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Author | : Dominique-Sila Khan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2009-01-01 |
Genre | : Kerala (India) |
ISBN | : 9780143104155 |
The Prime Minister To The Cochin Maharaja Had Built His Residence In The Centre Of A Square So That There Would Be A Shrine At Each Of Its Corners. Thus Would The Royal Power Assume Protection Of The Four Great Religions That Were Represented In Kerala. Kerala, Touted By The Tourism Industry As God S Own Country , Is Indeed A Corner Of India Where Religious Life Is Intense, Vibrant And Varied. Kerala S History Is Replete With Examples Of Rulers Patronizing Different Religious Communities. And In Spite Of Insidious Efforts By Some To Erect Sectarian Boundaries, Malayalis Have Stubbornly Held On To Many Of Their Old Traditions Of Shared Spaces. Devotees Of Different Communities Continue To Take Part In Each Other S Festivals On The First Day Of The Annual Chandanakudam Festival, For Instance, Devotees Of All Faiths Gather At A Catholic Church, Proceed To A Bhagavati Temple And Finally Congregate At A Mosque, Where The Festivities Officially Begin And There Are Numerous Occasions And Sacred Spaces Where Hindus, Muslims, Christians And Even A Handful Of Jews Keep Meeting. Embarking On A Kind Of Personal And Intellectual Pilgrimage To Discover Sacred Kerala, Dominique-Sila Khan Encounters On Her Way An Array Of Picturesque Characters And Many A Fascinating Shrine. These Encounters Often Challenge Our Usual Assumptions About What It Is To Be Hindu, Muslim, Christian Or Jew. The Author S General Mood Alternates Between Gravity And Humour, Her Descriptive Style Often Making Space For Colourful Anecdotes That Allow The Reader To Go Beyond The Sights, Sounds And Tastes Of Kerala And Experience The Spiritual Consciousness Of A Land.
Author | : I. H. Hacker |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 1912 |
Genre | : Kerala (India) |
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Author | : Daniel C. Maguire |
Publisher | : Fortress Press |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781451405743 |
This call to rethink major religious traditions on key topics of family planning provides a fresh, underreported side of these traditions. Written in a lively, engaging, and skilled style by a leading ethicist, this guide brings expert insights of major scholars in a manageable format.
Author | : David Osborn |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 2010-04-30 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0557277248 |
Browse the ancient traditions of the Vedas: Vedic Mathematics, Vedic Science, Vastu Shastra, Sacred Dance, Ayurvedic Medicine, Transcendental Sound and much more.Science of the Sacred provides a foundation for expanding our awareness of the reality around us, beyond modern scientific theories, to those grounded in the ancient Vedic scriptures and their scientific presentations. Over the ages, innumerable luminaries, scientists, and intelligencia, recognized for their contributions to society, praise the accuracy of the Vedas.
Author | : David Abram |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 497 |
Release | : 2010-11-01 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1405388064 |
The Rough Guide to Kerala will guide you through India's tropical southwest tip, with reliable information and clearly explained cultural background. Whether you're looking for great places to eat and drink, inspiring accommodation or the most exciting things to see and do, you'll find the solution. Discover Kerala with stunning photography and information on everything from the best beaches and lagoon resorts to treehouse hideaways on tea plantations in the hills. Plus, you'll find extensive coverage of attractions in the region, from the tranquil beaches, backwaters and rice barges to elephant processions, kathakali dance drama and temple festivals. Accurate maps, backed up by full-colour sections showcasing the state's vibrant theatre traditions, make The Rough Guide to Kerala your ultimate travelling companion. Make the most of your trip with The Rough Guide to Kerala.
Author | : Baidyanath Saraswati |
Publisher | : Concept Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Hindu shrines |
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Author | : Corinne G. Dempsey |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2001-01-25 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0198029918 |
Kerala Christian Sainthood is an ethnography-based study that celebrates the multi-vocal function of saints. Drawing on pilgrim anecdotes, shrine practices, official hagiographies, and regional lore, author Corinne Dempsey demonstrates how the business of saints routinely extends beyond their capacity as earthly conduits of miraculous power. Saintly characters described in this book, hailing from the religiously pluralistic south Indian state of Kerala, tend not only to the health and happiness of individual devotees but help craft and express the multiple identities and complex power relations of their devotional communities as well. Throughout the study, Dempsey highlights the traditions of Sr. Alphonsa of Bharananganam (1910-1946) and St. George the martyr, two figures who reflect the many preoccupations of Kerala sainthood. Sr. Alphonsa, native of Kerala and famous for her life of suffering and posthumous power, stands in line to be canonized by the Vatican. St. George, the caped dragon slayer imported to Kerala by Syrian merchants and later by Portuguese and British colonizers, is today partially debunked by Rome. These two figures, while differing dramatically in temperament, nationality, age of cult, and Vatican standing, boast a vast popular appeal in Kerala's Kottayam district. In examining Sr. Alphonsa and St. George, Dempsey shows how Kerala's saint traditions reflect devotees' hybrid identities in both colonial and postcolonial times. This ethnography of Christian sainthood within a Hindu cultural context, of "foreign" traditions adopted by native practice, and of female sanctity negotiated through patriarchal expectation is poised at a number of intersections. Dempsey provides not only a comparative study of cultures, religions, and worldviews, but also a unique grounding for contemporary ethnographic, post-colonial, and feminist concerns.
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007-09 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9788183860499 |
The beautiful cultural tradition of murals in India is explained and presented in all its artistic glory in the striking photographs in this book and in the stories of the gods that graced these walls. Each muralist presented depicted the myths and legends of different Hindu deities, such as Visnu and his consort Laksmi, or Siva in different forms with his consort Parvati. The book also shows the process behind the mural making—the preparation of the plastered walls and of the colors, the rules of composition, proportion, poses, and perspective, and the good and bad qualities of a painting.
Author | : A. Sreedhara Menon |
Publisher | : D C Books |
Total Pages | : 92 |
Release | : 2010-07-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9788126437986 |
This work attempts to give a broad idea of the diverse aspects of the socio- cultural life of the people of Kerala in a historical perspective. Old traditions and new values in every sphere of human thought and activity have synthesized, assimilated and fused to form the history of Kerala.
Author | : Bas Verschuuren |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2012-06-25 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1136530746 |
Sacred Natural Sites are the world's oldest protected places. This book focuses on a wide spread of both iconic and lesser known examples such as sacred groves of the Western Ghats (India), Sagarmatha /Chomolongma (Mt Everest, Nepal, Tibet - and China), the Golden Mountains of Altai (Russia), Holy Island of Lindisfarne (UK) and the sacred lakes of the Niger Delta (Nigeria). The book illustrates that sacred natural sites, although often under threat, exist within and outside formally recognised protected areas, heritage sites. Sacred natural sites may well be some of the last strongholds for building resilient networks of connected landscapes. They also form important nodes for maintaining a dynamic socio-cultural fabric in the face of global change. The diverse authors bridge the gap between approaches to the conservation of cultural and biological diversity by taking into account cultural and spiritual values together with the socio-economic interests of the custodian communities and other relevant stakeholders.