The Domain of Constant Excess: Plural Worship in a Sri Lankan Hindu Temple

Bastin, Rohan

 
9781571812520: The Domain of Constant Excess: Plural Worship in a Sri Lankan Hindu Temple

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"...a successfully ambitious effort, richly informative and insightful in its coverage of the site’s religious life and most sophisticated in its use and advancing of theoretical perspectives...Profound insights...abound in this complex and rewarding piece of scholarship..a must read for scholars of south Asian religions." -The Australian Journal of Anthropology

The Sri Lankan ethnic conflict that has occurred largely between Sinhala Buddhists and Tamil Hindus is marked by a degree of religious tolerance that sees both communities worshiping together. This study describes one important site of such worship, the ancient Hindu temple complex of Munnesvaram. Standing adjacent to one of Sri Lanka’s historical western ports, the fortunes of the Munnesvaram temples have waxed and waned through the years of turbulence, violence and social change that have been the country’s lot since the advent of European colonialism in the Indian Ocean. Bastin recounts the story of these temples and analyses how the Hindu temple is reproduced as a center of worship amidst conflict and competition.

Rohan Bastin is Head of the School of Anthropology, Archaeology & Sociology at James Cook University.

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Rohan Bastin is Head of the School of Anthropology, Archaeology & Sociology at James Cook University.

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9781571813121: The Domain of Constant Excess: Plural Worship in a Sri Lankan Hindu Temple

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ISBN 10:  1571813128 ISBN 13:  9781571813121
Editorial: Berghahn Books, 2002
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