Kamakhya: A Socio-Cultural Study
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Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
ISBN
8124602514
Length
xx+220p., Figures; Tables; Col. & b/w plates; Maps; Appendices; Glossary; Bibliography; Index; 25cm.
Subjects
This is a comprehensive work on the Kamakhya temple complex in Assam: the complex processes of the deity’s sanskritization and the temple’s role in integrating the people of this region with the mainland. Incorporating details from interviews with temple priests and other temple staff and from literary materials on the temples, it deals with the socio-cultural life at the temple complex with respect to rites of passage relating to marriage, birth and death, ...
