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Containing Murder in a South Indian Temple / Hüsken, Ute   Journal Article
Hüsken, Ute Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract On 3 September 2004, during the Pavitrotsava temple festival which serves to erase all ritual mistakes committed during the previous year, the manager of the Varadarāja Perumāl temple in Kanchipuram was brutally murdered. This murder constituted both a criminal act and a religious offence. In outlining its aftermath, this article analyses the highly dynamic responses to this multifaceted transgression, which depend on and signal the interaction between political power and religious authorities specific to time and place.
Key Words India  Ritual  Temple  Murder  Kanchipuram  Sankararaman 
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Rituals as a Means of Mitigation and Prevention: Containing Sectarian Rivalry in Kanchipuram / Schier, Kerstin   Journal Article
Schier, Kerstin Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract This article discusses the role of rituals in preventing and containing religious offences by looking at the annual temple festivals of two specific temples of the Vaiṣṇava and Śaiva traditions in Kanchipuram. Both festivals enact a ritual of mutual insult (ēcal in Tamil). Through my discussion of the role of religious leaders in the enactment of these rituals and the recent establishment of a new ritual in response to perceived rising tensions, I show that the ritualised insult is both a demonstration of power and an important tool for maintaining balance in the relationship between the two Hindu traditions.
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