Devotional Spaces of a Global Saint - Shirdi Sai Baba's Presence

This book focuses on the presence and contemporaneity of Shirdi Sai Baba (d.1918), who has a vast following in postcolonial South Asia and an ever-growing global diaspora, contributing to South Asia / Anthropology / Religion / Global / Urban / Indian Ocean / Inter-Asian Studies / Visual/Media Studies and Cultural Geography.

List of contents

Introduction: Baba’s Always-Present Presence; Chapter 1: Engaging Universalism: Sai Baba’s Predecessors and Contemporaries; Chapter 2: Hagiographic Connections between Shirdi Sai Baba and Sathya Sai Baba: Venkusha, Venkavadhuta, and the Integrative Icon of Dattatreya; Interleaf A: Shirdi Sai Baba’s Lamp-Lighting Miracle in Text and Film; Chapter 3: From Sai Baba of Shirdi to Shirdi of Sai Baba: The Making of a Contemporary Pilgrim-Center; Chapter 4: Routes and Repositories: Shirdi Sai Baba’s Urban Presence; Interleaf B: "This Is My Shirdi:" Wayside Shrines and Sai Baba’s Popular Omnipresence; Chapter 5: Kolis of Mumbai and Shirdi Sai Baba; Chapter 6: "Saint Above (Beyond) Religion:" Re-imaging Shirdi Sai in Chennai and Singapore; Interleaf C: Sai Baba, Ghana, and Oceanic Spiritual Crossovers; Chapter 7: Baba’s Guiding Hand: Artists and Acheiropoiesis; Interleaf D: India Spirits, Hounkpode Baba, and Powers of the Sea in the Republic of Bénin; Chapter 8: A Sheltering Gaze: Darshan with Baba, Baraka from Bamba

About the author

Smriti Srinivas is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Davis, USA.
Neelima Jeychandran is a Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor of African Studies and Asian Studies at The Pennsylvania State University, USA.
Allen F. Roberts is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of World Arts and Cultures, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.

Summary

This book focuses on the presence and contemporaneity of Shirdi Sai Baba (d.1918), who has a vast following in postcolonial South Asia and an ever-growing global diaspora, contributing to South Asia / Anthropology / Religion / Global / Urban / Indian Ocean / Inter-Asian Studies / Visual/Media Studies and Cultural Geography.

Product details

• Assisted by: Neelima Jeychandran (Editor), Allen Roberts (Editor), Roberts Allen (Editor), Smriti Srinivas (Editor), Srinivas Smriti (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032135700
• ISBN: 978-1-032-13570-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Weight: 410 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Series on the Indian Ocean and Trans-Asia
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, RELIGION / Hinduism / General, Hinduism, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General