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Article: CONGEALING DIVINITY: TIME, WORSHIP AND KINSHIP IN SOUTH IND IAN HINDUISM.
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- Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
- Article date:
- June 1, 2000
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Daily worship in Hindu temples is characterized by regular repetition. This article juxtaposes iconography and mythology; field data on worship in a Murukan temple in Kalugumalai, South India; and analytic concepts from western and Indian metaphysics, to examine what Gell termed the 'ritual manipulation of time'. In Hindu cosmology, the materialization of divinity -- a prerequisite for worship -- is inseparably linked not only to the emergence of time but also to the devolution of divinity into gendered forms. Because gender differences play a central role in iconography, mythology and worship, Hinduism provides a rich cultural resource for debating the morality and ...
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