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Article

Alternate Narratives for the Tamil Yoginis: Reconsidering the ‘Kanchi Yoginis’ Past, Present, and Future

by
Emma Natalya Stein
1,* and
Katherine E. Kasdorf
2,*
1
Curatorial Department, South and Southeast Asian Art, Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art, Washington, DC 20560, USA
2
Department of Arts of Asia and the Islamic World, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
*
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Religions 2022, 13(10), 888; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13100888
Submission received: 8 June 2022 / Revised: 22 August 2022 / Accepted: 29 August 2022 / Published: 22 September 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Scattering and Destroying: On the Unforeseen Consequences of Collecting and Reuse in South Asian Art)
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This essay revisits a group of stone goddesses that once shared a temple in southern India, together with the god Shiva and perhaps other deities. Considering the different paths sacred sculptures in India take after becoming separated from their original temple contexts suggests that there were multiple possible histories for these works. The authors reveal a newly discovered goddess from the group and reconsider the significance of the works, including the original temple and the deities it enshrined. Finally, they propose the possibility of bringing these sculptures back together in the context of an exhibition.
Keywords: yogini; goddess; temple; museum; Kanchipuram; Kaveripakkam; Tamil Nadu; South India; Hinduism yogini; goddess; temple; museum; Kanchipuram; Kaveripakkam; Tamil Nadu; South India; Hinduism

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Stein, E.N.; Kasdorf, K.E. Alternate Narratives for the Tamil Yoginis: Reconsidering the ‘Kanchi Yoginis’ Past, Present, and Future. Religions 2022, 13, 888. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13100888

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Stein EN, Kasdorf KE. Alternate Narratives for the Tamil Yoginis: Reconsidering the ‘Kanchi Yoginis’ Past, Present, and Future. Religions. 2022; 13(10):888. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13100888

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Stein, Emma Natalya, and Katherine E. Kasdorf. 2022. "Alternate Narratives for the Tamil Yoginis: Reconsidering the ‘Kanchi Yoginis’ Past, Present, and Future" Religions 13, no. 10: 888. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13100888

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Stein, E. N., & Kasdorf, K. E. (2022). Alternate Narratives for the Tamil Yoginis: Reconsidering the ‘Kanchi Yoginis’ Past, Present, and Future. Religions, 13(10), 888. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13100888

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