Nine nights of power: durgā, dolls, and darbārs
The autumnal Navaratri festival - also called Durga Puja, Dassehra, or Dasain - is the most important Hindu festival in South Asia and wherever Hindus settle. A nine-night-long celebration in honor of the goddess Durga, it ends on the tenth day with a celebration called ?the victorious tenth? (vijay...
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New York
State University of New York Press
[2021]
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In: | Year: 2021 |
Series/Journal: | SUNY series in Hindu studies
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Navaratri
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Durgā-pūjā (Hindu festival)
B Collection of essays B Worship (Hinduism) B Hindu gods B Puja (Hinduism) |