The Domain of Constant Excess: Plural Worship at the Munnesvaram Temples in Sri LankaThe Sri Lankan ethnic conflict that has occurred largely between Sinhala Buddhists and Tamil Hindus is marked by a degree of religious tolerance that sees both communities worshiping together. This study describes one important site of such worship, the ancient Hindu temple complex of Munnesvaram. Standing adjacent to one of Sri Lanka's historical western ports, the fortunes of the Munnesvaram temples have waxed and waned through the years of turbulence, violence and social change that have been the country's lot since the advent of European colonialism in the Indian Ocean. Bastin recounts the story of these temples and analyses how the Hindu temple is reproduced as a center of worship amidst conflict and competition. |
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this life . san. ing danam a deity kappu statue, (Skt.) usually – sandalwood protection, name of a rite involving coverof Kålî, in cooling sandalwood paste sangku (Tm.) – conch shell Íani (Sinh., Tm.) – Saturn Sårada (Skt.) – Autumn ...
this life . san. ing danam a deity kappu statue, (Skt.) usually – sandalwood protection, name of a rite involving coverof Kålî, in cooling sandalwood paste sangku (Tm.) – conch shell Íani (Sinh., Tm.) – Saturn Sårada (Skt.) – Autumn ...
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This book is primarily about the annual festival, a month long event involving thousands of people from all over the country. Those who know temple festivals like Munnesvaram's know that their prime element is people, lots of them.
This book is primarily about the annual festival, a month long event involving thousands of people from all over the country. Those who know temple festivals like Munnesvaram's know that their prime element is people, lots of them.
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In the following chapters I examine the Munnesvaram temples closely and offer an account of key features of the temples as aesthetic objects involving both design and rite. I stress the dynamism of which the bathing rite bo tree is one ...
In the following chapters I examine the Munnesvaram temples closely and offer an account of key features of the temples as aesthetic objects involving both design and rite. I stress the dynamism of which the bathing rite bo tree is one ...
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She is the goddess of the 'Story of the Anklet' (Daniélou 1965), a narrative of some of these events involving the heroine Kannaki. In contemporary Sinhala Buddhism, Pattini is the righteous Buddhist goddess who tames the demoness Kali ...
She is the goddess of the 'Story of the Anklet' (Daniélou 1965), a narrative of some of these events involving the heroine Kannaki. In contemporary Sinhala Buddhism, Pattini is the righteous Buddhist goddess who tames the demoness Kali ...
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In the era of colonial plantation capitalism, involving as it did the further dismantling of royal prescription over land, labour and agricultural surplus, this order of movement acquires radical new definition (Roberts 1982, ...
In the era of colonial plantation capitalism, involving as it did the further dismantling of royal prescription over land, labour and agricultural surplus, this order of movement acquires radical new definition (Roberts 1982, ...
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Contents
| 1 | |
| 15 | |
Chapter 3 Myths and Marginality | 43 |
Chapter 4 Ritual Practices and Religious Identity | 59 |
Chapter 5 The Saivite Temple as a Monumental Architecture | 89 |
Puja and Arccanai | 117 |
Chapter 7 The Presence of Sakti | 133 |
Chapter 8 Guardians Games and the Formation of Power | 145 |
Chapter 9 The World Inside Out | 163 |
Chapter 10 The Domain of Excess | 183 |
Divine Kings and Regal Gods Temples in Society and History | 195 |
References | 213 |
Index | 227 |
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| Title | The Domain of Constant Excess: Plural Worship at the Munnesvaram Temples in Sri Lanka |
| Author | Rohan Bastin |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books, 2002 |
| ISBN | 1789203678, 9781789203677 |
| Length | 254 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / General Social Science / Anthropology / General |
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