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Goddess beyond boundaries : worshipping the Eternal Mother at a North American Hindu Temple /

"This book explores the religious life of an American Hindu goddess temple, the Parashakthi Temple, in Pontiac, Michigan. The goddess honored here, Karumariamman, originates from village goddess traditions in South India but comes to assume the status of Great Goddess in her Michigan abode. She...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pintchman, Tracy (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Subjects:
Hindu goddesses > Michigan > Pontiac.
Hinduism > Michigan > Pontiac.
Hinduism.
RELIGION.
Rituals & Practice.
Theology.
Religion & beliefs.
Religion.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Copyright
  • Goddess Beyond Boundaries
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Transliterations, Quotations, and Names
  • Introduction
  • Callings
  • The Hindu Goddess in Scripture, in the World, and in Pontiac
  • Why This Book?
  • The Arrangement of Chapters
  • 1. Geographic Crossings/​Earth
  • Beginnings
  • Mariamman and Karumariamman in India
  • Karumariamman and Her Temple in Thiruverkadu
  • Goddess on the Move: The Tamil Karumariamman Beyond Thiruverkadu
  • Crossings: A Passage to Michigan
  • Dwellings: The Parashakthi Temple as Translocal Sacred Space
  • 2. Devotional Crossings/​Water
  • Frictions and Flows
  • Jane and Family
  • Ven Johnson
  • Laura
  • A. N. K. Swamy and Dr. P. Pandian (a.k.a. Kaviyogi Bacon)
  • Ravi
  • Transcendent Lives and Translocal Shaktiscapes
  • 3. Material Crossings/​Fire
  • Matter that Matters
  • Murtis (Temple Images) and Yantras
  • The Goddess's Shaligrams
  • The Rajagopuram and Shakti Garbha
  • Material Theology at the Parashakthi Temple
  • 4. Ritual Crossings/​Wind
  • Performing Religion
  • Rites at the Parashakthi Temple
  • Pratinidhi Pilgrimage: The Ingathering of Shakti
  • Rising from the Fire: Divine Mother Returns Home
  • 5. Divine Crossings/​Space
  • Frontiers and Maps
  • The Impersonal Goddess: Goddess as Space, Vibration, Light, and Sound
  • Goddess as Metaphor
  • The Personal Goddess: Goddess as Healer, Caretaker, and Spiritual Guide
  • Rohan
  • Chandran
  • Padmini
  • Postscript: On the Parashakthi Temple as a "Diaspora" Temple
  • Endings
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index