Invoking Goddesses : Gender Politics in Indian Religion

TIn Invoking Goddesses: Gender Politics in Indian Religion different Indian goddesses are studied spanning many millennia using detailed linguistic analysis of hymns, prayers; iconography, inscriptions, actual ritual performances and interviews of practitioners.

NILIMA CHITGOPEKAR teaches History at the Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi. She also teaches religious studies to post-graduate students and has published and lectured widely in this area both in India and abroad.