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Saivism in the Diaspora
- Contemporary Forms of Skanda Worship
Engelsk Hardback
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Saivism in the Diaspora
- Contemporary Forms of Skanda Worship
Engelsk Hardback

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The book will explore contemporary manifestations of the worship of Siva that have transmigrated to the West. It explores Hindu vernacular traditions or village Hinduism especially in the context of the Hindu diaspora, where the general assumption is that such forms of Hinduism cannot survive as they lack the infrastructure and the rural environment. Based on extensive fieldwork in Britain and India, the author shows that significant developments are taking place where Hindu communities have achieved sufficient concentration for various movements to appear that reproduce folk traditions connected to a particular locale in the subcontinent. These movements often display a focus on the pragmatic or apotropaic motivation for worship of deities associated with healing. The focus is on the Baba Balaknath communities originating in the Punjab and Himachal Pradesh; the worship of Murugan amongst Tamil populations and the Community of the Many Names of God in Wales which originated in the worship of Subramaniyam in Shri Lanka. The book will not only throw some clarity on changing beliefs and practices in the Hindu diaspora, particularly the role of the apotropaic or pragmatic dimension, it will also help to understand important theoretical concepts such as Sanskritisation and the relationship between the Little Tradition and the Great Tradition or All-India and local traditions.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
256
ISBN-13:
9781845532345
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1845532341
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
15 jan 2007
Længde:
0mm
Bredde:
156mm
Højde:
234mm
Forlag:
Equinox Publishing Ltd
Oplagsdato:
15 jan 2007
Forfatter(e):
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