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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... procession from the temple and housed in a special octagonal pavilion built solely for the purpose. From the pavilion, one statue, the special guardian form of Siva known as Astara Devata, is carried to the river for the bath. This is ...
... the festival unfolds. Then I move to the festival proper, and in Chapters 9 and 10 offer a description of the festival events starting from the different processions sponsored by the villages of the – 12 – The Domain of Constant Excess.
Plural Worship at the Munnesvaram Temples in Sri Lanka Rohan Bastin. from the different processions sponsored by the villages of the pattuva and leading up to the special events and the embellishments to the festival since the 1920s. In ...
... processions where the Ambal statue is carried around the entire Munnesvaram settlement. The statue is regarded as quite ancient and a miraculous survivor of the ravages of the Portuguese at which time it was thrown into the temple pond ...
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Contents
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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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