The Kannagi Cult: Tracing History and Gender

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Catalogue identifier: klm000089
Alternate titles and import identifiers: KLM000089
Author or attribution: Seetha Vijayakumar
Record type: Book
Language: English
Date / edition: 2017
Source / repository: Institute of English, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram
Access: Open access
Subjects: KLM Research Sources — Second Set, 5 November 2026; Regional traditions; Gender studies; Ritual

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A monograph on Kannagi’s transformation across literary and ritual traditions, addressing the relation of the Tamil epic heroine to Kerala goddess worship and to Sri Lankan Pattini traditions. Its final major section studies caste and gender in the Kodungallur Bhagavati cult, Bharani, ritual songs, oracles and possession. It examines how narratives of Kannagi and Kāḷi are joined, contested and performed rather than assuming that every regional goddess is interchangeable.

Curator research source KLM000089, second set dated 5 November 2026. Verification, chronology, completeness, access and licence statements below are supplied by the curator, not a new independent audit by this library. Full texts are linked, not reproduced. Abstract languages do not change the full work's language label.

The Kannagi Cult: Tracing History and Gender

Author and date: Seetha Vijayakumar • 2017

Publication: Institute of English, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram. Life Writing: Monograph Series; series editor G. S. Jayasree. ISBN 978-93-5281-124-3. 68 PDF pages including preliminary and series matter; scholarly text and Works Cited printed pages 1–55.

Language: English

Kali relevance: Substantial discussion of Kannagi/Kālī/Bhadrakālī identification, Kodungallur Bhagavati, Bharani and velichappatu practice, especially printed pages 41–54. Useful for Kerala regional goddess traditions.

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Subjects: Regional traditions; Gender studies; Ritual

Dates: 2017 modern scholarly publication; composition dates of cited traditional texts are separate and not established here; The complete modern edition or author-deposited copy identified in the publication details; not an ancient manuscript witness.

Verification and limits: Complete monograph, regional discussion and bibliography checked. Kannagi is the principal subject, with substantial Bhadrakālī context. Local identifications should not be generalized.

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Seetha Vijayakumar. The Kannagi Cult: Tracing History and Gender. Institute of English, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram. Life Writing: Monograph Series; series editor G. S. Jayasree. ISBN 978-93-5281-124-3. 68 PDF pages including preliminary and series matter; scholarly text and Works Cited printed pages 1–55. 2017. https://gsjayasree.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Seetha-viijayakumar-Monograph.pdf

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