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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... river can be crossed . It is no great wonder that in Hinduism the word for ' sacred place ' refers to a place at a riverside . The river is an ancient and complex cultural symbol in Hinduism . India's rivers are seen as originating in ...
... river can be crossed . It is no great wonder that in Hinduism the word for ' sacred place ' refers to a place at a riverside . The river is an ancient and complex cultural symbol in Hinduism . India's rivers are seen as originating in ...
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... river . Sarayu is a goddess , just like Ganga and many other great rivers in India ; she is therefore worshipped and ... river Sarayu , worship it , and perform other rituals for which the bank of a sacred river is considered to be the ...
... river . Sarayu is a goddess , just like Ganga and many other great rivers in India ; she is therefore worshipped and ... river Sarayu , worship it , and perform other rituals for which the bank of a sacred river is considered to be the ...
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... river . Ayodhya is the site of a ford on the bank of the Sarayu , a sacred river , which ' just like the Ganges ' is thought to originate in heaven and to flow vertically from the celestial lake of divine waters , down through the ...
... river . Ayodhya is the site of a ford on the bank of the Sarayu , a sacred river , which ' just like the Ganges ' is thought to originate in heaven and to flow vertically from the celestial lake of divine waters , down through 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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