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Allen, Michael Richard was born on November 11, 1928 in Dublin, Ireland. Son of William Arthur and Beatrice Adelaide (Pim) Allen. arrived in Australia, 1954.
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The Cult of Kumari Virgin Worship in Nepal
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Language: English Pages: 166 (46 B/W and Color Illustrations) About The Book In Kathmandu, Newar Buddhist girls as young as two years old are selected to become living incarnations of the Hindu goddess Taleju. Called 'Kumaris', the children are worshiped daily by both priests and laity and until some sign of imperfection appears, most commonly with the onset of menstruation, they are required to live in accordance with a rigorous code of purity maintenance. In this book Dr. Allen provides a detailed ethnographic account of all of the principal manifestations of this remarkable form of worship. The book is a substantially revised and enlarged edition of a monograph first published in 1975 by the Institute of Nepal and Asian Studies, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. The then Dean of the Institute, Dr. Prayag Raj Sharma, described the book as "the most comprehensive study yet undertaken on the cult of the Kumari. Dr. Allen has ... succeeded not only in compiling much data on the subject for the first time, but has also tried to show the deep significance of the cult for the socio- religious life of the people of the Kathmandu Valley". The book has been out of print for many years and Dr. Allen has in this new edition included much additional contemporary material, including 46 beautiful plates. The Cult of Kumari provides material of great interest to scholars of South Asian religion and society, to students of gender and women's studies and to all those who have visited Nepal and wondered greatly at the strange lives of these young girls worshiped as living goddesses. About The Author Michael Allen was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1928. He received his B.A. degree in Philosophy from Trinity College, Dublin in 1950 and his Ph.D. in Social Anthropology from the Australian National University in 1965. He was appointed to a lectu
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Michael Richard Allen
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Michael Richard Allen, Irish anthropologist, educator, researcher. Grantee Australian Research Council, 1967-1974, 88-93, Wenner-Gren Anthropological Foundation, 1993. Fellow Australian Academy Social Sciences, Australian Anthropological Society, Association Social Anthropologists of Commonwealth; member American Anthropological Association.
Education
Bachelor with honors, Trinity College, Dublin, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University, Canberra, 1965.
Career
Teaching fellow, Sydney (Australia) U., 1964-1965;
from lecturer to professor, Sydney (Australia) U., 1965-1993. Overseas fellow Churchill College, Cambridge (England) University, 1973-1974. Visiting professor University of California, San Diego, 1982-1983, Maynooth (Ireland) College, 1990, James Cook U., Townsville, Australia, 1994-1995.
Visiting fellow Australian National U., Canberra, 1983.
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The Cult of Kumari Virgin Worship in Nepal
(Language: English Pages: 166 (46 B/W and Color Illustrati...)
- The cult of Kumari : virgin worship in Nepal
- Women In India And Nepal by Michael Allen (Ed. ), S.N. Mukherjee
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The Cult of Kumari Virgin Worship in Nepal
Membership
Fellow Australian Academy Social Sciences, Australian Anthropological Society, Association Social Anthropologists of Commonwealth. Member American Anthropological Association.
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Married Shirley Patricia Jessop, February 8, 1964 (divorced 1994). Children: Kerry Patricia, Catherine Elizabeth, Fiona Beatrice.
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