List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Introduction: Movements of Navaratri Caleb Simmons and Moumita Sen Navaratri in the Court 1. The Splendor of the Sun: Brightening the Bridge between Markaeya Puraa and Devi Mahatmya in Light of Navaratra Ritual Timing Raj Balkaran 2. Which Durga? What Navaratra? Remarks on Reconfigurations of Royal Rituals in the Kathmandu Valley Astrid Zotter 3. The King and the Yadu Line: Performing Lineage through Dasara in Nineteenth-Century Mysore Caleb Simmons 4. Dasara and the Selective Decline of Sacrificial Polity in a Former Princely State of Odisha Uwe Skoda Navaratri on Display 5. Politics, Religion, and Art in the Durga Puja of West Bengal Moumita Sen 6. Durga Puja Committees: Community Origin and Transformed Mediatized Practices Employing Social Media Xenia Zeiler 7. Navaratri in Benares: Narrative Structures and Social Realities Silje Lyngar Einarsen 8.

Dolls and Demons: The Materiality of Navaratri Ina Marie Lunde Ilkama 9. Ritual Complementarity and Difference: Navaratri and Vijayadasami in Kañcipuram Ute Hüsken Navaratri Inside 10. Bengali Durga Puja: Procedures and Symbolism Hillary Rodrigues 11. The Internal Navaratri: Sarkar baba of Benares and the Goddess Within Jishnu Shankar Navaratri at Home 12. Kolus , Caste and Class: Navaratri as a Site for Ritual and Social Change in Urban South India Nicole A. Wilson 13. Display Shows, Display Tells: The Aesthetics of Memory during Pommai Kolu Deeksha Sivakumar 14. Royal Darbar and Domestic Kolu s: Social order, Creation, Procreation, and Re-creation Vasudha Narayanan 15.

Navaratra and Kanya Puja: The Worship of Girls as Representatives of the Goddess in Northwest India Brigitte Luchesi Conclusion Hillary Rodrigues Contributors Index.