ISBN10: 0791465969, ISBN13: 9780791465967, [publisher: State University of New York Press, U.S.A.] Softcover This 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.
[Chicago, IL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2005]

ISBN10: 0791465969, ISBN13: 9780791465967, [publisher: State University of New York Press] Softcover xii + 241 pages : 23 cm.
[Chadwell Heath, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2005]

State Univ of New York Pr, Date: 2005. Paperback. New. 241 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. 2005. State Univ of New York Pr ISBN 0791465969 9780791465967 [GB]

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paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. ISBN 0791465969 9780791465967 [US]