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Hindu places of pilgrimage in India; a study in cultural geography.

Title: Hindu places of pilgrimage in India; a study in cultural geography.
Author: Bhardwaj, Surinder Mohan.
Publication: Berkeley, University of California Press [1973]

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Description

xviii, 258 pages illustrations; 24 cm

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Bibliography (note)

Bibliography: p. 233-247.

Contents

A general survey of the literature on places of pilgrimage in India -- Distribution of Hindu places of pilgrimage according to the Mahābhārata -- A grand pilgrimage of India according to the Mahābhārata -- Sacred places according to the Purāṇas and some later sources -- Tīrthas : their relative importance, site characteristics, and principal deities -- Perception of the ranks of sacred places -- Determination of levels of sacred places -- The level of sacred place and the purpose and frequency of pilgrimage -- Level of sacred place and the religious travels of pilgrims -- Sacred places and the caste composition of pilgrims -- Sacred places and the diffusion of religious beliefs -- Pilgrim interaction at sacred places : the case of Hardwar.

ISBN

0520021355
9780520021358
0520049519
9780520049512

LCCN

73174454

OCLC

ocm00746304
746304
SCSB-121484

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Princeton University Library