Rohan Bastin

The Domain of Constant Excess

Plural Worship at the Munnesvaram Temples in Sri Lanka

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 528g
• ISBN-13: 9781571812520
• ISBN-10: 1571812520
• Artikelnr.: 40512714

Autorenporträt

Rohan Bastin is Head of the School of Anthropology, Archaeology & Sociology at James Cook University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Worship, Difference and Marvellous Potentiality
Chapter 2. Fluidity and Ambiguity in the History of Munnesvaram
Chapter 3. Myths and Marginality; Ritual Practices and Religious Identity
Chapter 4. The Saivite Temple as a Monumental Architecture
Chapter 5. 'The Look and the Thing Seen': Puja and Arccanai
Chapter 6. The Presence of Sakti; Guardians, Games and the Formation of
Power
Chapter 7. The World Inside Out
Chapter 8. The Domain of Excess
Chapter 9. Divine Kings and Regal Gods: Temples in Society and History
Bibliography
Index