The Month of Kārtik and Women's Ritual Devotions to Krishna in Benares

The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 327-342

  Pintchman, Tracy ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Devotional traditions; Medical problems; Ritual devotions; The ganges river

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889376497     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470998694.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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