From Non-Brahmin Priests of the Goddess to Ascetics of God Mahima Alekha
This article deals with Mahima Dharma a contemporary vernacular ascetic religion of Odisha/Eastern India displaying a rich diversity in its regional configurations. In this paper the author proposes to look at the main protagonists of the religion, the ascetics (babas), as non-Brahmin priests, who h...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2016
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Journal of the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions
Year: 2016, Volume: 3, Pages: 171-185 |
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vernacular religion
B Odisha B Goddess B Mahima Dharma B India |
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