Offering Flowers, Feeding Skulls

Popular Goddess Worship in West Bengal

Description

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 McDaniel provides a broad, accessibly written overview of Bengali goddess worship.
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Writer
McDaniel, June (Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Title
Offering Flowers, Feeding Skulls
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Year
2004
Language
English
Pages
368
Weight
522 gr
EAN
9780195167917
Dimensions
220 x 153 x 22 mm
Binding format
Paperback

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