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Rapt in the Name: The Ramnamis, Ramnam, and Untouchable Religion in Central India

Rapt in the Name: The Ramnamis, Ramnam, and Untouchable Religion in Central India

Lamb, Ramdas

Paperback

Series: Suny Hindu Studies

Religion General General Eastern ReligionsHinduism

ISBN10: 0791453863
ISBN13: 9780791453865
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Aug 29 2002
Pages: 250
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

An introduction to the Ram bhakti tradition and a fascinating account of its practice among a group of Central Indian Untouchables.

In Rapt in the Name, Ramdas Lamb provides an intriguing account of the Ram bhakti tradition in India. Less well-known in the West than the tradition of devotion to Krishna, the Ram tradition is an important component of Hinduism. Ram is the most-worshipped form of the divine in North India today and has long been particularly important to those of the lower castes throughout India. Lamb explores both the evolution of the tradition and the rise of lower caste religious movements devoted to Ram, specifically the Ramnami Samaj, an Untouchable religious movement in Central India.

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