Preface

I. Orissa, land of elephants (v. Stietencron/Mallebrein)
A survey of its history and its religious traditions

II. Royal rule and divine protection (Mallebrein)
Tutelary goddesses – secular and divine rule
The Raja of Bhatapada – a portrait
Hiṅgulā – goddess of fire and her festival

III. When all gods meet
The doḷamelaṇa festival – the swing festival in spring (v. Stietencron)
The maṇḍai festival – the joyful gathering of the gods (Mallebrein)

IV. Healing in trance (Mallebrein)
Divination and healing – the ‘living gods’ on earth
From the forest to the human realm – the Kandh clan gods Pāṭkhaṇḍā and Śūliā

V. Darśan – contact with the divine
Devotion and decoration – the worship of gods (Mallebrein)
Jagannāth – Lord of the world and divine protector (v. Stietencron)
Śiva – Lord of the three worlds (v. Stietencron)
The sixty-four Yoginīs – a secret cult still unexplored (v. Stietencron)
Kṛṣṇa, Rādhā and Chaitanya – the  Bhakti tradition (Malinar)
Hanumān – modern times in Orissan villages (v. Stietencron)

VI. Crossroads and byroads – village and roadside gods (Mallebrein)
Sacred geography - the village, the forest and the gods
The Goddess Tāriṇī – from the jungle to the World Wide Web 
Bhīma and Bhīmanī – when gods grow old

VII. The symbols and meanings of tribal art (Mallebrein)
‘Living gods’ as inspiration - bronze images in Western Orissa
The earth, ghosts and thieves – the artistic tradition of the Maliah Kandh
Ancestors and tutelary spirits – rituals and wall paintings of the Lanjia Sora

Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Maps, coordinates & pronunciation
The authors