Name: Jagannath in the South Asian Literary and Folkloric Tradition
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Jagannath in the South Asian Literary and Folkloric Tradition

Edited By: Shruti Amar, Swati Samantaray

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The Jagannath temple’s heterogeneous tradition has given rise to a vibrant oral and written culture. This volume explores the representation of Jagannath in literary texts, oral tales, songs, and dance, investigating the different modes of representation of the deity.

Built in 1137, the Purushottam temple, famously known as Jagannath temple has remained a popular seat of Tantric, Vaishnavite, Shaivite, Shakta, tribal and even Buddhist…

Built in 1137, the Purushottam temple, famously known as Jagannath temple has remained a popular seat of Tantric, Vaishnavite, Shaivite, Shakta, tribal and even Buddhist cult. In one of the popular oral tales, it is said that Tulsidas had a vision of Ram in Jagannath. Such heterogeneous tradition has led to the writings of numerous texts and given rise to a vibrant oral culture around the temple. Such liberal manifestation of the image of Jagannath and a number of popular traditions around the deity have attracted the attention of researchers from around the world. This volume explores the representation of Jagannath in literary texts, oral tales, songs, and dance. It investigates the different modes of representation of Jagannath in various media.

Shruti Amar is Assistant Professor of English at KIIT University, India. She received her PhD from King’s College London in 2018. Her research interests include bhakti tradition in South Asia, gender studies and folklore. She has published research articles in wide range of journals including Interventions: Journal of Postcolonial Studies and Dialogos.

Swati Samantaray is presently working as Professor in the School of Humanities at KIIT University, India. She earned a PhD degree in English from Utkal University, India. Her publications include The Mystic Flights of Tagore, Mysticism: A Literary Quest for Ultimate Reality and Folklore: A Key to Cultural Understanding. As a member of the Theosophical Society, she delivers talks on spiritualism. Her fields of interest are mysticism, eco-criticism, feminism, existentialism, cultural and film studies, folkloristics, and digital and medical humanities.

Rekha Pande, Amar Nath Jha, Shruti Amar, Neelam Kumari, Ileanea Citaristi, Swati Samantaray, Guruprasad Mohapatra, Rashmi Saikia, Ankita Ananya Gaya, Ujaan Ghosh, Mohiminul Islam, Adyasha Dash, Vivekananda Mishra