Degraded Gods on Parade: Reading Temple Festivals in Early Malayalam Literature

This article concerns a representation of a temple festival in Tiruniḻalmāla, a major literary work in early Malayalam. The work in question focuses on a high-order Brahmanic temple of Āṟanmuḷa in the moment of a grave ritual and operational crisis. It emphasizes the restorative role of rather lowly...

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Authors: Galewicz, Cezary (Author) ; Panicker, Venugopal (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2024
In: Numen
Year: 2024, Volume: 71, Issue: 5/6, Pages: 519-547
Further subjects:B performative genres
B Kerala temple festivals
B Possession
B purification rituals
B temple cultures
Online Access: Presumably Free Access
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