Sacred groves and local gods religion and environmentalism in South India

Drawing on fieldwork conducted in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu over seven years, Eliza F. Kent offers a compelling examination of the religious and social context in which south India's sacred groves take on meaning for the villagers who maintain them, and shows how they have become...

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Main Author: Kent, Eliza F.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2013, 2013
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