Sacred groves and local gods: religion and environmentalism in South India/ Eliza F. Kent.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, c2013Description: ix, 236 p. ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: 9780199895489 Subject(s): Sacred groves -- India -- Tamil Nadu | Forest conservation -- Social aspects -- India -- Tamil Nadu | Tamil Nadu (India) -- Religious life and customsDDC classification: 294.535095482Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books | Central Library, Sikkim University | 294.535095482 KEN/S (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 50016 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-221) and index.
Introduction: sacred groves and local gods: religious environmentalism in South India -- Fierce gods and dense forest: sacred groves near Madurai -- A road runs through it: changing meanings in Malaiyali sacred groves in Tiruvannamalai district -- Mixing botany and belief: guardian deities and their forests in the Pondicherry region -- Soteriology and stake-holders: the greening of the Auroville plateau 1973-2007 -- Sacrifice and sacrality: sacred grove restoration projects near Chennai.
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