The Life of
Hinduism

 

8. IDENTITY
[FIGURE N] [FIGURE 11] [FIGURE 12] [FIGURE 13]

Fig. 13 - Vasudha Narayanan, "Shared Ritual Spaces:
Hindus and Muslims at the Shrine of Shahul Hamid"


     INTRODUCTION

 1. WORSHIP

 2. THE LIFE CYCLE

 3. FESTIVAL

 4. PERFORMANCE

 5. GURUS

 6. CASTE

 7. DIASPORA

 8. IDENTITY

 



 

Fig. 13 - Fatimah, the shrine elephant — after the fashion of Hindu temple elephants,
but with Islamic insignia. Nagore, Tamil Nadu.