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
... pilgrimage ( Eickelman , 1976 ; Sallnow , 1981 ; Van der Veer , 1984 ) . Sallnow , for example , argues that in fact in Andean pilgrimage a new arena is created in which social interactions take place ex novo . The regional devotions of ...
... pilgrimage ( Eickelman , 1976 ; Sallnow , 1981 ; Van der Veer , 1984 ) . Sallnow , for example , argues that in fact in Andean pilgrimage a new arena is created in which social interactions take place ex novo . The regional devotions of ...
Page 62
... pilgrimage is determined . Then he combines his findings with a hierarchy among the pilgrims patronizing the shrines . Pilgrims to the highest - level sacred places are generally from the ritually higher castes and higher classes and ...
... pilgrimage is determined . Then he combines his findings with a hierarchy among the pilgrims patronizing the shrines . Pilgrims to the highest - level sacred places are generally from the ritually higher castes and higher classes and ...
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... pilgrimage from villages and towns to sacred centres had been the panda , but he was gradually replaced by an agent . This is no doubt a logical result of the expansion of the pilgrimage market , in which the major issue was to get hold ...
... pilgrimage from villages and towns to sacred centres had been the panda , but he was gradually replaced by an agent . This is no doubt a logical result of the expansion of the pilgrimage market , in which the major issue was to get hold ...
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Sarayu and the ghats | 9 |
The presence of | 18 |
The conjunction of time and place | 28 |
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