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Playing host to deity : festival religion in the South Indian tradition / Paul Younger.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Younger, Paul.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fasts and feasts--Hinduism--India, South.
- Fasts and feasts.
- India, South--Social life and customs.
- India, South.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (198 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The annual festivals that are central to the south Indian religious tradition are among the largest religious gatherings in the world. This text offers a fieldwork-based study of 14 different religious festivals.
- Contents:
- Contents; Note on Transliteration; Introduction; I. ANCIENT PATTERNS; 1. Return to the Mountains: The Ayyappan Festival in Sabarimalai, Kerala; 2. On the Edge of the Forest: A Festival of Romance in Kataragama, Sri Lanka; 3. The Goddess of Kotunkalur: A Festival of the Wild Goddess of Ancient Kerala; 4. Wandering and Romance with Lord Rankanatan: The Ati or ""Original"" Festival in Srirankam; II. MEDIEVAL STRUCTURES; 5. The Family of Sivan in the Kaveri River Valley: The Traditions of the Tiruvanaikka Temple; 6. Monks and Kings Intervene: The Kandy Perahara in Central Sri Lanka
- 7. Singing the Tamil Hymnbook: The Adhyayanotsava Festival in Srirankam8. Dance and Trance in the Presence of Mariyamman: The Festival of Mariyamman of Samayapuram; III. MODERN FORMS; 9. Healing Mother Velankanni: Hindu Patterns of Worship at a Christian Shrine; 10. The Window Opens in Mannarkat: A Vision of Mary in a Syrian Christian Church of Kerala; 11. Can Sivan be ""Re-formed'? The Changing Festival Patterns in the Village of Murukapula; 12. Dance and Trance in a New World: A Mariyamman Festival in Guyana; 13. Suburban Promises: A Kavati Festival in South Africa
- 14. A Bath for Dancing Sivan in the Cold of Canada: Adapting a Festival to a New EnvironmentConclusion; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786610531127
- 1-4294-0183-4
- 1-280-53112-6
- 0-19-803221-8
- OCLC:
- 71365665
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