The goddess's embrace : multifaceted relations at the Ekāmranātha Temple Festival in Kanchipuram /

The goddess's embrace : multifaceted relations at the Ekāmranātha Temple Festival in Kanchipuram /

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Author / Creator:	Schier, Kerstin, author.
Imprint:	Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag, 2018. ©2018.
Description:	xiv, 211 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Ethno-Indology / Heidelberg Studies in South Asia Rituals ; Volume 15 Ethno-Indology ; 15.
Subject:	Siva -- (Hindu deity) -- Cult -- India -- Kānchipuram. Siva -- (Hindu deity) Sri Ekambaranathar Temple (Kānchipuram, India) Sri Ekambaranathar Temple (Kānchipuram, India) Hinduism -- India -- Kānchipuram -- Customs and practices. Hindu temples -- India -- Kānchipuram. Festivals -- India -- Kānchipuram. Hinduism -- Customs and practices. Cults. Festivals. Hindu temples. Kānchipuram (India) -- Religious life and customs. India -- Kānchipuram.
Format:	Map Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11798992

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ISBN:	9783447111348 3447111348
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-211).
Summary:	"The study by Kerstin Schier examines the big annual festival (mahotsava) at the Ekāmranātha temple in the South Indian town Kanchipuram, which, among other things, dramatises the divine marriage between god Śiva (as Ekāmranātha) and the goddess, generally considered to be Kāmāks̲ī. In the course of the festival's rituals gods and goddesses, temples, and religious traditions relate to each other in many ways. These complex and multifaceted relations are studied by taking into account different types of historical and contemporary sources, and by combining textual analysis with the observation and study of ritual performances, interviews, and oral narratives. The book provides a detailed description and analysis of the divine marriage's contemporary ritual practice and its associated myth in Sanskrit and Tamil texts. It also takes into consideration the different views and interpretations of members of local communities, temple priests, donors, and other participants, which leads to a multiplicity of perspectives on the festival. Numerous photographs and maps supplement the descriptions of the rituals. A concise day-by-day overview of the festival program and a list of the narrative themes of the marriage myth are given as appendix."--
Other form:	Electronic version: Schier, Kerstin. Goddess's Embrace. Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag, 2019 9783447198073

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