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 | Mountain Goddess: Gender and Politics in a Himalayan Pilgrimage (Updated Edition) by William Sturman Sax Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 1991 ISBN-10: 0-19-506979-X / 019506979X ISBN-13: 978-0-19-506979-2 / 9780195069792 Every few decades, thousands of Hindu villagers in the Central Himalayas of North India carry their regional goddess Nandadevi in a bridal palanquin to her husband Shiva's home, walking barefoot over icebound mountain passes to a lake surrounded by human bones. This Royal Pilgrimage of Nandadevi is | |