Roy
I agree with you. I didn't say that Bali's Hindu traditions are rooted in events in India 200 years ago. Just that there is a sizable body of historical literature regarding some Hindu behaviours in India around that time (and much earlier) that some people don't like to acknowledge. I've listed a brief bibliography in my reply to truth sayer above. But please note that many of the items will be very hard to locate unless one has access to a consummate library. I can think of no such library in Bali. If you know one, I'd love to know where it is.
...the Hindu traditions in Bali have nothing to do with the India of just 200 years ago, but more like a thousand years ago. Also, any basic student of Bali would understand that these Hindu traditions as introduced into Bali were not at all pure Hindu, as they were equally mixed with Buddhism from the Chinese who were trading here more than a thousand years ago...
I agree with you. I didn't say that Bali's Hindu traditions are rooted in events in India 200 years ago. Just that there is a sizable body of historical literature regarding some Hindu behaviours in India around that time (and much earlier) that some people don't like to acknowledge. I've listed a brief bibliography in my reply to truth sayer above. But please note that many of the items will be very hard to locate unless one has access to a consummate library. I can think of no such library in Bali. If you know one, I'd love to know where it is.