Demoting Vishnu Ritual, Politics, and the Unraveling of Nepal's Hindu Monarchy

Name: Demoting Vishnu Ritual, Politics, and the Unraveling of Nepal's Hindu Monarchy
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ISBN: 9780190275228

ISBN-10: 0190275227

ISBN-13: 9780190275228

Edition: 2016

Authors: Anne T. Mocko

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At the turn of the millennium, Nepal was the world's last remaining Hindu kingdom: even the most skeptical of observers could hardly imagine that the institution of the monarchy could ever be in jeopardy. In 2001, however, Nepal's popular King Birendra was killed in the royal palace. The crown passed to his brother Gyanendra, but the monarchy would never fully recover. Nepal witnessed an anti-king uprising in April 2006, and over the course of two years, an interim administration systematically took over all the king's duties and privileges. Most decisively, beginning in the summer of 2007, the government began blocking the king from participating in his many public rituals, sending the…

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List price: $45.99
Copyright year: 2016
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/1/2015
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 258
Size: 9.21" wide x 6.18" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English