Home of Dancing Sivan - The Traditions of the Hindu Temple in Citamparam

Zusammenfassung This study describes the daily and festival worship of the only Hindu temple in India where Shiva in his dancing form is the primary object of worship. It analyzes the history revealed in the architecture of the building and the 300 inscriptions on the temple walls.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Paul Younger
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.09.1995
• EAN: 9780195095333
• ISBN: 978-0-19-509533-3
• Seiten: 272
• Serien: Oxford Early Christian Studies; Oxford Early Christian Studies
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Weitere Religionen; RELIGION / Hinduism / General, India, RELIGION / Hinduism / Rituals & Practice, Hinduism, Worship, rites & ceremonies, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals