TY  - BOOK
AU  - Preston, James J.
TI  - Cult of the goddess : : social and religious change in a Hindu temple 
U1  - 294.5211 PRE 23
PY  - 1980///
CY  - New York
PB  - Rinehart, 
KW  - India -- Cuttack -- Religious life and customs
N2  - 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
ER  -