Mountain Goddess: Gender and Politics in a Himalayan Pilgrimage

by William S. Sax

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Every few decades, thousands of Hindu villagers in the Central Himalayas of North India carry their regional goddess Nandadevi in a bridal palanquin to her husband Shiva's home, walking barefoot over icebound mountain passes to a lake surrounded by human bones. This Royal Pilgrimage of Nandadevi is a ritual dramatization of the post-marital journeys of married women from their natal homes to their husbands' homes. Mountain Goddessis an anthropological...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:019506979X

ISBN13:9780195069792

Release Date:November 1991

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.4" x 8.0"

Related Subjects

Criminal Law Gender & Sexuality Goddesses Hinduism Humanities Law New Age Religion Religion & Spirituality Religious Studies Spirituality Theology Women in History

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