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Nine Nights of the Goddess: The Navaratri Festival in South Asia(SUNY series in Hindu Studies)

Nine Nights of the Goddess: The Navaratri Festival in South Asia(SUNY series in Hindu Studies)

          
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Explores the contemporary nature and the diverse narratives, rituals, and performances of the Navaratri Festival. Nine Nights of the Goddess explores the festival of Navaratri-alternatively called Navaratra, Mahanavami, Durga Puja, Dasara, and/or Dassain-which lasts for nine nights and ends with a celebration called Vijayadasami, or "the tenth (day) of victory." Celebrated in both massive public venues and in small, private domestic spaces, Navaratri is one of the most important and ubiquitous festivals in South Asia and wherever South Asians have settled. These festivals share many elements, including the goddess, royal power, the killing of demons, and the worship of young girls and married women, but their interpretation and performance vary widely. This interdisciplinary collection of essays investigates Navaratri in its many manifestations and across historical periods, including celebrations in West Bengal, Odisha, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and Nepal. Collectively, the essays consider the role of the festival's contextual specificity and continental ubiquity as a central component for understanding South Asian religious life, as well as how it shapes and is shaped by political patronage, economic development, and social status.

Table of Contents:
List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Introduction: Movements of Navarātri Caleb Simmons and Moumita Sen Navarātri in the Court 1. The Splendor of the Sun: Brightening the Bridge between Mārkaeya Purāa and Devī Māhātmya in Light of Navarātra Ritual Timing Raj Balkaran 2. Which Durgā? What avarātra? Remarks on Reconfigurations of Royal Rituals in the Kathmandu Valley Astrid Zotter 3. The King and the Yadu Line: Performing Lineage through Dasara in Nineteenth-Century Mysore Caleb Simmons 4. Dasara and the Selective Decline of Sacrificial Polity in a Former Princely State of Odisha Uwe Skoda Navarātri on Display 5. Politics, Religion, and Art in the Durgā Pūjā of West Bengal Moumita Sen 6. Durgā Pūjā Committees: Community Origin and Transformed Mediatized Practices Employing Social Media Xenia Zeiler 7. Navarātri in Benares: Narrative Structures and Social Realities Silje Lyngar Einarsen 8. Dolls and Demons: The Materiality of Navarātri Ina Marie Lunde Ilkama 9. Ritual Complementarity and Difference: Navarātri and Vijayadaśamī in Kāñcipuram Ute Hüsken Navarātri Inside 10. Bengali Durgā Pūjā: Procedures and Symbolism Hillary Rodrigues 11. The Internal Navarātri: Sarkar baba of Benares and the Goddess Within Jishnu Shankar Navarātri at Home 12. Kolus, Caste and Class: Navarātri as a Site for Ritual and Social Change in Urban South India Nicole A. Wilson 13. Display Shows, Display Tells: The Aesthetics of Memory during Pommai Kolu Deeksha Sivakumar 14. Royal Darbār and Domestic Kolus: Social order, Creation, Procreation, and Re-creation Vasudha Narayanan 15. Navarātra and Kanyā Pūjā: The Worship of Girls as Representatives of the Goddess in Northwest India Brigitte Luchesi Conclusion Hillary Rodrigues Contributors Index


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781438470696
  • Publisher: State University of New York Press
  • Publisher Imprint: State University of New York Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 374
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 28 mm
  • Weight: 657 gr
  • ISBN-10: 143847069X
  • Publisher Date: 01 Aug 2018
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Series Title: SUNY series in Hindu Studies
  • Sub Title: The Navaratri Festival in South Asia
  • Width: 152 mm


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