How Long to Read Revelry, Rivalry, and Longing for the Goddesses of Bengal

How Long Does it Take to Read Revelry, Rivalry, and Longing for the Goddesses of Bengal?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 35 minutes to read Revelry, Rivalry, and Longing for the Goddesses of Bengal by Rachel Fell McDermott

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Annually during the months of autumn, Bengal hosts three interlinked festivals to honor its most important goddesses: Durga, Kali, and Jagaddhatri. While each of these deities possesses a distinct iconography, myth, and character, they are all martial. Durga, Kali, and Jagaddhatri often demand blood sacrifice as part of their worship and offer material and spiritual benefits to their votaries. Richly represented in straw, clay, paint, and decoration, they are similarly displayed in elaborately festooned temples, thronged by thousands of admirers. The first book to recount the history of these...

How long is Revelry, Rivalry, and Longing for the Goddesses of Bengal?

Revelry, Rivalry, and Longing for the Goddesses of Bengal by Rachel Fell McDermott is 392 pages long, and a total of 98,784 words.

This makes it 132% the length of the average book. It also has 121% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Revelry, Rivalry, and Longing for the Goddesses of Bengal Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 59 minutes to read Revelry, Rivalry, and Longing for the Goddesses of Bengal aloud.

What Reading Level is Revelry, Rivalry, and Longing for the Goddesses of Bengal?

Revelry, Rivalry, and Longing for the Goddesses of Bengal is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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