Let me quote a critical observation on this text by DRNagaraj: ...Ilaiah's analysis of lower caste gods and goddesses suffers from reductionism. Actually, goddesses have a charming way of appearing both at conservative temples and the *shudra *hut-temples.Many a time the deity who is worshipped with the grandeur of sanscrit verses and complicated rituals is originally a *shudra *goddess; similarly the goddesses who eat meat and drink with great relish , amidst the chants of ecstatic *bhasa *songs of the *shudras *turns out to be a Brahmin deity!...A deep exploration of these thematic areas will certainly alter the prevalent understanding of hegemony , and restore our faith in the radical energies of the *dalits* to transform the experience of intimate enemy.
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