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Music and Temple Ritual in South India: Performing for Śiva documents the musical practices of the periya mēḷam, a South Indian instrumental ensemble of pro

The book presents a wealth of information on the music rituals in temples at various places in south India. Following visits to a number of temples and based on

"Sankaran examines the cultural and social matrix in which Carnatic music was cultivated and consumed in mid-twentieth century India, including the ways that mu

This book is a thorough study, based on both the textual and archaeological data, of the three important temple consecration rituals of the Hindu tradition.

Despite the world-wide association of music and dance with religion, this is the first full-length study of the subject from a global perspective. The work cons