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The Department of Political Science of South Asia Institute cordially invites you to a talk titled "From Advaitic Inclusivism to Yogic Pluralism: A New Diachronic Interpretation of Swami Vivekananda´s Views on Religious Diversity. on Monday, 16.10. The event will take place in the CATS Lecture Hall 010.01.05 (Voßstraße 2, Building 4130) from 14:15 to 15:45. Your presence and participation will be greatly appreciated. Please find below more relevant details about the event.
Swami Medhananda is a monk of the Ramakrishna Order and Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy at the Vedanta Society of Southern California in Hollywood. He serves as Hindu Chaplain at both UCLA and the University of Southern California. He is also Section Editor for the International Journal of Hindu Studies (Springer), overseeing submissions in Hindu and Cross-Cultural Philosophy of Religion.
Dr. Aneesh Raghavan`s performance will consist of various traditional dance numbers that form the repertoire of the Indian classical dance of Odissi. These numbers are either specific references to events and personas from the vast Indian mythology, or abstract pieces that underline the aesthetic scope and grammar of the style. These will be presented in the unique style of Guru Debaprasad Das, one of the main masters, architects and choreographers of this artform. It will take place on Sunday, the 15.10.2023 at 17:30 o`clock, in the CATS Lecture Hall 010.01.05. The entry is free, however, we do ask you to kindly register via e-mail geschaeftsstelle@sai.uni-heidelberg.de
Kanchipuram is one of the "seven holy cities" of India, which plays a special role in Hinduism with regard to the `liberation´ (mokṣa) from the suffering-filled cycle of existence (saṃsāra). According to Hindu belief, there is a special connection in this city and its temples that connects the world of the gods and the human world through rituals. A curative quality is brought forth in the way the action of the gods is a model for human action. This makes the world of the gods accessible and experienceable by humans. The underlying medieval narratives are still popular today and have been handed down in many ways: written down as texts in the supra-regional language Sanskrit and the regional language Tamil, immortalized as inscriptions on the temple walls, pictorially depicted in stone reliefs, in sculptures and as wall paintings, orally transmitted by local temple priests who explain the significance of the site to pilgrims and tourists, but also in the temple festivals that stage these narratives. Using the example of the marriage of two gods, which is celebrated annually by the entire city and is also accompanied by the marriage of hundreds of human couples, this lecture illuminates the special proximity of the human and god world in Kanchipuram.
Lecture by Prof. Dr. Ute Hüsken (Heidelberg)
Tuesday, 18.07.2023, 18:15 Uhr, Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften (Vortragssaal)
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