Gods on Earth: The Management of Religious Experience and Identity in a North Indian Pilgrimage CentreBloomsbury Academic, 1988 - 310 pages A detailed historical anthropology of Ayodhya, which argues that religious values can reflect political and economic processes. |
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... Ayodhya : Time and Place 1. Introduction Some 120 kilometres from Lucknow , the capital of Uttar Pradesh , India's largest state , lies the rather unimpressive and ... Ayodhya is sacred because of the Ayodhya: Time and Place Introduction.
... Ayodhya : Time and Place 1. Introduction Some 120 kilometres from Lucknow , the capital of Uttar Pradesh , India's largest state , lies the rather unimpressive and ... Ayodhya is sacred because of the Ayodhya: Time and Place Introduction.
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... Ayodhya , with its sacred geography and its history , through the eyes of a devout Hindu . We can , however , gain something of the atmosphere of the place by following the pilgrims on their tour through Ayodhya using two modern pilgrim ...
... Ayodhya , with its sacred geography and its history , through the eyes of a devout Hindu . We can , however , gain something of the atmosphere of the place by following the pilgrims on their tour through Ayodhya using two modern pilgrim ...
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... Ayodhya . The last group deserves special mention because it was founded by a Brahman , Swami Narayan , born in Chappia near Ayodhya at the end of the eighteenth century . It has attracted much attention from western scholars because it ...
... Ayodhya . The last group deserves special mention because it was founded by a Brahman , Swami Narayan , born in Chappia near Ayodhya at the end of the eighteenth century . It has attracted much attention from western scholars because it ...
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Sarayu and the ghats | 9 |
The presence of | 18 |
The conjunction of time and place | 28 |
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