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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

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Vasudha Narayanan

Department of Religion

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A Hundred Autumns to Live
Hindu Temples in Cambodia
Hindu Temples in America
The Life of Hinduism
Hindu Responses to COVID-19

Chapter 5: Gods and Goddesses

Ganesha

Ganesha in a Hindu temple, Cape Town, South Africa.

Ganesha from Cambodia late 12th-early 13th centuries.
Musee Guimet, Paris.
May 2001

Melmaruvathur

Bangaru Adigalar is considered to be both a devotee and divine teacher.
This billboard hails him as having the form of a mother.

Devotees wearing red clothes come to Mel- maruvathur
from all over Tamil Nadu

Nagas

Women worship nagas under a tree in the Marudeeswar Temple, Tiruvanmiyur, Chennai.

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