Pura Besakih : : temple, religion and society in Bali / / David J. Stuart-Fox.
Pura Besakih is the paramount Hindu temple on Bali. Located high on the slopes of the volcano Mt Agung, it has developed over more than a thousand years into a great complex of 22 separate temples, the largest and central being Pura Penataran Agung. The annual cycle of more than seventy rituals, whi...
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| Superior document: | Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 193 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands : : KITLV Press,, [2002] ©2002 |
| Year of Publication: | 2002 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ;
193. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (490 pages) |
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| Summary: | Pura Besakih is the paramount Hindu temple on Bali. Located high on the slopes of the volcano Mt Agung, it has developed over more than a thousand years into a great complex of 22 separate temples, the largest and central being Pura Penataran Agung. The annual cycle of more than seventy rituals, which symbolically link the temples into a whole, culminates in the centenary ceremony called Ekadasa Rudra (last held in 1979). The temple complex, state-supported at least since the fifteenth century, has undergone a series of architectural and ritual changes. This study combines an analysis of textual and historical sources with the fieldwork methods of anthropology in creating a unified interpretation of this great temple. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [433]-455) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004487567 9789067181464 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | David J. Stuart-Fox. |