Gods on Earth: The Management of Religious Experience and Identity in a North Indian Pilgrimage CentreBloomsbury Academic, 1988 M02 1 - 328 pages A detailed historical anthropology of Ayodhya, which argues that religious values can reflect political and economic processes. |
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Sarayu and the ghats | 9 |
The conjunction of time and place | 28 |
Problems and Perspectives | 44 |
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