Scattered Goddesses

By Padma Kaimal,

Book cover of Scattered Goddesses: Travels with the Yoginis

Book description

Scattered Goddesses: Travels with the Yoginis is a book about the lost home, the new homes, and the journeys in between of nineteen sculptures that now reside in at least twelve separate museums across North America, Western Europe, and South India. After piecing together what these goddesses and their former…

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1 author picked Scattered Goddesses as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This book is not only a deep scholarly engagement with the world of art collection and Hindu goddesses, but it also reads like a mystery novel. Kaimal took me on a journey from India, the home of the images/works of art under discussion, through their disparate journeys in the shadowy world of international art collecting and sales. It made me understand how the modern museum is stocked with images taken from active sites of religious practice. 

From Caleb's list on goddesses in India.

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