The Renewal of the Priesthood
Subtitle: Modernity and Traditionalism in a South Indian Temple
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: November 3, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780691116570
Subjects: Cultural studies; Hinduism; Religious & spiritual leaders; Religious communities & monasticism; Religion; Maturai Arulmiku Minatci; Religion - World Religions; Priests, Hindu; India; Maturai Aruòlmiku Måiönåaòtci Cuntaråesvarar åAlayam; Anthropology - General; Hinduism - General; Anthropology; Asian and Asian American Studies; Social Science / Anthropology / General; General; Cult; Madurai; Minaksi (Hindu deity); Måinåakòsåi (Hindu deity)
First sentence: IN SEPTEMBER 1976, when I had just begun research in Madurai, two young men accompanied by their wives were consecrated as new priests in the Minakshi (Min ksi) Temple.