00932nam a2200157Ia 4500 20260819162239.0 250725s9999||||xx |||||||||||||| ||und|| 23 294.5211 PRE Preston, James J. Cult of the goddess : social and religious change in a Hindu temple / James J. Preston New York : Rinehart, 1980. x, 109 p.; 23 cm. Cult of the Goddess is an anthropological study of religious and social change at a Hindu goddess temple in Cuttack, Odisha. Preston examines the growth of the Chandi temple, goddess worship, temple organization, devotees and the relationship between religious practice and changing urban society. The work demonstrates how a local goddess shrine became an important centre of popular Hinduism and adapted to social changes in modern India. India -- Cuttack -- Religious life and customs. RBK 65747 65747 0 0 ddc 0 1 SNUL SNUL 2025-07-25 Donated 0.00 0 294.5211 PRE G5940 2025-07-25 00:00:00 2025-07-25 RBK Prof. Romila Thapar's Collection