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Summary:

A study of the ways in which traditional forms of religious life in India have been transformed in the vortex of the region's rapid change.

Table of Contents:

• The nun's tale
• The dancer of Kannur
• The daughters of Yellamma
• The singer of epics
• The red fairy
• The monk's tale
• The maker of idols
• The lady twilight
• The song of the blind minstrel.

Author/Creator:

Dalrymple, William

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Nine lives: in search of the sacred in modern India [by Dalrymple, W.]

Subjects:

India — Religion

Religious biography — India

Religion

Religious biography

India

General Notes:

First published: London : Bloomsbury, 2009.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-267) and index.

Physical Description:

xvii, 275 pages : map ; 25 cm

Call Numbers:

BL2001.3 .D35 2010

ISBNs:

9780307272829 (alk. paper)
0307272826 (alk. paper)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2010006362

OCLC Numbers:

437298635