Title Mountain, water, rock, god : understanding Kedarnath in the twenty-first century / Luke Whitmore

Published Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] ©2018

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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 climate change commercialization development disastrous flooding ecological context ecology environment himalayan hindu hindus holistic theoretical perspective human experience human fault impact kedarnath middle class natural consequence phenomenological pilgrimage pilgrims regulation religious resident divine powers ritual shiva shrine statehood study of religion tourists 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 Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject Siva (Hindu deity) SUBJECT Siva (Hindu deity) Siva (Hindu deity) fast Subject Kidārnāṭh (Temple : Kedāranātha, India) SUBJECT Kidārnāṭh (Temple : Kedāranātha, India) fast Subject Ecology -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism. Natural disasters -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism. HISTORY -- Asia -- India & South Asia. Natural disasters -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism Ecology -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism Form Electronic book LC no. 2018024588 ISBN 0520970152 0520298020 9780520298026 9780520970151

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