Hindu Temple Ritual
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This monograph is the Ph.D dissertation which Saskia Kersenboom defended (cum laude) on May 18, 1984 at Utrecht University, Dept. of Oriental Studies. As an early example of interdisciplinary research this work brings together primary... more
BHOGAM Research Seminar (June 21-July 5, 2019) in Legend, Hungary is a continuation of BHOGAM Residency (January, 2018) in Tiru Miyaccur, Tamil Nadu (www.academdia.edu/37151138 // www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni5qY3gedms )... more
BHOGAM Residency (2018) integrates the Essay BHOGA SHAKTI - the Silent Witness of the Life of Devadasis (2018) with fieldwork on Agamic ritual by applying former Devadasi ritual repertoire 'Paddhati' on the Brahmotsava held in the Shri... more
Fieldwork Residency on Devadasi performing arts of music and dance in Hindu temples and royal courts of Tamil Nadu. . YATRA Residency revisits the fieldwork underlying 'NITYASUMANGALI - devadasi tradition of South India' (1984 onw.).... more
This Essay by the late T.Sankaran (1906-2000) gives an overview of the Nagaswara Tradition of Tamilnadu: the instrument and the systematisation of the repertoire by Ramasvami Diskhitar in the Tyagarajasvami temple of Tiruvarur, father of... more