CO-SPONSORSHIP: Hinduism Unit and South Asian Religions Unit

Anthropology of Hinduism: Histories, Possibilities, and Stakes (possible co-sponsorship with Hinduism Unit) – Ridhima Sharma (ridhima.sharma@mail.utoronto.ca)

Lived Experiences of Hindus: Autoethnographic Studies by Scholar-Practitioners across various Hindu Sampradayas and Disciplines (possible co-sponsorship with Hinduism Unit) – Sriram Subramaniam (sriram.subramanian@hua.edu)

What are the lived experiences of a Hindu - rituals, beliefs, prayers, traditions, philosophy, and more? This panel highlights the diverse aspects of the lived experiences of being a Hindu through autoethnographic studies by scholar-practitioners across multiple Hindu Sampradayas. These studies demonstrate how these scholar-practitioners bring their Hindu experiences into their respective disciplines while bringing out the continuity among seemingly different aspects of Hinduism.