Goddess Worship and the Dancing Form - Exploring Ritual in Indian Prehistory and South Indian Antiquity

Aug 25, 2026

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Goddess Worship and the Dancing Form examines ritual practices across Indian prehistory and South Indian antiquity through the lens of material culture and archaeological evidence. The study connects devotional worship and dance-related performances, focusing on how these embodied rituals express religious belief, social meaning, and cultural continuity. By situating dance forms within broader historical contexts, it clarifies relationships between iconography, performance traditions, and interpretations of early Indian sacred life.

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Foreword

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See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: [https://www. researchgate. net/publication/358623281](https://www. researchgate. net/publication/358623281) GODDESS WORSHIP AND THE DANCING FORM: EXPLORING RITUAL IN INDIAN PREHISTORY AND SOUTH INDIAN ANTIQUITY Article in Lietuvos Archeologija · December 2021 DOI: 10.33918/25386514-047007 CITATIONS 0 READS 198 1 author: Sharada Srinivasan National Institute of Advanced Studies 55 PUBLICATIONS 72 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: Materials neritage View project History of Metallurgy and Materials View project All content following this page was uploaded by Sharada Srinivasan on 16 March 2022. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. L I E T U V O S ARCHEO logija 47 L I E T U L i e tu vo s i s t o ri j o s i n s t itut a s V O S ARCHEO logija 47 L I E T U V O S I S T O R I J O S I N STITUT A S V I L N I U S 2 0 21 Leidybą finansavo LIETUVOS MOKSLO TARYBA PAGAL VALSTYBINĘ LITUANISTINIŲ TYRIMŲ IR SKLAIDOS 2016–2024 METŲ PROGRAMĄ(Finansavimo sutarties numeris S-LIP-19-4) Redaktorių kolegija / Editorial board: Atsakingoji redaktorė / Editor-in-chief dr. Agnė Čivilytė(Lietuvos istorijos institutas, Vilnius / Lithuanian Institute of History, Vilnius) Atsakingosios redaktorės pavaduotoja / Assistant Editor dr. Elena Pranckėnaitė (Lietuvos istorijos institutas, Vilnius / Lithuanian Institute of History, Vilnius) Dr. Laurynas Kurila (Lietuvos istorijos institutas, Vilnius / Lithuanian Institute of History, Vilnius) Dr. Valdis Bērziņš (Latvijos universitetas, Latvijos istorijos institutas, Ryga / University of Latvia, Institute of Latvian History, Riga) Habil. dr. Anna Bitner-Wróblewska (Valstybinisarcheologijos muziejus Varšuvoje, Lenkija / State Archaeological Museum in Warsaw, Poland) Dr. Christoph Jahn (Baltijos ir Skandinavijos archeologijos centras, Šlėzvigas, Vokietija / Center for Baltic and Scandinavian Archaeology, Schleswig, Germany) Prof. dr. Rimantas Jankauskas (Vilniaus universitetas, Lietuva / Vilnius University, Lithuania) [Akad. prof. dr. Eugenijus](Akad. prof. dr. Eugenijus) Jovaiša (Lietuvos mokslų akademija, Vilnius / Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Vilnius) Habil. dr. Bartosz Kontny (Varšuvos universitetas, Archeologijos fakultetas, Lenkija / Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Poland) Prof. dr. Valter Lang (Tartu universitetas, Estija / University of Tartu, Estonia) Doc. dr. Algimantas Merkevičius (Vilniaus universitetas, Lietuva / Vilnius University, Lithuania) Habil. dr. Tomasz Nowakiewicz (Varšuvos universitetas, Archeologijos fakultetas, Lenkija / Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Poland) Habil. dr. Grzegorz Osipowicz (Mikalojaus Koperniko universitetas, Torunė, Lenkija / Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland) Dr. Gytis Piličiauskas (Lietuvos istorijos institutas, Vilnius / Lithuanian Institute of History, Vilnius) Dr. Eve Rannamäe (Tartu universtitetas, Estija / University of Tartu, Estonia) Dr. Andra Simniškytė (Lietuvos istorijos institutas, Vilnius / Lithuanian Institute of History, Vilnius) Dr. Roberts Spirģis (Latvijos universitetas, Latvijos istorijos institutas, Ryga / University of Latvia, Institute of Latvian History, Riga) Dr. Eugenijus Svetikas (Lietuvos istorijos institutas, Vilnius / Lithuanian Institute of History, Vilnius) Dr. Andris Šnē (Latvijos universitetas, Ryga / University of Latvia, Riga) Doc. dr. Gintautas Zabiela (Klaipėdos universitetas, Lietuva / Klaipėda University, Lithuania) Prof. dr. Šarūnas Milišauskas (Niujorko valstijos Bafalo universitetas, JAV / New York State University at Buffalo, USA) Prof. dr. Timothy Chevral (Niujorko valstijos Bafalo universitetas, JAV / New York State University at Buffalo, USA) Prof. dr. Johan Ling (Gioteborgo universitetas, Švedija / University of Gothenburg, Sweden)

FAQs

What does the article investigate about goddess worship and dance?

It explores how goddess worship relates to dance forms and ritual performance traditions. The focus is on interpreting these practices through historical and archaeological contexts.

Which time periods and regions are central to the research?

The research centers on Indian prehistory and South Indian antiquity. It links ritual meaning across these broad phases.

How does the work approach ritual and religious meaning?

By connecting worship and embodied dance practices with material and cultural evidence. The goal is to clarify how ritual expressions reflect belief systems and cultural continuity.

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