Author: B.G. Sharma Publisher: Mandala Publishing ISBN: 9781932771060 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 0
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Mandala postcard books feature some of the best contemporary spiritual art to come out of India. This title includes images from Hinduism's most beloved God, Krishna, engaged in his most popular pastimes. 2002 Benjamin Franklin Award finalist B. G. Sharma depicts the God of Love with subtle brushstrokes in 32 different postcards.
Author: Urmila Mohan Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 9004419136 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 88
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In Clothing as Devotion in Contemporary Hinduism, Urmila Mohan explores the materiality and visuality of cloth and clothing as devotional media in contemporary Hinduism. Drawing upon ethnographic research into the global missionizing group “International Society for Krishna Consciousness” (ISKCON), she studies translocal spaces of worship, service, education, and daily life in the group’s headquarters in Mayapur and other parts of India. Focusing on the actions and values of deity dressmaking, devotee clothing and paraphernalia, Mohan shows how activities, such as embroidery and chanting, can be understood as techniques of spirituality, reverence, allegiance—and she proposes the new term “efficacious intimacy” to help understand these complex processes. The monograph brings theoretical advances in Anglo-European material culture and material religion studies into a conversation with South Asian anthropology, sociology, art history, and religion. Ultimately, it demonstrates how embodied interactions as well as representations shape ISKCON’s practitioners as devout subjects, while connecting them with the divine and the wider community.
Author: Éléonore Muhidine Publisher: transcript Verlag ISBN: 3839467160 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 197
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Focusing on a private collection of 60 postcards of modern architecture in Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Agra, the contributors to this volume explore the many dimensions of modern architecture in India from the 1890s to the 1970s and share their own perspective on these objects. Experts on architectural history and visual studies, as well as postcard collectors provide new insights into a territory and its architectural heritage which is still largely unknown in Europe, and reflect on the postcard as a medium for historical research.
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