The Making of Goddess Durga in Bengal: Art, Heritage and ...
Basak, Bishnupriya / Das, Samir Kumar![The Making of Goddess Durga in Bengal: Art, Heritage and the Public](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/390/39018481/CHSBZCOP0339018481.jpg)
This book examines the making of the Goddess Durga both as an art and as part of the intangible heritage of Bengal. As the ¿original site of production¿ of unbaked clay idols of the Hindu Goddess Durga and other Gods and Goddesses, Kumartuli remains at the centre of such art and heritage. The art and heritage of Kumartuli have been facing challenges in a rapidly globalizing world that demands constant redefinition of ¿art¿ with the invasion of...