Download or read book Popular Religion and Ascetic Practices written by Ishita Banerjee-Dube and published by Manohar Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together new research by Indian and German scholars on Mahima Dharma of Orissa. It combines Anthropological insights, historical research and textual analysesto offer a wide variety of perspectives on this popular yet relatively unknown religion: perspectives which have taken shape in field experience in Orissa and research in Germany.