ISBN:
9780199895489
,
9780199895465
Language:
English
Pages:
IX, 236 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
,
24 cm
Parallel Title:
Online-Ausg. Kent, Eliza F., 1966 - Sacred groves and local gods
DDC:
294.5/35095482
Keywords:
Sacred groves
;
Forest conservation Social aspects
;
Tamil Nadu (India) Religious life and customs
;
Sacred groves
;
India
;
Tamil Nadu
;
Forest conservation
;
Social aspects
;
India
;
Tamil Nadu
;
Tamil Nadu (India)
;
Religious life and customs
;
Tamil Nadu
;
Heiliger Hain
;
Umweltschutz
;
Hinduismus
;
Gott
;
Volksreligion
;
Götter
Abstract:
Introduction: sacred groves and local gods: religious environmentalism in South India -- Fierce gods and dense forest: sacred groves near Madurai -- A road runs through it: changing meanings in Malaiyali sacred groves in Tiruvannamalai district -- Mixing botany and belief: guardian deities and their forests in the Pondicherry region -- Soteriology and stake-holders: the greening of the Auroville plateau 1973-2007 -- Sacrifice and sacrality: sacred grove restoration projects near Chennai
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: sacred groves and local gods: religious environmentalism in South India -- Fierce gods and dense forest: sacred groves near Madurai -- A road runs through it: changing meanings in Malaiyali sacred groves in Tiruvannamalai district -- Mixing botany and belief: guardian deities and their forests in the Pondicherry region -- Soteriology and stake-holders: the greening of the Auroville plateau 1973-2007 -- Sacrifice and sacrality: sacred grove restoration projects near Chennai.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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