Holy places & pilgrimages: essays on India

By:

Singh, Rana P.B. (ed.)

Contributor(s):

Stoddard, Robert H. (Fwd.)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Gurugram Shubhi 2021Description: 343 pISBN:

9788182902282

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

292.350954 HOL

Summary: This anthology of twelve essays deals with the issues of sacred places and pilgrimages in India, illustrated with case studies representing different regional traditions and emphasising themes like Hindu textual traditions, Varakari tradition of pilgrimages, sacred space and planning, city of ancestral worship, religious tourism and place of sainthood, pilgrimage-tourism and contestation, Buddhist practices, archetypal symbolism, and seduction of history. This will open new directions of understanding in pilgrimage studies and heritage ecology.

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This anthology of twelve essays deals with the issues of sacred places and pilgrimages in India, illustrated with case studies representing different regional traditions and emphasising themes like Hindu textual traditions, Varakari tradition of pilgrimages, sacred space and planning, city of ancestral worship, religious tourism and place of sainthood, pilgrimage-tourism and contestation, Buddhist practices, archetypal symbolism, and seduction of history. This will open new directions of understanding in pilgrimage studies and heritage ecology.

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