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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... destroyed several times in its long history , and rebuilt several times . The seventeenth - century temple erected un- der the leadership of Nārāyana Bhatta was destroyed during the reign of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb ; but within a ...
... destroyed several times in its long history , and rebuilt several times . The seventeenth - century temple erected un- der the leadership of Nārāyana Bhatta was destroyed during the reign of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb ; but within a ...
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... destroyed by Muslims several times between the twelfth and the seventeenth centuries , and in the eighteenth century whole new sectors of what is now the dense urban heart of the city were constructed . And yet with all this change ...
... destroyed by Muslims several times between the twelfth and the seventeenth centuries , and in the eighteenth century whole new sectors of what is now the dense urban heart of the city were constructed . And yet with all this change ...
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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