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Kamakhya: A Socio-Cultural Study

 
Nihar Ranjan Mishra (Author)
Synopsis 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, arts and crafts, food, dress and folk medicine. With illustrations of the temple structure and sculptures and religious and cultural activities, the text makes a detailed study of the temple rituals, festivals and personnel – their kinds and functions and changes in the body of the temple staff with time. Importantly, it provides a background to the study by examining the spread of Saktism over different periods in the Eastern Indian region and specifically Assam.
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About the author

Nihar Ranjan Mishra

Dr. Nihar Ranjan Mishra (Ph.D.) has keen interest in exploring the significance of religious / cultural sites in India. He is currently senior lecturer in the English Department, Mangaldai College, Assam.

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Bibliographic information

Title Kamakhya: A Socio-Cultural Study
Format Hardcover
Date published: 01.01.2004
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher D K Printworld
Language: English
isbn 8124602514
length xx+220p., Figures; Tables; Col. & b/w plates; Maps; Appendices; Glossary; Bibliography; Index; 25cm.