Nine Nights of the Goddess - The Navaratri Festival in South Asia

Explores the contemporary nature and the diverse narratives, rituals, and performances of the Navar¿tri Festival.

About the author

Caleb Simmons is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Faculty Director of the Bachelor of General Studies Program in the College of Humanities at the University of Arizona. He is the author of Devotional Sovereignty: Kingship and Religion in India and coeditor (with Moumita Sen and Hillary Rodrigues) of Nine Nights of the Goddess: The Navarātri Festival in South Asia, also published by SUNY Press.Hillary Peter Rodrigues is Chair of the Department of Anthropology and Associate Professor in the Religious Studies Program at the University of Lethbridge. He is the author of Insight and Religious Mind: An Analysis of Krishnamurti's Thought.

Product details

• Authors: Caleb (EDT)/ Sen Simmons, Caleb Sen Simmons
• Assisted by: Hillary P. Rodrigues (Editor), Hillary Peter Rodrigues (Editor), Moumita Sen (Editor), Caleb Simmons (Editor)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781438470696
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-7069-6
• No. of pages: 374
• Series: SUNY Series in Hindu Studies; SUNY Series in Hindu Studies; Suny Hindu Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous