A Woman’s Place Is on the Singhasan: The Emergence of Panditas as Hindu Religious Leaders in Trinidad
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- Catalogue identifier
- kali-batch4-30
- Alternate titles and import identifiers
- Batch 4 source 30
- Author or attribution
- Priyanka Ramlakhan
- Record type
- Dissertation
- Language
- English
- Date / edition
- 2025
- Source / repository
- University of Florida
- Access
- Open access
- Subjects
- Kali Library Research Batch 4; Academic Research and Document Studies; Contextual and Related-Form Sources; Trinidad and Tobago; Diaspora
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Research on the emergence of women Hindu ritual leaders in Trinidad, including reference to Kālī-related religious practice in the Indo-Caribbean context. Important supporting evidence for the library’s historical priesthood and women’s authority theme.
Kali Library Research Batch 4, source 30.
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Attribution: Priyanka Ramlakhan • Date: 2025
Verified item: Complete 188-page University of Florida dissertation PDF
Research on the emergence of women Hindu ritual leaders in Trinidad, including reference to Kālī-related religious practice in the Indo-Caribbean context. Important supporting evidence for the library’s historical priesthood and women’s authority theme.
Full text: https://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/UF/E0/06/18/09/00001/Ramlakhan_P.pdf
Editorial note: Broader diaspora leadership thesis, not a Kali-specific monograph; list it with a contextual subject tag.
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Citation
Priyanka Ramlakhan. A Woman’s Place Is on the Singhasan: The Emergence of Panditas as Hindu Religious Leaders in Trinidad. University of Florida. 2025. Complete 188-page University of Florida dissertation PDF.
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