Śiva in trouble : festivals and rituals at the Paśupatinātha Temple of Deopatan (Nepal)
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Śiva in trouble : festivals and rituals at the Paśupatinātha Temple of Deopatan (Nepal)
（South Asia research）
Oxford University Press, 2008
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Bibliography: p. [259]-272
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The town of Deopatan, three kilometers northeast of Kathmandu, is above all famous for its main sanctum, the temple of Pasupati, the 'lord of the animals,' a form of Siva and the tutelary deity of the kings of Nepal since ancient times. By its name alone, the temple attracts thousands of pilgrims each year and has made itself known far beyond the Kathamndu Valley. However, for the dominant Newar population the town is by no means merely the seat of
Siva or Pasupati. It is also a city of wild goddesses and other deities.
Due to this tension between two strands of Hinduism - the pure, vegetarian Smarta Hinduism and the Newar Hinduism which implies alcohol and blood sacrifices - Siva/Pasupati has more than once been in trouble, as the many festivals and rituals descripbed and analyzed in this book reveal. Deopatan is a contested field. Different deities, agents social groups, ritual specialists, and institutions are constantly seeking dominance, challenging and even fighting each other, thus
contributing to social and political dynamics and tensions that are indeed distinct in South Asia. It is these aspects on which Axel Michaels concentrates in this book.
Table of Contents
- 1. The Pasupatinatha Temple Area
- 2. The Procession of Lamentation (Duducyacyajatra)
- 3. The Worship for the Salvation of the Country (Desoddharapuja)
- 4. The Festival of the Goddess Pigaamai
- 5. The Festival of the Goddess Vatsala
- 6. The Procession with the Trident (Trisljatra)
- 7. The Goddess of the Secret and her Procession (Guhyesvarijatra)
- 8. Bala's Fourteenth (Balacaturdasi)
- 9. Siva under Refuse and Goblin's Fourteenth (Lukumahadya?, Pisacacaturdasi)
- 10. The Great Night of Siva (MahaSivaratri)
- 11. Pasupatinatha as a Place of Pilgrimage (Tirthayatras)
- 12. Deopatan Revisited
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