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SOUTH INDIAN CUSTOMS

By: Language: English Publication details: New Delhi Nation Press 2023Edition: 1Description: 169ISBN:
  • 9788194981459
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • JAG/SO 306.09548
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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

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