Cover of The cult of the goddess Pattini

Book 1984

The cult of the goddess Pattini

Gananath Obeyesekere

6 readers

Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Language: English
Published: 1984

Cult
Pattini (Hindu deity)
Pattini (Buddhist deity)
Cults

The goddess Pattini is one of the most popular deities among the Buddhists of Sri Lanka and the Hindus of the east coast of the island.

More by Gananath Obeyesekere

Medusa's hair

5 readers 1981
Buddhism transformed

5.01 1988
Placating the Demons

4 readers 2021
Buddha in Sri Lanka

3 readers 2017
Imagining Karma

2 readers 2002
Land Tenure in Village Ceylon

2 readers 1967
The apotheosis of Captain Cook

2 readers 1992
Awakened Ones

1 readers 2012