Catholic and Tamil Divine Mothers: Mary and the Village Goddess

The cult of the Virgin Mary in southern India and especially in Tamil Nadu is very popular, and she certainly incarnates the emblematic figure of contemporary Indian Catholicism. After the arrival of the Portuguese in India, the task of evangelization was in the hands of the missionary orders who wo...

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Main Author: Granziera, Patrizia (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2023
In: International journal of Asian christianity
Year: 2023, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 229-249
Further subjects:B Tamil Nadu
B grama-devatas
B Mary
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