Revelry, rivalry, and longing for the goddesses of Bengal : the fortunes of Hindu festivals /

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Annually during the months of autumn, Bengal hosts three interlinked festivals to honor its most important goddesses: Durga, Kali, and Jagaddhatri. While each of these deities possesses a distinct iconography, myth, and character, they are all martial. Durga, Kali, and Jagaddhatri often demand blood...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McDermott, Rachel Fell
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press New York, 2011.
Temas:
Durgā-pūjā (Hindu festival) > India > West Bengal.
Jagaddhātrī-pūjā (Hindu festival) > India > West Bengal.
Kālī-pūjā (Hindu festival) > India > West Bengal.
Durgā-pūjā > Inde > Bengale-Occidental.
RELIGION > Hinduism > Rituals & Practice.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
Durgā-pūjā (Hindu festival)
Jagaddhātrī-pūjā (Hindu festival)
Kālī-pūjā (Hindu festival)
West Bengal (India) > Religious life and customs.
India > West Bengal
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Pūjā origins and elite politics
  • The goddess in colonial and postcolonial history
  • Durgā the daughter : folk and familial traditions
  • The artistry of Durgā and Jagaddhātrī
  • Durgā on the Titanic : politics and religion in the Pūjā
  • The "orientalist Kālī" : a Tantric icon comes alive
  • Approaches to Kālī Pūjā in Bengal
  • Controversies and the goddess
  • Deva in the diaspora
  • Appendix : an overview of the press in Bengal up to 1947.

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