Appeasing God is a new section I have opened at Kamat's Potpourri, and it explores the elements of devotion in India. Contents include my own experiences, traditions we've documented, and of course, a lot of pictures on the topic.
The first in the series is a report on Gundabala, where people having been Dancing for God for eight-hundred years in a time-tested tradition. The belief is that the deity doesn't refuse any fair requests (example of a fair request are: cure for infertility, matrimonial happiness, success in job-hunt), if you promise to entertain him all night long with a performance of a song-dance-theater.
Also read brief history of the town of Gundabala and an interview with a local family.
See Also:• Meeting God
• The Bhakti Cults
• Song-Dance-Theater Art of Yakshagana
