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041			_aeng
082			_223 _a294.52 _bBHAC
100			_aG S Bhatt _9124511
245			_aCult religion and society: _bPolyandrous people of western Himalayas
260			_aJaipur _bRawat Publications _c2010
300			_axii,420p. _bHB _c22x14cm.
365			_2Religion _b580.00 _c₹ _d580.00
520			_aThis 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.
650			_aMahasu Desh _9124504
650			_aMahasu Katha _9124505
650			_aMangaing the Cult _9124506
650			_aSocial Structure _9124507
650			_aMahasu Devta _9124508
650			_aMahasu Puja _9124509
700			_aBHATT (G S) _9124510
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