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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox Publ.
2010
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Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
Year: 2010, Volume: 4, Issue: 2, Pages: 213-231 |
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adivasi religion
B Hinduism |
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