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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... important graves of Muslim pirs , Sufi mystics , which are still visited and worshipped by Muslims . Apart from these places there are several water - tanks in Ayodhya , like Sitakund and Vashishtakund , which are of importance in the ...
... important graves of Muslim pirs , Sufi mystics , which are still visited and worshipped by Muslims . Apart from these places there are several water - tanks in Ayodhya , like Sitakund and Vashishtakund , which are of importance in the ...
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... important role in the life - style of tyagis . As far as some tyagis practise yog they emphasize the so - called Hatha - yog which accords great importance to the body . In this system much attention is given to various kinds of ...
... important role in the life - style of tyagis . As far as some tyagis practise yog they emphasize the so - called Hatha - yog which accords great importance to the body . In this system much attention is given to various kinds of ...
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... important abbots , such as the Shri Mahant of the Chatuhsampradaya khalsa . Since the last - mentioned as well as the Shri Mahants of the armies all have to be Ramanandis , it is not difficult to imagine the stranglehold which the ...
... important abbots , such as the Shri Mahant of the Chatuhsampradaya khalsa . Since the last - mentioned as well as the Shri Mahants of the armies all have to be Ramanandis , it is not difficult to imagine the stranglehold which 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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