Folklore of Hindu Festival & Ceremonials

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Folklore of Hindu Festival & Ceremonials

Author: P.A. Gupte
Order No. 51102
ISBN: 818722648X
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: APH
Pub Year: 1999
Pages: 285
Language: English

This work originated after the opinions of various scholars were strung together. J. Bryants’ system of analysis of ancient mythology tells us that the first ray of religion appeared with the devotion to the unaccountable phenomena of Nature and the Deity, which they originally worshiped, was the Sun. The Hindu Ratha-saptami, Sankrant and Kapila-Shasthi are the examples. Story after story has been inserted to increase the number of fasts and feasts and advice is given everywhere to support them