"Bringing back the old ways": enacting a goddess festival in urban Singapore
The now-global presence of Samayapuram Mariyamman, a goddess from Tamil Nadu, has complicated discussions about her identity as a "local" deity of limited influence. This article details the contemporary veneration of the goddess in the urban, island city-state of Singapore. For the past t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
[2014]
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Material religion
Year: 2014, Volume: 10, Issue: 1, Pages: 76-103 |
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sacred spaces
B Samayapuram Mariyamman B porridge festival B Singaporean Hinduism B urban religiosity B devotional hinduism B Goddess worship |
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