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The Festival of Pirs : Popular Islam and Shared Devotion in South India.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (214 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780199997602
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Festival of PirsDDC classification:
  • 297.39095484
LOC classification:
  • BP189.585.M64 2013eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 Gugudu: The Emergence of a Shared Devotional Space -- CHAPTER 2 The Pīr with a Cap: Narrating Kullayappa -- CHAPTER 3 Kullayappa and the Public Rituals of Muharram -- CHAPTER 4 Faqīri: Practicing Temporary Asceticism -- CHAPTER 5 Debating Rituals: The Politics of "True" Islam -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- F -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- Z -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: The Festival of P=irs is an ethnographic study of the religious life of the village of Gugudu in Andhra Pradesh. It focuses on the public event of Muharram, which is practiced by urban Shi'i communities across South Asia, but takes on a strikingly different color in Gugudu because of the central place of a local pir, or saint, called Kullayappa. As with many villages in South India, Gugudu is mostly populated by non-Muslims, yet Muslim rituals and practices play a crucial role in its devotion. Afsar Mohammad explores how the diverse religious life in the village of Gugudu expands our notions of devotion to the martyrs of Karbala, not only in this particular village but also in the wider world.
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Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 Gugudu: The Emergence of a Shared Devotional Space -- CHAPTER 2 The Pīr with a Cap: Narrating Kullayappa -- CHAPTER 3 Kullayappa and the Public Rituals of Muharram -- CHAPTER 4 Faqīri: Practicing Temporary Asceticism -- CHAPTER 5 Debating Rituals: The Politics of "True" Islam -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- F -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- Z -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

The Festival of P=irs is an ethnographic study of the religious life of the village of Gugudu in Andhra Pradesh. It focuses on the public event of Muharram, which is practiced by urban Shi'i communities across South Asia, but takes on a strikingly different color in Gugudu because of the central place of a local pir, or saint, called Kullayappa. As with many villages in South India, Gugudu is mostly populated by non-Muslims, yet Muslim rituals and practices play a crucial role in its devotion. Afsar Mohammad explores how the diverse religious life in the village of Gugudu expands our notions of devotion to the martyrs of Karbala, not only in this particular village but also in the wider world.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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