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The Domain of Constant Excess : Plural Worship at the Munnesvaram Temples in Sri Lanka / Rohan Bastin.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2002]Copyright date: 2002Description: 1 online resource (254 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781789203677
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 294.5/35/095493
LOC classification:
  • BL1243.78.S72 D66 20
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures and Table -- List of Photographs -- Acknowledgements -- Guide to Pronunciation -- Glossary -- Chapter 1 Worship, Difference and Marvellous Potentiality -- Chapter 2 Fluidity and Ambiguity in the History of Munnesvaram -- Chapter 3 Myths and Marginality -- Chapter 4 Ritual Practices and Religious Identity -- Chapter 5 The Saivite Temple as a Monumental Architecture -- Chapter 6 ‘The Look and the Thing Seen’: Puja and Arccanai -- Chapter 7 The Presence of Sakti -- Chapter 8 Guardians, Games and the Formation of Power -- Chapter 9 The World Inside Out -- Chapter 10 The Domain of Excess -- Chapter 11 Divine Kings and Regal Gods:Temples in Society and History -- References -- Index
Summary: The 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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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures and Table -- List of Photographs -- Acknowledgements -- Guide to Pronunciation -- Glossary -- Chapter 1 Worship, Difference and Marvellous Potentiality -- Chapter 2 Fluidity and Ambiguity in the History of Munnesvaram -- Chapter 3 Myths and Marginality -- Chapter 4 Ritual Practices and Religious Identity -- Chapter 5 The Saivite Temple as a Monumental Architecture -- Chapter 6 ‘The Look and the Thing Seen’: Puja and Arccanai -- Chapter 7 The Presence of Sakti -- Chapter 8 Guardians, Games and the Formation of Power -- Chapter 9 The World Inside Out -- Chapter 10 The Domain of Excess -- Chapter 11 Divine Kings and Regal Gods:Temples in Society and History -- References -- Index

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The 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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Aug 2024)

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