This anthropological study is an outcome of the author's lifelong involvement with the people and culture of Rawain-Jaunpur. It started as a fallout of a study on polyandry in this area. But it assumed multi-dimensionality with deeper probing. The book not only studies the phenomenon of Mahasu from sociological perspective but also beautifully highlights the life of the ordinary man of the region as it is woven in and around their Devta--the Mahasu.The book ...
