‘You Have to Grant Your Vision’: Ideas and Practices of Visuality in Popular Muslim Art in Tamil Nadu

Shop selling devotional images, Nagore Dargah, September 2010 (Torsten Tschacher)

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Advertisement for ‘Nagor Durga’ phone card, Penang, Malaysia, April 2003 (Torsten Tschacher)

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Devotional poster depicting the Nagore Dargah

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Cover art of Muhammat Jakkariyyā 2010 .

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Branch shrine of the Nagore Dargah at the intersection of Telok Ayer St. and Boon Tat St., Singapore (Torsten Tschacher)

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Branch shrine of the Nagore Dargah at the intersection of Lebuh Chulia and Lebuh King, Penang, Malaysia (Torsten Tschacher)

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Masjid Jamae (Chulia), South Bridge Rd., Singapore (Torsten Tschacher)

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Cabinet with pot of sandal-paste during the annual holiday at the shrine of Sayyidina Ukkasha, Porto Novo (Parangipettai), March 2001 (Torsten Tschacher)

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Procession chariot carrying a flag in the annual procession at the Nagore Dargah, Nagapattinam, July 2003 (Torsten Tschacher)

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Procession chariot of the Ranganatha Temple, Srirangam, December 1999 (Torsten Tschacher)

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Model of a ship made by devotees in the annual procession at the Nagore Dargah, Nagapattinam, July 2003 (Torsten Tschacher)

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Model of a steam locomotive made by devotees in the annual procession at the Nagore Dargah, Nagapattinam, July 2003 (Torsten Tschacher)

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Procession chariot in the shape of a ship carrying a flag in the annual procession at the Nagore Dargah, Nagapattinam, July 2003 (Torsten Tschacher)

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Illumination during the annual holiday at the Keramat Dato Koya, Jalan Transfer, Penang, April 2003 (Torsten Tschacher)

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Parading the flag through the streets during the annual holiday at the shrine of Sayyidina Ukkasha, Porto Novo (Parangipettai), March 2000 (Torsten Tschacher)

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Obtaining blessings through contact with the flag during the annual holiday at the shrine of Sayyidina Ukkasha, Porto Novo (Parangipettai), March 2001 (Torsten Tschacher)

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Popular poster art of the Wali Songo (http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fail:Ilustrasi_Walisongo.jpg)

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Wall painting, corner Buchibabu Street – Triplicane High Road, Chennai (Torsten Tschacher)

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