CONGEALING DIVINITY: TIME, WORSHIP AND KINSHIP IN SOUTH IND IAN HINDUISM.

From: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute | Date: June 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

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, ...

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