Offering flowers, feeding skulls : popular goddess worship in West Bengal

Offering flowers, feeding skulls : popular goddess worship in West Bengal /

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 McDan...

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Main Author: McDaniel, June
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Kali (Göttin)
Kālī > (Hindu deity) > Cult > India > West Bengal.
Kālī > (Hindu deity)
Shaktism > India > West Bengal.
Verehrung.
Schaktismus.
Ritual.
Shaktism.
West Bengal (India) > Religious life and customs.
West Bengal.
India > West Bengal.
India > Bengal.
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Call Number: BL1225.K33 W36 2004
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