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Religion in India

By: Madan, T.N [Editor]Material type: Text

TextSeries: (Oxford in India Readings in Sociology and Social anthropology)Publication details: New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2008Description: xvii, 460 p. ill. ; 22 cmISBN: 9780195630920Subject(s): Religion and sociology | ReligionDDC classification: 200.954

Contents:

The Quran -- A folk diety of Tamil Nad: Aiyanar, the Lord -- The evil eye -- Hindu values of life: Karma and Dharma -- Purity and pollution -- The Toda diary -- The meaning of space in the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy -- Sinking flowers at Hardwar -- Kashi: city of all India -- Cocepts of space in ritual -- Cyclical time: Durgapuja in Bengal: concepts, actions, objects -- Time renewed: Ratha jatra in Puri -- Murtipuja in Svetambar Jain temples -- Mangala among the Coorgs -- The pilgrimage to Ajmer -- Morarram (Continued) Saora shamans and shamanins -- Sathya Sai Baba's miracles -- Hindu temple priests -- Gaya priests and their social networks -- Five symbols of Sikh identity -- Elements of communalism -- The radical and protesting asectic -- Christian fundamentalism as counter-culture -- The logic of religious violence -- Secularism in its place.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	200.954 MAD/R (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available	P04581
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	200.954 MAD/R (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available	P00287
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	200.954 MAD/R (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available	P03301
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	200.954 MAD/R (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-4	Available	052244

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The Quran --
A folk diety of Tamil Nad: Aiyanar, the Lord --
The evil eye --
Hindu values of life: Karma and Dharma --
Purity and pollution --
The Toda diary --
The meaning of space in the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy --
Sinking flowers at Hardwar --
Kashi: city of all India --
Cocepts of space in ritual --
Cyclical time: Durgapuja in Bengal: concepts, actions, objects --
Time renewed: Ratha jatra in Puri --
Murtipuja in Svetambar Jain temples --
Mangala among the Coorgs --
The pilgrimage to Ajmer --
Morarram (Continued) Saora shamans and shamanins --
Sathya Sai Baba's miracles --
Hindu temple priests --
Gaya priests and their social networks --
Five symbols of Sikh identity --
Elements of communalism --
The radical and protesting asectic --
Christian fundamentalism as counter-culture --
The logic of religious violence --
Secularism in its place.

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