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1 online resource (xiv, 221 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Routledge Hindu Studies Series |
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RoutledgeCurzon Hindu studies series.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgments; Note on transliteration; Abbreviations; Part I Exploring Shrī Shailam: why another book on a Hindu pilgrimage site?; 1 Introduction; 2 Theoretical approaches and methods; 3 Book chapters; Part II The sacred mountain of Shiva: The place -- idealization, materialization, and sanctification; 4 The place in the process of idealization; 5 The place in the process of materialization; 6 The place in the process of sanctification |
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Part III Religious communities making the history of Shrī Shailam7 The early history of Shrī Shailam; 8 The emergence of the Shaiva Tīrtha-Kshetra; 9 The Crystalization of the Greater Shrī Shaila; 10 The Vīra Shaivas and the Āradhya Shaivas; Part IV The history and development of the pilgrimage center in the modern era; 11 The pilgrimage center in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; 12 The Endowments Department of Andhra Pradesh as the custodian of Hindu religious institutions and charitable endowments |
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13 The Endowments Department of Andhra Pradesh and the management of the pilgrimage centerConclusion; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
In recent years, changes in religious studies in general and the study of Hinduism in particular have drawn more scholarly attention to other forms of the Hindu faith that are concretely embodied in temples, icons, artworks, rituals, and pilgrimage practices. This book analyses the phenomenon of pilgrimage as a religious practice and experience and examines Shrî Shailam, a renowned south Indian pilgrimage site of Shiva and Goddess Durga. In doing so, it investigates two dimensions: the worldview of a place that is of utmost sanctity for Hindu pilgrims and its historical evolution from medie |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages -- India -- Srisailam
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Śaivism -- India -- Srisailam -- History
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RELIGION -- Hinduism -- Rituals & Practice.
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Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages
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Śaivism
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India -- Srisailam
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317806318 |
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131780631X |
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