I visited different Hindu graveyards in #Devanahalli, #Bengaluru belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities. One of them belonged to a community of devotees of the local saint, #Kaiwara Thathayya (a revered 18th cen mystic saint). The visit for me was an opportunity to witness the diverse ways in which communities remember and honour their dead.
#DeathStudies #AnthropologyOfDeath #PitruPaksha #MahalayaAmavasya #Devanahalli #Karnataka #DeathAndCulture #ancestralworship
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I’m Ajay, an independent researcher based in India, exploring death, memory and rituals. With a background in media, my research looks at how the dead continue to shape the living, identities, institutions and collective memory.Here to connect, exchange ideas and learn alongside fellow travellers in death studies and related fields.
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Tipu’s political afterlife offers a unique case of memorialisation in the history of India. Tipu died in 1799 and continues to be recalled in the struggles of the living.
#memorialisation #DeathStudies #TipuJayanti #MemoryStudies
#PoliticalAfterlife #Mysore
#Indiahttps://thedeathreader.substack.com/p/a-sultan-remembered-in-fragments