The goddess’s embrace: multifaceted relations at the Ekāmranātha Temple Festival in Kanchipuram

The study by Kerstin Schier examines the big annual festival (mahotsava) at the Ekāmranātha temple in the South Indian town Kanchipuram, which - among other things - dramatises the divine marriage between god Śiva (as Ekāmranātha) and the goddess, generally considered to be Kāmākṣī. In the course of...

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Main Author: Schier, Kerstin (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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WorldCat: WorldCat
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: Wiesbaden Harrassowitz 2018
Heidelberg Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing (HASP) 2018
In: Ethno-Indology (15)
Year: 2018
Series/Journal:Ethno-Indology 15
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ekāmbareśvarar Tempel (Conjeeveram) / Śiva / Kāmākhyā, Goddess / Festivity / Ritual
B Ekāmbareśvarar Tempel (Conjeeveram) / Śiva / Kāmākṣī / Religious festival / Ritual
Further subjects:B Thesis
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