The Earth Mother: Legends, Goddesses, and Ritual Arts of India
by Pupul Jayakar
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Pupul Jayakar, the critically acclaimed author of numerous books on Indian culture, reveals the ancient world of the goddess through India's rural and tribal art. Jayakar journeyed to the far corners of India interviewing rural, tribal, and other craftspeople to produce this original and fascinating illustrated study of India's ancient ritual arts, many of which survive to this day
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- Original title
- The Earthen Drum
- Original publication date
- 1980-10
- Dedication
- To
Nanda Gowri
Ratan Gowri
Iravata
Radhika
Sunanda
Maya - First words
- This book does not attempt to be a definitive study of the rural arts, nor does it attempt to provide a chronological time sequence for such a study.
- Disambiguation notice
- First published as The Earthen Drum (1980), revised and updated as The Earth Mother (1989)
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