A01=Laxmi G. Tiwari
Author_Laxmi G. Tiwari
Category=DSC
eq_bestseller
eq_biography-true-stories
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
feasts and festivals
Hindu festival cycle
household deities
local shrines
pilgrimages
richness of the traditions
visiting sadhus
Product details
- ISBN 9788185054940
- Weight: 788g
- Dimensions: 180 x 240mm
- Publication Date: 01 Nov 2025
- Publisher: Manohar Publishers and Distributors
- Publication City/Country: IN
- Product Form: Hardback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
It is difficult to capture the flavor of Indian daily life without experiencing the richness of the traditions which permeate people’s lives. Daily worship of household deities, local shrines, the tulsi plant, mother earth, the rising sun, God’s names, ceremonies of the human life cycle, festivals of the Hindu year, pilgrimages, visiting sadhus and folk theater, keep life varied and colorful and raise spirits despite a physically hard existence. This book, informed by actual fieldwork, contains folk stories that are an inseparable part of Hindu feasts and festivals. Festivals studied are those which are celebrated solely or mainly by women and in which stories and paintings are important.
Dr. Laxmi G. Tiwari teaches in the Deptt. of Foreign Languages and Literature, Sonoma State University, California, U.S.A.
