This book is an empirical study of two Hindu goddess festivals in a Sri Lankan fishing village, one dedicated to Bhadra Kali and the other to Draupadi. It presents the relationship between religion and power through its focus on two dimensions of meaning - personal and cosmological.
This book is an empirical study of two Hindu goddess festivals in a Sri Lankan fishing village, one dedicated to Bhadra Kali and the other to Draupadi. It presents the relationship between religion and power through its focus on two dimensions of meaning - personal and cosmological.
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