Mauritian Hinduism and Globalisation

This book presents an overview of the transformation of Mauritian Hinduism against the backdrop of globalisation. It discusses themes such as popular cults; temples and associative strategies of social integration; ritual innovations in politics and religious and political transformation; the reinvention of Hinduism and Mauritian capitalism.

This book presents an original and comprehensive overview of the transformation of Mauritian Hinduism against the backdrop of globalisation. It discusses themes such as the cult of Baharia Puja; the cult of “Camp De Masque”; changes in popular cults; temples and associative strategies of social integration; emergence of Hanuman; ritual innovations in politics and, religious and political transformation due to globalisation to highlight the link between the reinvention of Hinduism and Mauritian capitalism.

The first of its kind, this book with its rich ethnographic accounts, will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of religion, Hinduism, social anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, diaspora studies, sociology of religion and African studies.

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