Religious rites and scientific communities: ayudha puja as culture at the indian institute of science
Ayudha Puja, a South Indian festival translated as "worship of the machines," is a dramatic example of how religion and science intertwine in political life. Across South India, but especially in the state of Karnataka, scientists and engineers celebrate the festival in offices, laboratori...
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| Subtitles: | HINDUISM, BUDDHISM, AND SCIENCE |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2018]
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Zygon
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Indian Institute of Science
/ Karnataka
/ Ayudha Puja
/ Natural sciences
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism NCJ Ethics of science VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Ethnography
B Culturalization B Technology B Ritual B Science B Hinduism B India |
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| Summary: | Ayudha Puja, a South Indian festival translated as "worship of the machines," is a dramatic example of how religion and science intertwine in political life. Across South India, but especially in the state of Karnataka, scientists and engineers celebrate the festival in offices, laboratories, and workshops by attending a puja led by a priest. Although the festival is noteworthy in many ways, one of its most immediate valences is political. In this article, we argue that Ayudha Puja normalizes Brahminical Hinduism within scientific culture through the inclusion of non-Hindus and through scientists' description of the festival as "cultural" rather than "religious." |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12380 |