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Pilgrims and pilgrimages--India.
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Hindu places of pilgrimage in India; a study in cultural geography. - Berkeley, University of California Press [1973] - xviii, 258 p. illus. 24 cm.
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A general survey of the literature on places of pilgrimage in India -- Distribution of Hindu places of pilgrimage according to the Mah�abh�arata -- A grand pilgrimage of India according to the Mah�abh�arata -- Sacred places according to the Pur�a�nas and some later sources -- T�irthas : their relative importance, site characteristics, and principal deities -- Perception of the ranks of sacred places -- Determination of levels of sacred places -- The level of sacred place and the purpose and frequency of pilgrimage -- Level of sacred place and the religious travels of pilgrims -- Sacred places and the caste composition of pilgrims -- Sacred places and the diffusion of religious beliefs -- Pilgrim interaction at sacred places : the case of Hardwar.
0520021355 9780520021358 0520049519 9780520049512
73174454
Pilgrims and pilgrimages--India.
Hindu shrines--India.
BL1227.A1 / B495