French Travellers and Adventurers’ Retrospect of Idol Worship, Sanctity of the Ganga and Divinity of Cow

• Main Authors: Kundra, Sakul, -, Bhawna
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2016
• Subjects: French travellers and adventurers; Idol worship; Divinity of Cow; Holy Ganga; Jagannath temple; Social taboos; superstitious beliefs; Mughal Empire; 17th and 18th centuries
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/apssr/vol16/iss2/2; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/apssr/article/1081/viewcontent/1.Research_20Article_Kundra_20_26_20Bhawna_20120216.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

The 17th and the 18th-century French travellers’ and adventurers’ perceptions about the Hindu socio-religious beliefs, practices, and myths have always been a relatively un-researched but fascinating area. This article, based on a study of their memoirs (both translated and un-translated), purports...