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Siva in Trouble - Festivals and Rituals at the Pasupatinatha Temple of Deopatan (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R2,710
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Siva in Trouble - Festivals and Rituals at the Pasupatinatha Temple of Deopatan (Hardcover, New): Axel Michaels

Siva in Trouble - Festivals and Rituals at the Pasupatinatha Temple of Deopatan (Hardcover, New)

Axel Michaels

Series: South Asia Research

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The town of Deopatan, three kilometers northeast of Kathmandu, is above all famous for its main sanctum, the temple of Pasupati, the "lord of the animals," a form of Siva and the tutelary deity of the kings of Nepal since ancient times. By its name alone, the temple attracts thousands of pilgrims each year and has made itself known far beyond the Kathamndu Valley. However, for the dominant Newar population the town is by no means merely the seat of Siva or Pasupati. It is also a city of wild goddesses and other deities. Due to this tension between two strands of Hinduism -- the pure, vegetarian Smarta Hinduism and the Newar Hinduism which implies alcohol and blood sacrifices -- Siva/Pasupati has more than once been in trouble, as the many festivals and rituals descripbed and analyzed in this book reveal. Deopatan is a contested field. Different deities, agents social groups, ritual specialists, and institutions are constantly seeking dominance, challenging and even fighting each other, thus contributing to social and political dynamics and tensions that are indeed distinct in South Asia. It is these aspects on which Axel Michaels concentrates in this book.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United States
Series: South Asia Research
Release date: April 2008
First published: May 2008
Authors: Axel Michaels (Professor of Classical Indology)
Dimensions: 242 x 162 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 312
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-534302-1
Categories: Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Hinduism
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Worship > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious life & practice > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious life & practice > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Worship > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Hinduism
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LSN: 0-19-534302-6
Barcode: 9780195343021

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