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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... Hanuman is even more revered than Ram - Sita . From the original Hanuman temple built by Vikramaditya only a small image has been preserved , which now stands before the large image that is so decked with flower it can hardly be seen ...
... Hanuman is even more revered than Ram - Sita . From the original Hanuman temple built by Vikramaditya only a small image has been preserved , which now stands before the large image that is so decked with flower it can hardly be seen ...
Page 149
... Hanuman is therefore the son of Kesari and in that sense a monkey , as well as the son of Vayu and the son of Shiv , or rather the incarnation of Shiv as he is represented in Ramanandi theology . There is an interesting myth about how ...
... Hanuman is therefore the son of Kesari and in that sense a monkey , as well as the son of Vayu and the son of Shiv , or rather the incarnation of Shiv as he is represented in Ramanandi theology . There is an interesting myth about how ...
Page 150
... Hanuman's hill , where an image of Hanuman was worshipped under a tree by Shivaites and Muslims . They were not allowed to worship the image and were forced to retire to their camp near the river Sarayu . In the night Abhayramdas dreamt ...
... Hanuman's hill , where an image of Hanuman was worshipped under a tree by Shivaites and Muslims . They were not allowed to worship the image and were forced to retire to their camp near the river Sarayu . In the night Abhayramdas dreamt ...
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Sarayu and the ghats | 9 |
The presence of | 18 |
The conjunction of time and place | 28 |
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