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Article: Sudha Chandola. Entranced by the Goddess: Folklore in North Indian Religion.(Book review)
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- Asian Ethnology
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- March 22, 2009
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Sudha Chandola, Entranced by the Goddess: Folklore in North Indian Religion
Wymeswold: Heart of Albion Press, 2007, 205 pages, glossary, index, bibliography, b/w photographs. Paper, GBP 12.95 [pounds sterling]; ISBN: 978-1 905646-08-1.
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THE "BLURB" at the frontispiece of Sudha Chandola's Entranced by the Goddess promises "direct insight" into the various goddess traditions of north India, and comments on the influence those traditions have had "among English-speaking modern pagans." While the book does not deliver as promised, Entranced by the Goddess may be of some interest to the casual reader seeking an insider account ...