The Folk-Element In Hindu Culture: A Contribution To Socio-Religious Studies In Hindu Folk-Institutions

The Folk Element in Hindu Culture by Benoy Kumar Sarkar is a work of outstanding merit and scholarship. It is an important contribution to socio-religious studies in Hindu folk-institutions. This work will be of great use and relevance to the sociologist, anthropologist and the historian. An excellent example of scholarship assimilating the historical and ethnographical material, it provides a clear perspective and understanding of the present in terms of the past.