Hindu Kingship Rituals: Power Relation and Historical Evolution

Authors

Nawaraj Chaulagain, Illinois Wesleyan University

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Description

In recent decades, Nepal has witnessed a dramatic shift from its ancient form of Hindu kingship to a federal republican democratic secular order, with the official dissolution of monarchy in 2008. This study deals with the religious lives of the Śāh kings of Nepal, concentrating on such major rituals as the “coronation” (rājyābhiṣeka) and the autumnal navarātri (Goddess-centered) festival. This study unravels how religion and politics were deeply intertwined in the ritual activities, and how the rituals, in their traditional deeply religious and devotional settings, exerted a maximum of socio-political powers for the king and his institutions.

ISBN

978-1-4632-4047-9

Publication Date

Summer 7-5-2019

Publisher

Gorgias Press

City

Piscataway, NJ

Disciplines

Religion

Recommended Citation

Chaulagain, Nawaraj, "Hindu Kingship Rituals: Power Relation and Historical Evolution" (2019). IWU Authors Bookshelf. 108.
https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/bookshelf/108