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Hindu tradition of pilgrimage : sacred space & system
- Title
- Hindu tradition of pilgrimage : sacred space & system / Rana P.B. Singh ; foreword, Robert H. Stoddard.
- Author
- Singh, Rana P. B.
- Publication
- New Delhi : Dev Publishers & Distributors, ©2013.
- ©2013
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- Description
- xiv, 399 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- Planet Earth & cultural understanding series ; pub. 9
- Uniform Title
- Planet Earth & cultural understanding ; 9.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Studies of Hindu pilgrimage: emerging trends and bibliography -- Hindu pilgrimage: history, mythology, and present concerns -- Appendix: Hindu festive dates for pilgrimages and the corresponding Roman dates, CE 2013-2020 -- Sacredscapes & pilgrimage system: some reflections -- The 51 Shaktipithas (Goddess sites) and sacred places -- The Ganga river: images, sacrality, and sacred places -- Hindu places of pilgrimage: communitas and contestation -- Interfaces in pilgrimage landscape: sacrality and spatial geometry -- Cosmic ordering and self-organisation among sacred cities -- Pilgrimage-tourism: perspectives and vision -- Green pilgrimage initiatives -- Gazetteer of Hindu pilgrimage places in India: short biography of 108 places.
- ISBN
- 9789381406250
- 9381406251
- LCCN
- 2013319803
- OCLC
- ocn840612833
- 840612833
- SCSB-5741557
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries