Pura Besakih: Temple, Religion and Society in Bali (Verhandelingen Van Het Koninklijk Instituut Voor Taal-, Land- En Volkenkunde, Number 193) - Softcover

Stuart-Fox, David J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9067181463 ISBN 13: 9789067181464

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub, 2002

Synopsis

Pura Besakih is the paramount Hindu temple on Bali. Located high on the slopes of the volcano Mt Agung, it has developed over more than a thousand years into a great complex of 22 separate temples, the largest and central being Pura Penataran Agung. The annual cycle of more than seventy rituals, which symbolically link the temples into a whole, culminates in the centenary ceremony called Ekadasa Rudra (last held in 1979). The temple complex, state-supported at least since the fifteenth century, has undergone a series of architectural and ritual changes. This study combines an analysis of textual and historical sources with the fieldwork methods of anthropology in creating a unified interpretation of this great temple.

About this title

About the Author:

David J. Stuart-Fox was educated at the University of Sydney and the Australian National University in Canberra. He is currently librarian at the National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 9067181463
• ISBN 13: 9789067181464
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 470