Pandemic Lockdown in Kerala: Vishu and Thrissur Pooram Festivals

This paper reflects on the impact of Covid 19 lockdown in India on religious festivals. Two Hindu religious festivals in the state of Kerala namely Vishu and Thrissur Pooram are addressed here. Both festivals are immensely popular and close to the heart of the Malayali Hindu and non-Hindu communitie...

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Subtitles:The Impact of COVID-19 on Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage
Main Author: Puthanparambil Radhakrishnan, Yadukrishna (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Dublin Institute of Technology [2020]
In: The international journal of religious tourism and pilgrimage
Year: 2020, Volume: 8, Issue: 7, Pages: 104-111
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Kerala / Malayalis / Hinduism / Religious festival / COVID-19 (Disease) / Pandemic / Restriction / Geschichte 2020 / Religious community / Emotional burden
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AE Psychology of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B Vishu
B Festival performance
B Thrissur Pooram
B Kerala
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