Singing The Goddess Into Place - Caleb Simmons

Explores How A Folk Ballad In Southern India Transforms The Landscape And Embeds The Deities That Are Its Subject Within The Social Worlds Of Their Devotees.singing The Goddess Into Place Examines Chamundi Of The Hill, A Collection Of Songs That Tells The Stories Of The Gods And Goddesses Of The Region Around The City Of Mysore In Southern Karnataka. The Ballad Actively Transforms The Region Into A Land Where Gods And Goddesses Live, Embedding These Deities Within The Social Worlds Of Their Devotees And Remapping Southern Karnataka Into Sacred Geography Connected Through Networks Of Devotion And Pilgrimage. In This In-depth Study Of The Songs And Their Context, Caleb Simmons Not Only Provides The First English-language Translation Of These Songs But Brings To Light The Unstudied Folk Perspectives On The Foundational Myth Of Mysore And Its Urban History.