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Abode of the Goddess - Kingship, Caste & Sacrificial Organization in a Bengal Village (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
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Abode of the Goddess - Kingship, Caste & Sacrificial Organization in a Bengal Village (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
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This book, based on the field survey, is about a village society in
Bengal, and its relationship with Hindu kingship on the ritual
organisation of an old temple. The village temple is well known for
being one of 51 sakta-pithas scattered over the Indian
subcontinent. Sakta-pithas mean centres of Sakti worship or seat of
the Goddess Sati (another name of the Goddess Durga) in Bengali,
where the body parts of the Goddess Sati fell to earth after she
had been cut to pieces by the discus of Visnu. Every place believed
to have a Satis limb became the centre for the worship of the
Sakti-cult, or an abode of the goddess (pitha-sthan). The village
temple prospered under the patronage of Maharaja Kirtichand
(1702-40) of Bardhaman Raj, though the temple history is far older
than this. At the beginning of British rule, the Royal family of
Bardhaman became the largest zamindar in Bengal. They exercised
great authority over the local society which is still observable in
the various ritual processes. The temple organisation consists of
the ritual posts and roles assigned to the various castes, lineages
and household, which are fundamentally based on the kinship
relations in the village. At the same time, the temple organisation
is founded on the service tenures granted by the Bardhaman Raj
since the early eighteenth century, and even the village
untouchables are endowed with indispensable roles in the temple
ritual as servants of the goddess. The analysis reveals the strong
influences of the indigenous polity over ordinary life in the rural
society.
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