Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale

Journal | Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale
Journal issue | 56 | 2020
Research Article | The Architectural Heritage as a Projection of Competition and Negotiation

The Architectural Heritage as a Projection of Competition and Negotiation

Shared Muslim-Vīraśaiva Sacred Sites in Northern Karnataka. A Preliminary Approach

Abstract

Recent studies have reported that the mausoleum of Aḥmad Shāh I Bahmanī (r. 1422-1436), in Ashtur (Karnataka), is frequented by both Muslims and Vīraśaivas. Now, setting out from the pilgrimage performed on the occasion of the sovereign’s ʿurs, the aim of the present contribution is to analyze some of the architectural sites that are touched by the pilgrimage, and to examine how their spaces are understood and perceived by the devotees. The paper aims to shed light on the coexistence of these two religious groups and on the way in which certain forms of competition and negotiation have come to be transposed onto the cultural and historical landscape.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Submitted: Feb. 24, 2020 | Accepted: June 3, 2020 | Published June 30, 2020 | Language: en

Keywords Indo-Islamic architecture • Pilgrimage • Shared sacred sites • Bahmanī dynasty • Sacred geography • Vīraśaiva

Copyright © 2020 Sara Mondini. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2020/01/011


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