SOUTH INDIAN CUSTOMS
Jagdisa Ayyar
SOUTH INDIAN CUSTOMS - 1 - New Delhi Nation Press 2023 - 169
South Indian Customs examines various social and religious customs practised in southern India (especially among Hindus). The author describes and interprets a wide range of traditional practices—many now obsolete or symbolic—including rituals connected with:
Protection against the evil eye and mantras
Wearing caste marks and mutual salutations
Pilgrimages, presenting gifts, and greeting customs
Symbols like margosa leaves outside homes
Marriage, birth, and death rites
Everyday customs like floor decoration, food and purification practices
Other traditional beliefs involving omen-reading, palmistry, and plants/animals as sacred
9788194981459
Gifted RRRLF,Kolkata
India, South — Social life and customs
Folklore — India, South
306.09548 / JAG/SO
SOUTH INDIAN CUSTOMS - 1 - New Delhi Nation Press 2023 - 169
South Indian Customs examines various social and religious customs practised in southern India (especially among Hindus). The author describes and interprets a wide range of traditional practices—many now obsolete or symbolic—including rituals connected with:
Protection against the evil eye and mantras
Wearing caste marks and mutual salutations
Pilgrimages, presenting gifts, and greeting customs
Symbols like margosa leaves outside homes
Marriage, birth, and death rites
Everyday customs like floor decoration, food and purification practices
Other traditional beliefs involving omen-reading, palmistry, and plants/animals as sacred
9788194981459
Gifted RRRLF,Kolkata
India, South — Social life and customs
Folklore — India, South
306.09548 / JAG/SO