International Research journal of Management Sociology & Humanities
( ISSN 2277 - 9809 (online) ISSN 2348 - 9359 (Print) ) New DOI : 10.32804/IRJMSH
**Need Help in Content editing, Data Analysis.
Adv For Editing Content
ANIMISM, COLONIALISM, AND THE DYNAMICS OF GENDER AND CASTE IN BENGAL: AN INTERSECTING IDENTITY OF SANKE WORSHIP AND DEVI MANASA IN THE 19TH CENTURY BENGAL
1 Author(s): ANIMESH MANNA
Vol - 17, Issue- 2 , Page(s) : 321 - 332 (2026 ) DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMSH
From at least the fifteenth century, the worship of Devi Manasa occupied a significant place in the religious life of Bengal, rooted in serpent symbolism, healing rites, and locally embedded ritual practices that developed largely outside Brahmanical institutional structures.