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India's goddesses of contagion provide protection in the pandemic – just don't make them angry

  • Written by Tulasi Srinivas, Professor of Anthropology, Religion and Transnational Studies, Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies, Emerson College
image'Maa Bharati On Coronavirus'Sandhya Kumari/Gallerist.in, CC BY-SA

Hindus in India have had a helping hand – several in fact – when it comes to fighting deadly contagions like COVID-19: multi-armed goddesses co-opted to help contain and kill pestilence.

Collectively known as “Amman,” or the Divine Mother, the goddesses of...

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