TY - BOOK
T1 - The many faces of a Himalayan goddess
T2 - Haḍimbā, her devotees, and religion in rapid change
AU - Halperin, Ehud
N1 - Significant revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--Columbia University, 2012, titled Haḍimbā becoming herself : a Himalayan goddess in change.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - "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"--
AB - "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"--
KW - Hiḍimbā (Hindu mythological character)
KW - Hindu goddesses -- India -- Himachal Pradesh
KW - אלות הונדואיות -- הודו -- הימצ'אל פראדש
KW - Himachal Pradesh (India) -- Religious life and customs
KW - הימצ'אל פראדש (הודו) -- חיי הדת ומנהגים
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SN - 0190913584
SN - 9780190913588
T3 - Religion, culture, and history series
BT - The many faces of a Himalayan goddess
PB - Oxford University Press
CY - New York, NY
ER -