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Nine nights of the goddess : the Navarātri Festival in South Asia / edited by Caleb Simmons, Moumita Sen, and Hillary Rodrigues.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: SUNY series in Hindu studiesPublisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781438470719
  • 1438470711
Other title:
  • 9 nights of the goddess
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Nine nights of the goddess.DDC classification:
  • 294.5/36 23
LOC classification:
  • BL1239.82.D87 .N564 2018
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
1. The Splendor of the Sun : Brightening the Bridge between Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa and Devī Māhātmya in Light of Navarātri Ritual Timing / Raj Balkaran -- 2. Which Durgā? What Navarātra? : 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 -- 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 -- 10. Bengali Durgā Pūjā : Procedures and Symbolism / Hillary Rodrigues -- 11. The Internal Navarātri : Sarkar Baba of Benares and the Goddess Within / Jishnu Shankar -- 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.
Summary: Explores the contemporary nature and the diverse narratives, rituals, and performances of the Navarātri Festival. Nine Nights of the Goddess explores the festival of Navarātri-alternatively called Navarātra, Mahānavamī, Durgā Pūjā, Dasarā, and/or Dassain-which lasts for nine nights and ends with a celebration called Vijayadaśamī, or "the tenth (day) of victory." Celebrated in both massive public venues and in small, private domestic spaces, Navarātri 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 Navarātri 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The Splendor of the Sun : Brightening the Bridge between Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa and Devī Māhātmya in Light of Navarātri Ritual Timing / Raj Balkaran -- 2. Which Durgā? What Navarātra? : 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 -- 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 -- 10. Bengali Durgā Pūjā : Procedures and Symbolism / Hillary Rodrigues -- 11. The Internal Navarātri : Sarkar Baba of Benares and the Goddess Within / Jishnu Shankar -- 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.

Explores the contemporary nature and the diverse narratives, rituals, and performances of the Navarātri Festival. Nine Nights of the Goddess explores the festival of Navarātri-alternatively called Navarātra, Mahānavamī, Durgā Pūjā, Dasarā, and/or Dassain-which lasts for nine nights and ends with a celebration called Vijayadaśamī, or "the tenth (day) of victory." Celebrated in both massive public venues and in small, private domestic spaces, Navarātri 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 Navarātri 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.