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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... India . The Madhvas were founded by a well - known philosopher born in Udipi in Kanara , South India . There is still an important Madhva community in Karnataka , in which Madhva's theological system is propagated . The worship is here ...
... India . The Madhvas were founded by a well - known philosopher born in Udipi in Kanara , South India . There is still an important Madhva community in Karnataka , in which Madhva's theological system is propagated . The worship is here ...
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... India ' , Indian Economic and Social History Review , 1 : 175-82 . Cohn , B. S. ( 1968 ) , ' Notes on the History of the Study of Indian Society and Culture ' , in M. Singer and B. Cohn ( eds ) , Structure and Change in Indian Society ...
... India ' , Indian Economic and Social History Review , 1 : 175-82 . Cohn , B. S. ( 1968 ) , ' Notes on the History of the Study of Indian Society and Culture ' , in M. Singer and B. Cohn ( eds ) , Structure and Change in Indian Society ...
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... India ' , in A. R. Desai ( ed . ) , Rural Sociology in India . Bombay : Popular Prakashan . Kakar , S. ( 1982 ) , Shamans , Mystics and Doctors . Boston : Beacon Press . Kane , P. V. ( 1953 ) , History of Dharmasastra . Poona ...
... India ' , in A. R. Desai ( ed . ) , Rural Sociology in India . Bombay : Popular Prakashan . Kakar , S. ( 1982 ) , Shamans , Mystics and Doctors . Boston : Beacon Press . Kane , P. V. ( 1953 ) , History of Dharmasastra . Poona ...
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The presence of | 18 |
The conjunction of time and place | 28 |
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