Description |
1 online resource |
Contents |
Introduction: in the direction of Kedar -- In pursuit of Shiva -- Lord of Kedar -- Earlier times -- The season -- When the floods came -- Nature's Tandava dance -- Topographies of reinvention |
Summary |
"In Mountain, Water, Rock, God, Luke Whitmore situates the disastrous flooding that fell on the Hindu Himalayan shrine of Kedarnath in 2013 within a broader religious and ecological context. Whitmore explores the longer story of this powerful realm of the Hindu god Shiva through a holistic theoretical perspective that integrates phenomenological and systems-based approaches to the study of religion, pilgrimage, place, and ecology. He argues that close attention to places of religious significance offers a model for thinking through connections between ritual, narrative, climate destabilization, tourism, development, and disaster, and he shows how these critical components of human life in the twenty-first century intersect in the human experience of place"--Provided by publisher |
Analysis |
2013 |
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climate change |
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commercialization |
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development |
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disastrous flooding |
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ecological context |
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ecology |
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environment |
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himalayan |
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hindu |
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hindus |
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holistic theoretical perspective |
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human experience |
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human fault |
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impact |
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kedarnath |
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middle class |
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natural consequence |
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phenomenological |
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pilgrimage |
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pilgrims |
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regulation |
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religious |
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resident divine powers |
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ritual |
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shiva |
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shrine |
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statehood |
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study of religion |
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tourists |
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uttarakhand |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Whitmore, Luke 2018 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND license. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses |
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Siva (Hindu deity)
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SUBJECT |
Siva (Hindu deity)
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Siva (Hindu deity) fast |
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Kidārnāṭh (Temple : Kedāranātha, India)
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SUBJECT |
Kidārnāṭh (Temple : Kedāranātha, India) fast |
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Ecology -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
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Natural disasters -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- India & South Asia.
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Natural disasters -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism
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Ecology -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2018024588 |
ISBN |
0520970152 |
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0520298020 |
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9780520298026 |
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9780520970151 |
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