The Navaratri Festival in South Asia Simmons, Caleb. creator Sen, Moumita. Rodrigues, Hillary Peter. text Electronic books. xx Albany State University of New York Press 2018 monographic eng

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1 online resource (376 p.) Intro; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Movements of Navarātri; Navarātri, Its Textual History and Its Controversies; The Early Sanskrit Textual History of Navarātri; Contemporary Debates about Navarātri and Hegemonic Culture; Movements of Navarātri, Public and Domestic; Form and Layout of the Book; Notes; References; Navarātri in the Court; 1. The Splendor of the Sun: Brightening the Bridge between Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa and Devī Māhātmya in Light of Navarātri Ritual Timing; The Splendor of the Sun; Equine Exegesis; Notes; Bibliography 2. Which Durgā? What Navarātra? Remarks on Reconfigurations of Royal Rituals in the Kathmandu ValleyNavarātra in Royal Nepal; The Ritual Procedures; The Goddesses Worshipped; Conclusion; Appendix: Consulted Handbooks on Royal Navarātra of the Malla Period; Notes; References; 3. The King and the Yadu Line: Performing Lineage through Dasara in Nineteenth-Century Mysore; Historical Context; Corona visibilis et invisibilis; Performing Yadu Vaṃṣa and the Reign of Kṛṣṇarāja Woḍeyar III; Śrīman Mahārājavara Vaṃśāvaḷi; Raṅgamahal Murals; Conclusion; Notes; References 4. Dasara and the Selective Decline of Sacrificial Polity in a Former Princely State of OdishaDasara and Goddesses in Bonai; Goddesses in and around the Fort and the Raja's Swords; Kant Debī (Kant Kumārī) as Allied/Visiting Goddess; Dasara Ritual Complex in Bonaigarh; Dasara Rituals and Ritual Specialists in the Royal Chronicles and in Contemporary Bonaigarh; Changing Fort Rituals, Decline and an Increasingly Popular Goddess, Kant Debī; Durgā Pūjā: A Challenge to Royal Rituals; Conclusion; Notes; References; Navarātri on Display; 5. Politics, Religion, and Art in the Durgā Pūjā of West Bengal The Goddess and the Government: Three Case StudiesPolitical Power as Sákti: The Female Leader as Durgā; Molding the Body of the Goddess: The Minister as Artist; Bringing the Goddess to Life: Public Consecration Rituals by the Minister; Between Money, Power, and the Community; The Blue and White State of Relentless Festivity; Conclusion; Notes; References; 6. Durgā Pūjā Committees: Community Origin and Transformed Mediatized Practices Employing Social Media; Community Aspects in the History of Durgā Pūjā and the Origins of Durgā Pūjā Committees; Mediatization and Mediatized Religion The Durgā Pūjā Committee Mulund, Mumbai, and Its Mediatized PracticesConclusion; Notes; References; Digital Media Sources; 7. Navarātri in Benares: Narrative Structures and Social Realities; Royal and Military Background; Narratives of the Goddess and Rāma; Power and Performance in the Rām Līlā; Emergence of Durgā Pūjā; Durgā Pūjā and Innovation; Attempts to Curb Durgā Pūjā; Final Thoughts; Notes; Bibliography; 8. Dolls and Demons: The Materiality of Navarātri; Background; Domestic Navarātri; Material Aspects of the Kolu; Navarātri in the Kāmākṣī Temple; Navarātri in the Paṭavēṭṭammaṉ Temple Description based upon print version of record. Materiality of the Goddess (Hindu deity) Durgā Durgā-pūjā (Hindu festival) South Asia Fasts and feasts Hinduism RELIGION / Comparative Religion BL1239.82.D87 .N564 2018 294.5/36 Simmons, Caleb Albany : State University of New York Press,c2018 1438470711 9781438470719 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1854784 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1854784 EBLCP 180804 20200709060619.0 on1047900562 eng