Everyday Hinduism

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"This new introductory textbook provides a refreshingly innovative introduction to Hinduism through an exploration of its contemporary, everyday practice"--

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Full title :Everyday Hinduism / Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger.

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"This new introductory textbook provides a refreshingly innovative introduction to Hinduism through an exploration of its contemporary, everyday practice"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Wiley-Blackwell
Place of Publication:Chichester, West Sussex, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015.

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The Physical Object

Description:xi, 244 pages : : illustrations, map ; : 24 cm.

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ISBN:9781405160117, 140516011X, 9781405160216, 1405160217
oclc:ocn894935287
LC Classification:BL1202
Dewey Decimal:294.5

Introduction. The terms "Hindu," "Hinduism," and "Hindu traditions" ; Dharma : a way of life and religious tradition ; Context and multiplicity ; Ethnographic selection and chapter topics -- A note on Caste -- 1. Families of deities. The Trimurti ; Mythological and narrative families: Vishnu, Shiva, Devi, the goddess, Gramadevatas, village deities ;Temple families ; Ritual families in domestic shrines -- 2. Oral and visual narratives and theologies. Oral performance genres ; Visual narratives and theologies ; Verbal and visual together ; Where does the narrative lie? ; The Ramayana tradition performed -- 3. Loving and serving God : Bhakti, Murtis, and Puja. Bhakti, devotion ; Singing to God and the Goddess ; Worshipping deities in material form ; Narratives of God in the Murti ; The deity without form ; Modes of worshipping the Murti ; The services of Puja ; Online, cyber Puja -- 4. Temples, shrines, and pilgrimage. Temples ; Sthala Puranas ; Temple architecture ; Temple worship ; Shrines ; Pilgrimage ; Tirumala, a southern, pan-Indian, and transnational pilgrimage site ; Narshinghnath, a sub-regional pilgrimage site -- 5. Festivals. Divali : festival of lights ; Ganesha Chaturthi…