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Dr Uma Shankari


Dr Uma Shankari who has a doctorate in Sociology from the University of Delhi, has been associated with various social movements since early eighties. She has published a book in Tamil which is about the relation between temples and the Hindu religion and society.


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A Close Look at Hindu Temples – Part 5

As mentioned in the earlier essays, India has had many different traditions of beliefs and worship – regional, local, community.

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A Close Look at Hindu Temples – Part 4

Hinduism has changed a great deal in the several centuries from the Vedic period (1500-500 BC) to now; and it is still evolving into new shapes in ...

A Close Look at Hindu Temples – Part 3

Recently I received a forwarded whatsapp message which goes in a light vein as follows: “What is special about being a #Hindu?  Believe ...

A Close Look at Hindu Temples – Part 2

Unlike the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), Hinduism has no one single holy text like the Bible or the Quran to follow or fal...

A Close Look at Hindu Temples - Part One

Starting today, we are serializing the essays on the temples of India. These essays have been written by Dr Uma Shankari who has done her PhD on the H...

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