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Worship and the ceremonial economy of a royal South Indian temple

Title
Worship and the ceremonial economy of a royal South Indian temple / Anthony Good.
Author
Good, Anthony.
Publication
Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2004.

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Description
xxiii, 358 p. : ill. (some col.); 24 cm.
Series Statement
Mellen studies in anthropology ; v. 14
Uniform Title
Mellen studies in anthropology ; v. 14.
Subject
  • Kalugacalamurtti Temple (Kalugumalai, India)
  • Hindu temples > India > Kalugumalai
  • Śaiva Siddhānta > India > Kalugumalai > Customs and practices
  • Hindu temples
  • Religiöses Leben
  • Tempel
  • Wirtschaft
  • Tempel
  • Kalugumalai (India) > Religious life and customs
  • India > Kalugumalai
  • Kalugumalai
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-348) and index.
Contents
Preface / Mattison Mines -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Daily worship -- 3. The meanings of worship -- 4. Periodic and festival worship -- 5. Private worship -- 6. Zamindar, temple, and state -- 7. Agricultural land and the temple -- 8. Changing patterns of service, administration and authority -- 9. Temple, town, and estate -- 10. The role of Devastanams in Zamindari estates -- 11. The Devastanam accounts -- 12. Duties and rewards of temple staff -- 13. The car festivals -- 14. Honorific prestations : a theoretical approach -- App. The scheme of management for Kalugamalai Devastanam.
ISBN
  • 0773463976
  • 9780773463974
  • 077347918X
  • 9780773479180
LCCN
2004040320
OCLC
  • ocm54852603
  • 54852603
  • SCSB-1367881
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library