The Home of Dancing Sivan: The Traditions of the Hindu Temple in Citamparam (Oxford Early Christian Studies (Paperback))
By Paul Younger.
Description
The Home of Dancing Sivan is an inquiry into the traditions of the Citamparam temple in South India, the only Hindu temple where the image of Sivan as Natarajan, the dancer, is the central focus of worship. Younger begins with the living traditions, describing the community of Ditcitars, the two hundred priests of the temple who carry on an ancient tradition involving six worship periods each day, and discusses in detail the elaborate temple festivals, which attract up to 200,000 people. He analyzes the three hundred inscriptions on the temple walls, and seeks to determine from them, and fr...
ISBN(s)
0195095332, 9780195095333
