Intern
Lehrstuhl für Indologie

Illustrations

– all photographs are taken by Elisabeth Schömbucher –

Bhulekamma, medium of the goddess Nukalamma, in her house shrine, just after the possession.
Priest (dasusu), invoking the deity into the body of the medium.
Medium of the goddess Kotta Rajulu, listening to the divine words spoken through her and taped by the author.
Rajamma (left), a ›professional listener‹, who is able to explain and interpret the divine words to the audience, listening to the divine words together with the medium of the goddess Kotta Rajulu (right)