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 61
... belong . The Hindu epics and legends , in their manifold versions , teach that the stage for the gods was nothing less than the entire land and that the land remains one religious setting for those who dwell in it . That sense was and ...
... belong . The Hindu epics and legends , in their manifold versions , teach that the stage for the gods was nothing less than the entire land and that the land remains one religious setting for those who dwell in it . That sense was and ...
Page 125
... belong to any caste except an untouchable one , and he might therefore lose his purity if he sits down with them . Some sadhus , especially tyagis , will also decline in principle to eat in the same row as householders , whether they ...
... belong to any caste except an untouchable one , and he might therefore lose his purity if he sits down with them . Some sadhus , especially tyagis , will also decline in principle to eat in the same row as householders , whether they ...
Page 209
... belong to the Brahman estate ( varna ) , since their ritual activities belong to the Brahmanical tradition . The second issue concerns the hereditary relation between a patron and a Brahman priest ( purohit ) , which is called jajmani ...
... belong to the Brahman estate ( varna ) , since their ritual activities belong to the Brahmanical tradition . The second issue concerns the hereditary relation between a patron and a Brahman priest ( purohit ) , which is called jajmani ...
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Sarayu and the ghats | 9 |
The presence of | 18 |
The conjunction of time and place | 28 |
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