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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Page 113
... able to sustain an independent khalsa in difficult times , and who will give opulent bhandaras during festivals . In this way independent khalsas are founded . From the point of view of influential tyagis , leaders of jamats or khalsas ...
... able to sustain an independent khalsa in difficult times , and who will give opulent bhandaras during festivals . In this way independent khalsas are founded . From the point of view of influential tyagis , leaders of jamats or khalsas ...
Page 121
... able to witness it . During my fieldwork I have met three tyagis who had been steri- lized for ascetic reasons , but they had all had it done in hospital . Generally speaking , the taking of vows as such is not a boundary which ...
... able to witness it . During my fieldwork I have met three tyagis who had been steri- lized for ascetic reasons , but they had all had it done in hospital . Generally speaking , the taking of vows as such is not a boundary which ...
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... able to set themselves up as pandas , but others were forced to accept a secondary place as gomasthas of the Gangaputras who were able to afford them . However , in their position as agents they did not find themselves alone , since the ...
... able to set themselves up as pandas , but others were forced to accept a secondary place as gomasthas of the Gangaputras who were able to afford them . However , in their position as agents they did not find themselves alone , since the ...
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Sarayu and the ghats | 9 |
The presence of | 18 |
The conjunction of time and place | 28 |
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