The book will explore contemporary manifestations of the worship of
Siva that have transmigrated to the West. It explores Hindu
vernacular traditions or 'village Hinduism' especially in the
context of the Hindu diaspora, where the general assumption is that
such forms of Hinduism cannot survive as they lack the
infrastructure and the rural environment. Based on extensive
fieldwork in Britain and India, the author shows that significant
developments are taking place where Hindu communities have achieved
sufficient concentration for various movements to appear that
reproduce 'folk traditions' connected to a particular locale in the
subcontinent. These movements often display a focus on the
pragmatic or apotropaic motivation for worship of deities
associated with healing. The focus is on the Baba Balaknath
communities originating in the Punjab and Himachal Pradesh; the
worship of Murugan amongst Tamil populations and the Community of
the Many Names of God in Wales which originated in the worship of
Subramaniyam in Shri Lanka. The book will not only throw some
clarity on changing beliefs and practices in the Hindu diaspora,
particularly the role of the apotropaic or pragmatic dimension, it
will also help to understand important theoretical concepts such as
Sanskritisation and the relationship between the 'Little Tradition'
and the 'Great Tradition' or All-India and local traditions.
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