Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Indians in Malaysia: The Social and Ethnic Context
- 2 Tamil Traditions and South Indian Hinduism
- 3 Colonialism, Colonial Knowledge and Hindu Reform Movements
- 4 Hinduism in Malaysia: An Overview
- 5 Murugan: A Tamil Deity
- 6 The Phenomenology of Thaipusam at Batu Caves
- 7 Other Thaipusams
- 8 Thaipusam Considered: The Divine Crossing
- Conclusions
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Indians in Malaysia: The Social and Ethnic Context
- 2 Tamil Traditions and South Indian Hinduism
- 3 Colonialism, Colonial Knowledge and Hindu Reform Movements
- 4 Hinduism in Malaysia: An Overview
- 5 Murugan: A Tamil Deity
- 6 The Phenomenology of Thaipusam at Batu Caves
- 7 Other Thaipusams
- 8 Thaipusam Considered: The Divine Crossing
- Conclusions
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
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- Thaipusam in MalaysiaA Hindu Festival in the Tamil Diaspora, pp. i - ivPublisher: ISEAS–Yusof Ishak InstitutePrint publication year: 2017