No. 10 (2010): One Who Stays for Good: Perantallu in Northern Coastal Andhra - By M.V. Krishnayya

This paper presents a case study undertaken in Northern Coastal region of Andhra Pradesh, of the ritual worship of Goddess ‘Perantallu’. Through three case studies and interviews, it constructs an analytical profile of the goddess and the religious tradition associated with it. In doing so it highlights the religious, social imagination of the people.