Gomateshwara Mahamastak Abhisheka (Rituals and Practices)

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Indira Gandhi National Centre for the ArtsDuration: 3 Hours 47 Minutes
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The Mahamastakabhisheka is an important Jain festival held once every twelve years in the town of Shravanabelagola in Karnataka, India.

The festival is held in veneration of a 17.3736 metres (57.000 ft) high statue of the siddha BahubaLi. The anointing last took place in 2006, and the next ceremony is going to take place in 2018. As a part of the ceremony, the lord is be anointed first with water, and then with tender coconut, sugarcane juice, milk, rice flour, turmeric paste, kashaya (a herbal concoction), shrigandha (sandal paste), chandana (coloured sandal paste), ashtagandha (eight varieties of sandal paste), saffron, gold and silver flowers, precious stones and finally with a shower of flowers.

In this DVD, IGNCA-SRC has documented the sacred rituals associated with the Mahamastakabhisheka of 2006 after several years of research, documentation and ethnographic analysis.

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