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Nine lives : in search of the sacred in modern India / William Dalrymple.

By: Dalrymple, William.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: London Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2010Edition: 1st U.S. ed. c2009.Description: xviii, 284 p., Rs. 399.00 ill., map ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781408801246(pbk.).Other title: 9 lives.Subject(s): Religious biography -- India | India -- ReligionDDC classification: 294.092/254
Contents:
The nun's tale -- The dancer of Kannur -- The daughters of Yellamma -- The singer of epics -- The red fairy -- The monk's tale -- The maker of idols -- The lady twilight -- The song of the blind minstrel.
Summary: A study of the ways in which traditional forms of religious life in India have been transformed in the vortex of the region's rapid change.
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Book Chennai Mathematical Institute
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First published: London : Bloomsbury, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-267) and index.

The nun's tale -- The dancer of Kannur -- The daughters of Yellamma -- The singer of epics -- The red fairy -- The monk's tale -- The maker of idols -- The lady twilight -- The song of the blind minstrel.

A study of the ways in which traditional forms of religious life in India have been transformed in the vortex of the region's rapid change.