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Vasudha Narayanan
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Distinguished Professor of Religion and Director, Center for the Study of Hindu Traditions (CHiTra), University of Florida, Gainesville. Author of The Vernacular Veda: Revelation, Recitation, and Ritual.

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Painting depicting Hindu gods Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma with Ganesha standing and paying homage to Mahadevi, who is seated on a lotus and playing a stringed instrument.
Hinduism, major world religion originating on the Indian subcontinent and comprising several and varied systems of philosophy, belief, and ritual. Although the name Hinduism is relatively new, having been coined by British writers in the first decades of the 19th century, it refers to a rich…
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