Guest guest Posted May 16, 2002 Report Share Posted May 16, 2002 Can anyone tell me something about ant-hill worship in India? Thanks in advance Manuel Magalhaes LAUNCH - Your Music Experience http://launch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 24, 2002 Report Share Posted May 24, 2002 INDOLOGY, Manuel "Magalhães" <omoplata2> wrote: > Can anyone tell me something about ant-hill worship in > India? In South India, many monumental temples grew out of ant-hills, (eg., TiruvAnmiyUr in the Pallava country). TiruvArUr, in the Kaveri river delta, was an ancient capital of the Cholas, and the birthplace of the Trinity of Carnatic music. Shulman, D. 1) The Serpent and the Sacrifice: An anthill myth from TiruvArUr, History of Religions, 18 (1978), 107-37. 2) On the prehistory of TyAgarAja-"Siva at TiruvArUr, Art and Archaeology Research papers, 13 (1978), 55-58. 3) Tamil Temple Myths, Princeton, 1980 Refer the in-depth study about Tiruvarur temple: Ghose, Rajeshwari. The TyAgarAja cult in TamilnADu : a study in conflict and accomodation, Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1996. Also, Eichinger Ferro-Luzzi, Gabriella. The self-milking cow and the bleeding lingam : criss-cross of motifs in Indian temple legends Publisher: Wiesbaden : Otto Harrassowitz, c1987. B. C. Sinha, Serpent worship in ancient India, N. Delhi, 1979 J. Ph. Vogel, Indian serpent lore: or, The nagas in Hindu legend and art. Varanasi, 1972 (reprint of 1926 ed.) Rich Freeman has a paper on the sarpa-kAvus in the backyards of Kerala Nayar households. Regards, N. Ganesan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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