01631nam a22002777a 4500 20230622095449.0 230622b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 8131603296 AL eng 23 294.52 BHAC G S Bhatt 124511 Cult religion and society: Polyandrous people of western Himalayas Jaipur Rawat Publications 2010 xii,420p. HB 22x14cm. Religion 580.00 ₹ 580.00 This anthropological study is an outcome of the author's lifelong involvement with the people and culture of Rawain-Jaunpur in India. The book not only studies the religious phenomenon of the Mahasu from a sociological perspective, but also beautifully highlights the life of the ordinary man of the region, as it is woven in and around their Devta - the Mahasu. Cult, Religion and Society brings out the continuity and deep-rootedness of the Indian cultural stream. It highlights the linkage between the local beliefs and practices with the Sanskritic tradition. The book describes heritage and identity through the concept of unity in diversity, underlying the main idea that unity is attitudinal but diversity is real. Thus, it provides a seasoned reorientation to many methodological issues associated with sociology of religion. Mahasu Desh 124504 Mahasu Katha 124505 Mangaing the Cult 124506 Social Structure 124507 Mahasu Devta 124508 Mahasu Puja 124509 BHATT (G S) 124510 ddc DB 227608 227608 0 0 ddc 0 0 OTH AL AL 2023-06-16 0 294.52 BHAC D05878 2023-06-22 00:00:00 580.00 2023-06-22 DB