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Carving out a White Marble Deity from a Rugged Black Stone?: Hindutva Rehabilitates Ramayan’s Shabari in a Temple

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  1. Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India

    Pralay Kanungo (Professor)

  2. Centre for Social Studies, Surat, India

    Satyakam Joshi (Associate Professor)

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Kanungo, P., Joshi, S. Carving out a White Marble Deity from a Rugged Black Stone?: Hindutva Rehabilitates Ramayan’s Shabari in a Temple. Hindu Studies 13, 279–299 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11407-010-9080-5

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