COVID-Curing Kali Syrup and the Stubborn Subaltern: Resisting Elite Restrictions with a Popular Goddess.

When Sri Lanka entered a lockdown at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a frustrated public was forbidden from engaging in customary pilgrimages and temple visits, with access reserved only for political elites. In the process, the government created a large religious subaltern class in need of div...

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Published in:	Asian Ethnology Vol. 84; no. 2; pp. 335 - 358
Main Author:	McKinley, Alexander
Format:	Article
Published:	Nanzan University 2025
Subjects:	Coronavirus diseases Pandemics Goddesses Kālī (Hindu deity) Traditional medicine
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost