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Guests at god's wedding : celebrating kartik among the women of benares / Tracy Pintchman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pintchman, Tracy, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hinduism and culture--India--Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh).
- Hinduism and culture.
- Puja (Hinduism)--India--Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh).
- Puja (Hinduism).
- Special months--India--Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh).
- Special months.
- Hindu women--India--Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)--Religion.
- Hindu women.
- Hindu women--India--Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)--Social life and customs.
- Fasts and feasts--India--Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh).
- Fasts and feasts.
- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India)--Social life and customs.
- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India).
- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India)--Religious life and customs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (254 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, New York : State University of New York Press, [2005]
- Summary:
- This fascinating look at the sacred Hindu month of Kartik (October–November) as it is celebrated in the city of Benares in North India highlights Kartik-related practices, stories, songs, and experiences particular to women. During Kartik, Hindu women living in and around Benares meet daily to enact a form of ritual worship, or puja, in which they raise the playful Hindu deity Krishna from childhood to adulthood throughout the month, ultimately marrying him to the plant-goddess Tulsi (Basil). Tracy Pintchman explores how women who perform Kartik puja understand and celebrate both Kartik and Krishna in ways that are linked to the desires, hopes, fears, and social realities characteristic of many Hindu women living in the rather conservative social milieu of this region.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Kartik as a Sacred Month: The Kartik Vrat in Text and Context
- Kartik’s Religious Celebrations and the Churning of the Ocean of Milk
- Adoring Krishna at the River’s Edge:The Practice of Kartik PâjÅ
- Krishna, Kartik, and Hindu Women’s Lives
- Kartik PâjÅ Traditions and Women’s Empowerment
- Appendix: Transliterated Song Texts
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-230) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-7914-8256-1
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