Wearing the Shikha: Guruization and Sanskritization in a Transnational Guyanese Hindu Community
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- Kloss, Sinah Theres
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- English
- Date / edition
- 2020
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- Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut, Bibliotheca Ibero-Americana 177 (book chapter)
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- 100-Source Research Supplement — November 2026; Academic Research and Peer-Reviewed Articles; Diaspora; Priests, Priestesses, Saints, and Religious Lineages
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How a Berbice Kali koiloo and its New York affiliates recast their pujaris as gurus.
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Title: Wearing the Shikha: Guruization and Sanskritization in a Transnational Guyanese Hindu Community
Authors: Kloss, Sinah Theres
Record type: Article
Language: English
Year: 2020
Source / Publisher: Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut, Bibliotheca Ibero-Americana 177 (book chapter)
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Subjects: Academic Research and Peer-Reviewed Articles; Diaspora; Priests, Priestesses, Saints, and Religious Lineages
Description: How a Berbice Kali koiloo and its New York affiliates recast their pujaris as gurus.
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Kloss, Sinah Theres. Wearing the Shikha: Guruization and Sanskritization in a Transnational Guyanese Hindu Community. Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut, Bibliotheca Ibero-Americana 177 (book chapter). 2020. https://publications.iai.spk-berlin.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/iai_derivate_00000632/BIA_177_Klo%C3%9F.pdf
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