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Hindu Pilgrimage: Shifting Patterns of Worldview of Shri Shailam in South India

Hindu Pilgrimage: Shifting Patterns of Worldview of Shri Shailam in South India

Reddy, Prabhavati C.

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Hindu Studies

General Racism & Ethnic StudiesGeneral SociologyHinduism

ISBN10: 0415659973
ISBN13: 9780415659970
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Mar 26 2014
Pages: 238
Weight: 1.23
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.30
Language: English

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 medieval to modern times. Reddy blends religion, anthropology, art history and politics into one interdisciplinary exploration of how Shrî Shailam became the epicentre for Shaivism. Through this approach, the book examines Shrî Shailam's influence on pan-Indian religious practices; the amalgamation of Brahmanical and regional traditions; and the intersection of the ideological and the civic worlds with respect to the management of pilgrimage centre in modern times.

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