The Wedding with a Stolen Goddess: The Ethnography of a Cult in Rural Tamil Nadu

The paper provides a critical overview of the perspective that stratifies society in India into a series of different classes, resulting in the mobility of particular castes or social groups. For this purpose, the study presents ethnographic material concerning the foundation and development of a no...

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Authors: Souček, Ivan (Author) ; Karásek, Matej (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. 2022
In: Journal of religion and health
Year: 2022, Volume: 61, Issue: 3, Pages: 2500-2513
Further subjects:B Yellamā
B Ritual transgenderism
B Legitimization
B Possession
B Tamil Goddess
B Brahman priests
B Vernacular cult
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