The Diaspora of the Gods: Hindu Temples in the New World System 1640–1800

The proliferation of hindu temples now spread over the North American religious landscape appear at first glance to be part of a new process of globalization for Hinduism in an era of transnational religions. South India, long a bastion of temple culture, is simultaneously in the midst of a new boom...

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Published in:The Journal of Asian studies 1999-08, Vol.58 (3), p.648-686
Main Author: Waghorne, Joanne Punzo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Art and archaeology
Asia
Business structures
Cities
Construction
Deities
Diaspora
Diasporas
From Middle Ages to today
Global economy
Globalism
Hinduism
Hindus
History
History (1640-1800)
Home gardens
India
Merchants
Mosques & temples
Religion
Social history
Temples
Wallerstein, Immanuel (1930-2019)
World systems
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Summary:The proliferation of hindu temples now spread over the North American religious landscape appear at first glance to be part of a new process of globalization for Hinduism in an era of transnational religions. South India, long a bastion of temple culture, is simultaneously in the midst of a new boom in temple construction. The present resurgence of “Hinduism” in north India, steeped in ideology, nonetheless is written in terms of the alleged destruction of thousands of temples in north India by Muslim rulers and calls for their reconstruction. “My gods are crying,” writes one “angry” Hindu; “They are demanding restatement in all their original glory” (quoted in Bhattacharya 1991, 127).
ISSN:0021-9118
1752-0401
DOI:10.2307/2659115