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 48
... present : a model for the present . This religious representation of historical reality is reproduced by Geertz who does not ask himself the question how and why it is produced at a certain point in history . Although I believe that ...
... present : a model for the present . This religious representation of historical reality is reproduced by Geertz who does not ask himself the question how and why it is produced at a certain point in history . Although I believe that ...
Page 147
... present abbot removed the inscription from its place in the temple because he was afraid that Nath yogis would come to demand possession of the temple , which up to 1300 had clearly belonged to them . I am not concerned with the ...
... present abbot removed the inscription from its place in the temple because he was afraid that Nath yogis would come to demand possession of the temple , which up to 1300 had clearly belonged to them . I am not concerned with the ...
Page 279
... present in the asan , because most of the sadhus are wandering in jamat . The decision among the members present is taken to be accepted by all the members of a akhara . If the decision is taken against some member of the akhara a ...
... present in the asan , because most of the sadhus are wandering in jamat . The decision among the members present is taken to be accepted by all the members of a akhara . If the decision is taken against some member of the akhara a ...
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Sarayu and the ghats | 9 |
The presence of | 18 |
The conjunction of time and place | 28 |
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