the Muslims who kept the pictures of Swaminarayan and worshipped him. Second is about the Hussaini Brahmins, who while following Atharvaveda draw their name from Imam Hussain, grand son of the Prophet.  


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