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 131
... offered meat , while other gods , also worshipped by Brahman priests , are offered vegetarian food . In temples devoted to the Mother Goddesses the sacrifice of goats is a Devotion and asceticism 131.
... offered meat , while other gods , also worshipped by Brahman priests , are offered vegetarian food . In temples devoted to the Mother Goddesses the sacrifice of goats is a Devotion and asceticism 131.
Page 198
... offered by cupping one's hands together and casting some water from them in different directions . The panda may help the pilgrim to utter the correct sacred formulas ( mantras ) , but quite often high - caste pilgrims know them by ...
... offered by cupping one's hands together and casting some water from them in different directions . The panda may help the pilgrim to utter the correct sacred formulas ( mantras ) , but quite often high - caste pilgrims know them by ...
Page 199
... offered to the ancestors ( pitri ) . There is general confusion about the exact significance of this ancestor ritual ... offering of the balls in the beginning of the mortuary rites is to give the dead person a body . A human being has ...
... offered to the ancestors ( pitri ) . There is general confusion about the exact significance of this ancestor ritual ... offering of the balls in the beginning of the mortuary rites is to give the dead person a body . A human being has ...
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Sarayu and the ghats | 9 |
The presence of | 18 |
The conjunction of time and place | 28 |
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