On blood, power, and public interest: the concealment of hindu sacrificial rites under indian law

No. Panggil :	eja-21-0647
Nama Orang :	Moodie, Deonnie






Penerbitan :	[Place of publication not identified] : Cambridge - Crime, 2019

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Abstrak	Critiques of animal sacrice in India have become increasingly strident over the past fteen years. In the state of West Bengal, many of these critiques center on Kālıgha ̄ ̄t, a landmark ̣ Hindu pilgrimage site in Kolkata where goats are sacriced daily to the goddess Kālı.̄ However, while similar critiques of this practice have resulted in many Indian states pushing to ban it or enforce previous bans of it no such legal action has been issued in West Bengal. Instead, in 2006, the Calcutta High Court ruled that this practice must be visually concealed at Kālıgha ̄ ̄t. Drawing on modernist notions of cleanliness and public space, the ̣ bench argued that the blood and offal produced by this practice creates an inappropriate visual experience for visitors at a major pilgrimage and tourist site in this city. In the act of concealing sacrifice, the Calcutta High Court follows suit with courts across India in deeming the practice unmodern. Yet the Court s orders are defied daily by practitioners at Kālıgha ̄ ̄ṭ who seek physical and visual access to sacrificed animals and their blood. They believe Kālı̄desires that blood, and bestows her power and blessings through it. Fault lines in Hindu conceptions of power are dramatized here. The power of the courts is pitted against the power of the gods as Hindus debate the potency, necessity, and moder nity of this practice.
Entri Tambahan Nama Orang
001 Hak Akses (open/membership)	membership
Kata Kunci	Hinduism, animal sacrice, India, secularism, Kali, Calcutta, Kolkata, judicial activism, public space, tourism
ISSN
Tahun Terbit	2019
No. Induk	eja-21-0647
Entri Sumber Data	Cambridge - Crime
Entri Utama Nama orang	Moodie, Deonnie
Volume, Nomor, Tahun dan Hlm.	vol. 34, no. 2, p. 165-182
Entri Utama Nama Badan
Barcode	eja-21-0647
Subjek Topik
Judul Utama	On blood, power, and public interest: the concealment of hindu sacrificial rites under indian law
Kode Bahasa	eng
Sumber Koleksi	Perpustakaan Nasional