Creating the sacred: Altars in the Hindu American home

Revealing the Sacred in Asian and Pacific America

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 143-157

  Mazumdar, Shampa ^a   Mazumdar, Sanjoy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Planning Policy and Design   (United States)

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EID: 84920762057     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315023816     Document Type: Chapter

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