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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... temples dominating the ghat . The pilgrim who is interested in asceticism may urge his panda to take him to a temple where a silent ascetic ( maunî ) lives ; another pilgrim may wish to visit a temple founded by a monk called Madhurali ...
... temples dominating the ghat . The pilgrim who is interested in asceticism may urge his panda to take him to a temple where a silent ascetic ( maunî ) lives ; another pilgrim may wish to visit a temple founded by a monk called Madhurali ...
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... temple . In the night the saints appeared and gave him a horrible punishment , which proves that it is not so easy ... temple and a ghat for them . Going onwards along the ghats we come to the temple and ghat built by Ahilyabai Holkar ...
... temple . In the night the saints appeared and gave him a horrible punishment , which proves that it is not so easy ... temple and a ghat for them . Going onwards along the ghats we come to the temple and ghat built by Ahilyabai Holkar ...
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... temple was given to a private trust named after her . The trust has a committee of eleven members who come together ... temples The building of temples by and 274 Gods on Earth.
... temple was given to a private trust named after her . The trust has a committee of eleven members who come together ... temples The building of temples by and 274 Gods on Earth.
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Sarayu and the ghats | 9 |
The presence of | 18 |
The conjunction of time and place | 28 |
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