Banaras, City of LightColumbia University Press, 1999 - 427 pages "In BANARAS, Diana Eck . . . has written a notable book about this greatest of Indian pilgrimage sites. . . . Her brilliant, comprehensive book seems likely to remain for a long time the definitive work on this great Indian city".--WASHINGTON POST. 61 photos. 7 maps. |
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... bathing ghāts of twentieth - century Banāras in a centuries - old sacred geography , cast symbolically as a mandala ... bathe in the River Gangā , to die within its sacred precincts , and to bring the ashes of their beloved dead to this ...
... bathing ghāts of twentieth - century Banāras in a centuries - old sacred geography , cast symbolically as a mandala ... bathe in the River Gangā , to die within its sacred precincts , and to bring the ashes of their beloved dead to this ...
Page xiv
... bathing ghats along the River Gangā is perhaps the most striking pub- lic example of the challenges Banāras faces . A new Gangā Action Plan to clean up the river is in the works , the planning now led by some of the city's most ...
... bathing ghats along the River Gangā is perhaps the most striking pub- lic example of the challenges Banāras faces . A new Gangā Action Plan to clean up the river is in the works , the planning now led by some of the city's most ...
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Adi Keshava ancient Annapūrnā ascetic auspicious Avimukta Avimukteshvara Banaras bathing Bhairava Bindu Bindu Madhava Brahma brahmin Buddha Buddhist called century B.C. city's cremation ground Dandapani darshana Dashashvamedha death deities Devi dharma divine Divodāsa Durgā earth famous festival Forest of Bliss ganas Ganesha Gangā Gauri Ghat goddess gods Gupta heaven Himalayas Hindu holy honored Jātaka Kāla Kāla Bhairava Kāma Kashi Kāshi Khanda Kedāra Khanda King Krishna Kund lanes liberation linga of light live located Lolārka Lord Shiva Mahābhārata māhātmyas Manikarnikā Matsya Matsyodari moksha mosque Muslim myth nāgas Nārāyana Nikumbha North India Omkara Panchaganga Panchakroshi Road Pārvatī pilgrimage pilgrims Prayaga Purāna Rāma Rāmāyana religious rites ritual riverfront sacred city sage Sankatā sannyasins Sanskrit season Shakti Shiva linga shrine sins Skanda story symbol tīrthas tradition Trilochana Tulsi Vāpī Varana Vārānasī Vedas Vinayaka Vishnu Vishvanatha Temple Vishveshvara waters waxing fortnight worship yakshas