Everyday Hinduism (Wiley-Blackwell, 2015). This introduction to Hindu traditions focuses on contemporary Hindu rituals, festivals, and lived experiences rather than beginning with the Vedas and progressing through a textual history of Hindu traditions. Framed by introductory and contextual materials, each thematic chapter includes ethnographic examples drawn from Flueckiger’s extensive fieldwork in central India, the Deccan Plateau, South India, and the Hindu diasporic community in Atlanta, Georgia.
Supporting photographs for Everyday Hinduism can be found on the pages for the other books on this website. (For example, for Ch. 5/Festivals–Gangamma Jatara–see When the World Becomes Female; Ch. 5/Vrats–Varalakshmi Puja–see Material Acts; Ch. 8/Ritual Healing–Healing Across Boundaries–see In Amma’s Healing Room.) Select photographs unique to this book and not readily available on the internet are posted here.
Ch 6: Ritual Vows/Vrats (for marriage, fertility, good health)