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Godlessness in the Land of Gods: Unravelling Atheism in a Hindu Context Cover

Godlessness in the Land of Gods: Unravelling Atheism in a Hindu Context

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Open Access
|Jun 2026

Figures & Tables

Table 1

Demographic breakdown of participants in Baroda and Kolhapur.

DEMOGRAPHICLEVELGUJARATI (BARODA)MAHARASHTRIAN (KOLHAPUR)
GenderFemale1919
Male1720
CasteHigh1011
Middle1519
Low119
EducationSecondary school64
High school131
Undergraduate139
Postgraduate425
Figure 1

Thematic map. Includes two semantic themes (green) and one latent theme (blue), which is informed by three semantic-level codes (yellow).

Figure 2

The adornment of Shiva. The image on the left is of Shiva being adorned in the temple by a Brahmin priest. The image on the right is the adornment of Shiva in the same priest’s house.

Figure 3

The Sringar of Krishna. These images are taken from the houses of two different participants from Baroda, in order to showcase how popular this ritual is.

Figure 4

Maharashtrian home temples. The photo on the left is from a more wealthy household. The photo on the right is from a less wealthy household.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/snr.236 | Journal eISSN: 2053-6712
Language: English
Page range: 10 - 10
Submitted on: Apr 21, 2025
Accepted on: Dec 9, 2025
Published on: Jun 11, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2026 Feryl Badiani, Aiyana Willard, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.