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This book is based on material collected during extensive fieldwork in Bhopal between 1996 and 1998. Presenting and interpreting data of the history as well as the ritual, social and political life of two central goddess temples, it presents the first comprehensive study of Hindu temples as socio-religious institutions in the urban environment of contemporary India.
Ursula Rao is lecturer in Anthropology at the University Halle, Germany. She is co-editor of the book; Im Rausch des Rituals. Gestaltung und Transformation der Wirklichkeit in K?rperlicher Performanz (2, Lit). Her areas of interests are: ritual studies, the relationship bween religion and politics and the anthropology of cultural performances. Most recently she has started a study on the production of news through journalistic practices, with field research located in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
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