Offering Flowers, Feeding Skulls: Popular Goddess Worship in West Bengal

by June McDaniel

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The Indian state of West Bengal is home to one of the world's most vibrant traditions of goddess worship. The year's biggest holidays are devoted to the goddesses Durga and Kali, with lavish rituals, decorated statues, fireworks, and parades. In Offering Flowers, Feeding Skulls, June McDaniel provides a broad, accessibly written overview of Bengali goddess worship. McDaniel identifies three major forms of goddess worship, and examines each through...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0195167910

ISBN13:9780195167917

Release Date:August 2004

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:368 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Goddesses Hinduism Language Arts Linguistics New Age Religion Religion & Spirituality Spirituality Words, Language & Grammar

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