Female goddess worship cult in Tribal Society of Assam: A Sociological Study

Abstract

Tribal societies have been by and large characterized as egalitarian societies, especially about the hierarchical character of caste society. Like other societies in India, tribal societies of Assam are quite peculiar from the position of women in terms of religion and social status and this paper mainly deals with the position of women in the tribal societies of Assam from a religious point of view.