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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... become black by absorbing the sins of so many sinners . By coming here and taking a bath he had become white again . Vikramaditya was naturally surprised that the most important tirtha Prayag could wash his sins in this place and so ...
... become black by absorbing the sins of so many sinners . By coming here and taking a bath he had become white again . Vikramaditya was naturally surprised that the most important tirtha Prayag could wash his sins in this place and so ...
Page 64
... becomes an important ritual for larger groups of Hindus . The content of religion changes when localized forms of religion lose importance and more universal forms become more prominent . This is the type of change broadly indicated by ...
... becomes an important ritual for larger groups of Hindus . The content of religion changes when localized forms of religion lose importance and more universal forms become more prominent . This is the type of change broadly indicated by ...
Page 71
... become a sadhu by asking a sadhu to become his guru and by subsequently leaving his family for the spiritual family of sadhus . A man can also remain a layman while asking a sadhu to become his guru . The guru - shishya relationship is ...
... become a sadhu by asking a sadhu to become his guru and by subsequently leaving his family for the spiritual family of sadhus . A man can also remain a layman while asking a sadhu to become his guru . The guru - shishya relationship is ...
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Sarayu and the ghats | 9 |
The presence of | 18 |
The conjunction of time and place | 28 |
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