The festival of Pirs: popular Islam and shared devotion in South India
This study is about a popular manifestation of Islamic devotion that embraces a pluralist setting, keeping itself in a dynamic dialogue with non-Muslim practices. With evidence from various public devotional narratives and ritual practices, the author argues that even universal understanding of livi...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2014
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| In: | Year: 2014 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
India
/ Muharram
/ Folk religion
/ Religious festival
B Andhra Pradesh / Islam / Folk religion / Saint / Religious festival |
| Further subjects: | B
Islam
India
Andhra Pradesh
B Islamic shrines India Andhra Pradesh B Muslim Saints Cult India Andhra Pradesh |
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| Summary: | This study is about a popular manifestation of Islamic devotion that embraces a pluralist setting, keeping itself in a dynamic dialogue with non-Muslim practices. With evidence from various public devotional narratives and ritual practices, the author argues that even universal understanding of living Islam remains incomplete if we do not consider this locally produced pluralised devotional setting that surrounds it. He seeks to address various aspects of local and localised Islam through an examination of Gugudu's local and popular transformation of normative Islam, giving particular focus to the various devotional rituals that blend Muslim and Hindu practices in the public event of Muharram. |
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| ISBN: | 0199346445 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199997589.001.0001 |