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 60
... fact in Andean pilgrimage a new arena is created in which social interactions take place ex novo . The regional devotions of the Andes , however , can be characterized by their endemic competition and conflict . In my own article I have ...
... fact in Andean pilgrimage a new arena is created in which social interactions take place ex novo . The regional devotions of the Andes , however , can be characterized by their endemic competition and conflict . In my own article I have ...
Page 131
... fact that Hindu sadhus are trained in a military fashion is rather confusing for those who have western preconceptions about ' eastern spirituality ' . Often the Hindu notion of ahimsā , which can be translated as ' non- injury ' or ...
... fact that Hindu sadhus are trained in a military fashion is rather confusing for those who have western preconceptions about ' eastern spirituality ' . Often the Hindu notion of ahimsā , which can be translated as ' non- injury ' or ...
Page 269
... fact that this monopoly on historical information is jealously guarded , and from studying reports from the ... facts are the development of long - distance trade and military entrepreneurship during the eighteenth century , and the ...
... fact that this monopoly on historical information is jealously guarded , and from studying reports from the ... facts are the development of long - distance trade and military entrepreneurship during the eighteenth century , and 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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