Place of Devotion
Subtitle: Siting and Experiencing Divinity in Bengal-Vaishnavism
Publisher: University of California Press
Place of publication: Oakland, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780520287716; 9780520962668
Subjects: Religion: general; Religion & beliefs; Other non-Christian religions; Cultural studies; Religious groups: social & cultural aspects
Description: Hindu devotional traditions have long been recognized for their sacred geographies as well as the sensuous aspects of their devotees? experiences. Largely overlooked, however, are the subtle links between these religious expressions. Based on intensive fieldwork conducted among worshippers in Bengal?s Navadvip?Mayapur sacred complex, this book discusses the diverse and contrasting ways in which Bengal?Vaishnava devotees experience sacred geography and divinity. Sukanya Sarbadhikary documents an extensive range of practices, which draw on the interactions of mind, body, and viscera. She shows how perspectives on religion, embodiment, affect, and space are enriched when sacred spatialities of internal and external forms are studied at once.
Notes: English.