Playing host to deity
Subtitle: festival religion in the South Indian tradition
By: Paul Younger
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
Subjects: Fasts and feasts -- Hinduism; Fasts and feasts -- India, South
Description: The annual festivals that are central to the south Indian religious tradition are among the largest religious gatherings in the world. This text offers a fieldwork-based study of 14 different religious festivals.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-183) and index