A Road Runs Through It: Changing Meanings in a Sacred Grove in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu

In many Tamil villages, sacred groves are maintained in part because of the perception of the forest as an abode of forces both dangerous and crucial to the vitality of settled life. However, one scheduled tribe community, the Malaivazhmakkal Gaunders, or ‘Mountain-dwelling farmers,’ seems to have l...

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Main Author: Kent, Eliza F. 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox Publ. 2010
In: Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
Year: 2010, Volume: 4, Issue: 2, Pages: 213-231
Further subjects:B adivasi religion
B Hinduism
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