Borayin Larios

Region of Interest	South Asia
Primary Country of Residence	Austria
Title	Dr.
Affiliation	University of Vienna
Email	borayin.larios@univie.ac.at
Mailing Address	Institut für Südasien-, Tibet- und Buddhismuskunde Bereich Südasienkunde Uni-Campus AAKh, Hof 2.1, Spitalgasse 2-4 1090 Vienna, Austria
Websites	https://borayinlarios.academia.edu/, https://stb.univie.ac.at/ueber-uns/mitarbeiter/details/user/lariosb95/inum/1083/backpid/31781/
Countries of Specialization	India
Education	MA University of Fribourg and Lausanne, Switzerland PhD from Heildeberg University, Germany.
Research Interests	As a scholar of contemporary religion, my main methodological approach is interdisciplinary. I am an advocate for a combined approach of cultural anthropology, religious studies, and historical philology. As a researcher, I attempt to understand the contemporary religious traditions of India within a deep awareness of its classical past. My first book entitled "Embodying the Vedas: Traditional Vedic Schools of Contemporary Maharashtra" (2017) is available in open access from De Gruyter as well as here. I have also published several articles on the contemporary Vedic traditions. Currently, my main research interests revolve around popular and everyday Hinduism expressed at wayside shrines in Indian cities. Other interests include Hindu Nationalism, Yoga and Tantra traditions, and Ethno-Indology as a research method.
Teaching Interests	Material culture; food, religion, and politics; text-anthropology; Hinduism; Hindu nationalism; urban religion
Publications	• 2017 – Embodying Sacred Sound. Traditional Vedic schools of contemporary Maharashtra. “Open Access - Hinduism” De Gruyter Open (series) edited by I. Banerjee-Dube. https://www.degruyter.com/view/product/480043
Keywords	Veda, material religion, India, Hinduism, popular religion, wayside shrines