Holly Walters

Dr. Holly Walters is a cultural anthropologist and lecturer in anthropology at Wellesley College. Her ethnographic work focuses on Shaligram (sacred ammonite) practice in Nepal, in India, and among the global South Asian Diaspora. Her previously published work includes her first book, Shaligram Pilgrimage in the Nepal Himalayas (Amsterdam University Press, 2020) as well as a second book on Shaligram interpretive practice (TLS, 2024). She also has multiple article publications on ritual and divine personhood in South Asia discussing topics such as fossil folklores, deity darshan, digital Hinduism, and robot ritual performance.