Nine Nights of the Goddess - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Nine Nights of the Goddess write by Caleb Simmons. This book was released on 2018-08-01. Nine Nights of the Goddess available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Explores the contemporary nature and the diverse narratives, rituals, and performances of the Navar?tri festival. Nine Nights of the Goddess explores the festival of Navarātri—alternatively called Navarātra, Mahānavamī, Durgā Pūjā, Dasarā, and/or Dassain—which lasts for nine nights and ends with a celebration called Vijayadaśamī, or "the tenth (day) of victory." Celebrated in both massive public venues and in small, private domestic spaces, Navarātri is one of the most important and ubiquitous festivals in South Asia and wherever South Asians have settled. These festivals share many elements, including the goddess, royal power, the killing of demons, and the worship of young girls and married women, but their interpretation and performance vary widely. This interdisciplinary collection of essays investigates Navarātri in its many manifestations and across historical periods, including celebrations in West Bengal, Odisha, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and Nepal. Collectively, the essays consider the role of the festival's contextual specificity and continental ubiquity as a central component for understanding South Asian religious life, as well as how it shapes and is shaped by political patronage, economic development, and social status.
Nine Nights of Power
Nine Nights of Power - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Nine Nights of Power write by Ute Hüsken. This book was released on 2021-10-01. Nine Nights of Power available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The autumnal Navarātri festival—also called Durgā Pūjā, Dassehra, or Dasain—is the most important Hindu festival in South Asia and wherever Hindus settle. A nine-night-long celebration in honor of the goddess Durgā, it ends on the tenth day with a celebration called "the victorious tenth" (vijayadaśamī). The rituals that take place in domestic, royal, and public spaces are closely connected with one's station in life and dependent on social status, economic class, caste, and gender issues. Exploring different aspects of the festival as celebrated in diverse regions of South Asia and in the South Asian diaspora, this book addresses the following common questions: What does this festival do? What does it achieve, and how? Why and in what way does it sometimes fail? How do mass communication and social media increase participation in and contribute to the changing nature of the festival? The contributors address these questions from multiple perspectives and discuss issues of agency, authority, ritual efficacy, change, appropriation, and adaptation. Because of the festival's reach beyond its diverse celebrations in South Asia, its influence can be seen in the rituals and dances in many parts of Western Europe and North America.
Goddess Durga and Sacred Female Power
Goddess Durga and Sacred Female Power - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Goddess Durga and Sacred Female Power write by Laura Amazzone. This book was released on 2010. Goddess Durga and Sacred Female Power available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Amazzone's voice is strong and clear. Goddess Durga promises the transformation, empowerment, and dignity that is our birthright."--Marisa Tomei, Academy Award-winning actor.
Journal Daily
Journal Daily - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Journal Daily write by Spiritualtee Durga. This book was released on 2019-08-06. Journal Daily available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Navaratri is a Hindu festival dedicated to the worship of Goddess Durga. Navratri means 'nine nights' in Sanskrit, where nava means nine and ratri means nights. During these nine nights and ten days, the nine forms of Devi are worshipped. The tenth day is commonly referred to as Dussehra or Vijayadashami.
Nava Durga
Nava Durga - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Nava Durga write by Nalini Ramachandran. This book was released on 2020-10-19. Nava Durga available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Durga, as this powerful warrior-goddess is known, Has nine special forms-each one unique, not just a clone. Shailaputri, Brahmacharini and Chandraghanta, Kushmanda and Skandamata, Katyayani and Kaalratri, Maha Gauri and Siddhidatri . . . They are the Nava Durga, Worshipped during Navaratri, The festival of nine nights and nine days That's celebrated across India and the world in myriad ways To praise the goddesses and their glory. This is their story!
