The Village Gods of South India
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- Catalogue identifier
- kali-fifty-050
- Alternate titles and import identifiers
- KALI-50-050
- Author or attribution
- Henry Whitehead
- Record type
- Book
- Language
- English
- Date / edition
- 1921
- Source / repository
- srimatham.com
- Access
- Open access
- Subjects
- 50 Full-Text Sources — November 2026; Historical and literary sources; Historical Accounts and Colonial Records
Description and curator notes
Documents southern village goddess traditions, including Kaliamma, Mahakali, offerings and festival practice. Its comparative descriptions preserve historical observations, although the author interprets them through a colonial missionary framework.
Curator source KALI-50-050. Historical and literary sources. Export dated 5 November 2026.
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50 The Village Gods of South India
Henry Whitehead • 1921
Historical ethnographic book • English
Second revised and enlarged edition; Association Press and Oxford University Press
Documents southern village goddess traditions, including Kaliamma, Mahakali, offerings and festival practice. Its comparative descriptions preserve historical observations, although the author interprets them through a colonial missionary framework.
Access: Complete 103-page electronic edition; contents, substantive chapters, appendices, glossary and index present.
Full text: https://www.srimatham.com/uploads/5/5/4/9/5549439/village_gods_of_south_india.pdf
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Curator-reported free reading access, not a blanket republication licence. Follow the linked host's copyright and reuse conditions. No full source text is reproduced. Curator access note: Complete 103-page electronic edition; contents, substantive chapters, appendices, glossary and index present.
Citation
Henry Whitehead. The Village Gods of South India. srimatham.com. 1921. Historical ethnographic book • English
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