Devotee-fans and Amitabh Temple

This section focuses on how Amitabh Bachchan Fan Association (ABFA) in Kolkata frames the identity of the Bollywood film star, Amitabh Bachchan as a Hindu god, Ram and their own identity as his devotee-fans. Chapters 1 and 2 of the book examine how ABFA members project their devotional fandom spatially in the city, media, and cyberspace. A discussion of the Bachchan Dham, a temple dedicated to the film star and his enshrined murti (god-image) demonstrates how the consolidation of the identity of the fan as a bhakt (devotee) is a complex phenomenon that entails the fusion of religion, cinema, and consumption in popular culture through media and technology.

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