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020 _a978-0-19-989548-9
_cRs. 2355.00 (pbk.)
040 _cIFP
100 0 _aKent, Eliza F.,
_d1966
_977527
245 0 _aSacred groves and local gods
_breligion and environmentalism in South India
_cEliza F. Kent
260 _aNew York
_bOxford University Press
_c2013
300 _aix, 236 p.
_bill., maps
_c24 cm.
504 0 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [187]-221) and index
505 _6880-11
_aIntroduction: sacred groves and local gods: religious environmentalism in South India -- Fierce gods and dense forest: sacred groves near Madurai -- A road runs through it: changing meanings in Malaiyali sacred groves in Tiruvannamalai district -- Mixing botany and belief: guardian deities and their forests in the Pondicherry region -- Soteriology and stake-holders: the greening of the Auroville plateau 1973-2007 -- Sacrifice and sacrality: sacred grove restoration projects near Chennai
880 _6505-11
_aIntroduction: sacred groves and local gods: religious environmentalism in South India -- Fierce gods and dense forest: sacred groves near Madurai -- A road runs through it: changing meanings in Malaiyali sacred groves in Tiruvannamalai district -- Mixing botany and belief: guardian deities and their forests in the Pondicherry region -- Soteriology and stake-holders: the greening of the Auroville plateau 1973-2007 -- Sacrifice and sacrality: sacred grove restoration projects near Chennai
650 0 _aSacred groves
_zIndia
_zTamil Nadu
_977528
650 _aForest conservation
_xSocial aspects
_zIndia
_zTamil Nadu
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651 0 _aTamil Nadu (India)
_xReligious life and customs
_977530
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