Goddess Beyond Boundaries: Worshipping the Eternal Mother at a North American Hindu Temple

by Tracy Pintchman

Book Overview

The Parashakthi Temple in Pontiac, Michigan serves as a site of worship for the Hindu goddess Karumariamman, whose origins are in South India. In her American home Karumariamman has assumed the status of Great Goddess, a tantric deity and wonder worker who communicates directly with devotees through dreams, visions, and miracles. Drawing on fifteen years of field work, Tracy Pintchman reveals how the Parashakthi Temple has become a site of theological...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190673028
• ISBN13: 9780190673024
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.5"