Author: C H Buck
Publisher: Rupa
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 222
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8171676146
Description
India is a country known for its religious diversity, a fact that this book celebrates. Faiths, Fairs and Festivals of India describes the principal features of most India religions. The book also deals at length with Buddhism, Islam and Zoroastrianism.
There is extensive information on Hindu gods and goddesses, supplemented by well-known myths and comparisons with deities in the Roman and Greek pantheons, on pilgrimages, domestic ceremonies, sects and societies, and on festivals across the length and breadth of the country.
Contents
Introduction
Beliefs of the Aboriginals and of the Aryans
The Sacred Books of the Hindus
Brahmans, Caste, and the Dharma Shastras
The Epic Poems
Hindu Domestic Ceremonies
Hindu Gods of To-day
Hindu Festivals (Part I)
Hindu Festivals (Part II)
Hindu Fairs
Hindu Sects and Societies
Buddhism
Jainism
Sikhism
Islam
The Qoran and its Doctrines
Muslim Festivals and Fasts
Islamic Sects, Saints, and Superstitions
Mazdeism or Zoroastrianism
The Management of Fairs