Gods on Earth: The Management of Religious Experience and Identity in a North Indian Pilgrimage CentreA detailed historical anthropology of Ayodhya, which argues that religious values can reflect political and economic processes. |
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... Krishna . Their founder was a philosopher who hailed from the Telugu area of South India , but lived in Vrindaban , the tirtha of Krishna . The Vishnuswamis were founded by a philosopher of whose work we know virtually nothing except ...
... Krishna . Their founder was a philosopher who hailed from the Telugu area of South India , but lived in Vrindaban , the tirtha of Krishna . The Vishnuswamis were founded by a philosopher of whose work we know virtually nothing except ...
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... Krishna devotees . 24 The former have the monkey god Hanuman , Ram's principal ally and servant , on their banners , while the Krishna devotees have Garuda , the bird - vehicle ( vāhan ) of Vishnu . This distinction makes it ...
... Krishna devotees . 24 The former have the monkey god Hanuman , Ram's principal ally and servant , on their banners , while the Krishna devotees have Garuda , the bird - vehicle ( vāhan ) of Vishnu . This distinction makes it ...
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... Krishna , is the principal text of Bengali Krishna devotion . In North India this devotion has been spread by Krishnaite groups like the Pustimargis and the Gauriyas who settled in the Braj area around Vrindaban and Mathura in the ...
... Krishna , is the principal text of Bengali Krishna devotion . In North India this devotion has been spread by Krishnaite groups like the Pustimargis and the Gauriyas who settled in the Braj area around Vrindaban and Mathura in the ...
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Time and Place | 1 |
Sarayu and the ghats | 9 |
The presence of Ram | 18 |
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