TY  - GEN
T1  - Guests at God's Wedding  : Celebrating Kartik among the Women of Benares.
A1  - Pintchman, Tracy
LA  - English
PP  - Albany
PB  - State University of New York Press
YR  - 2005
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_dda_on1239981473
AB  - This fascinating 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.
OP  - 254
NO  - Description based upon print version of record.
CN  - HQ1173
SN  - 9780791482568
SN  - 0791482561
SN  - 9780791465950
KW  - Hindu women : India : Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh) : Social life and customs.
KW  - Hindu women : India : Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh) : Religion.
KW  - Special months : India : Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
KW  - Fasts and feasts : India : Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
KW  - Puja (Hinduism) : India : Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
KW  - Hinduism and culture : India : Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
KW  - Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India) : Religious life and customs.
KW  - Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India) : Social life and customs.
KW  - Hindoues : Inde : Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh) : Mœurs et coutumes.
KW  - Hindoues : Inde : Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh) : Religion.
KW  - Mois thématiques : Inde : Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
KW  - Pūjā : Inde : Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
KW  - Hindouisme et culture : Inde : Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
KW  - Other.
KW  - Holidays.
KW  - RELIGION.
ER  -