Patrons, Devotees and Goddesses: Ritual and Power Among the Tamil Fishermen of Sri Lanka

by Masakazu Tanaka

Empirical study of two Hindu Goddess festivals in a Sri Lankan fishing village, one dedicated to Bhadra Kali and the other to Draupadi. It presents the relationship between religion and power through its focus on two dimensions of meaning-personal and cosmological.

228 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997