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 62
... pilgrim . In this way the catchment area of the place of 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 ...
... pilgrim . In this way the catchment area of the place of 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 ...
Page 243
... Pilgrims are brought by agents on a tour of pilgrimage centres and the agents are paid at least the costs of their own travelling by the panda or half of the amount offered by ' his ' pilgrims , from which the travelling costs are ...
... Pilgrims are brought by agents on a tour of pilgrimage centres and the agents are paid at least the costs of their own travelling by the panda or half of the amount offered by ' his ' pilgrims , from which the travelling costs are ...
Page 251
... Pilgrims were not only welcomed at the stations in Ayodhya itself , but much earlier at stations and junctions en route . The pandas were forced to organize their catchment of pilgrims long before they reached Ayodhya . The Bhareriyas ...
... Pilgrims were not only welcomed at the stations in Ayodhya itself , but much earlier at stations and junctions en route . The pandas were forced to organize their catchment of pilgrims long before they reached Ayodhya . The Bhareriyas ...
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Sarayu and the ghats | 9 |
The presence of | 18 |
The conjunction of time and place | 28 |
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