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This book represents the first attempt to study an ancient network of pilgrimage sites, known as Shakti Pithas, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Sati in an art historical and political context. During the nineteenth century these sites were re-imagined by Bengali writers and artists as the fragmented body of the motherland that could provide

A compelling exploration of Tantric rituals and spirituality, published to coincide with a once-in-a-generation exhibition at the British Museum.

From the late nineteenth century onwards the concept of Mother India assumed political significance in colonial Bengal. Reacting against British rule, Bengali writers and artists gendered the nation in literature and visual culture in order to inspire patriotism amongst the indigenous population. This book will examine the process by which the Hindu goddess Sati rose to sudden prominence as a personification of the subcontinent and an icon of heroic self-sacrifice. According to a myth of cosmic dismemberment, Sati's body parts were scattered across South Asia and enshrined as Shakti Pithas,...