Living Banaras :

Living Banaras : Hindu religion in cultural context / edited by Bradley R. Hertel and Cynthia Ann Humes. - Albany : State University of New York Press, c1993. - ix, 320 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - SUNY series in Hindu studies .

Includes bibliographical references ([297]-307) and index.

Crossing the water: pilgrimage, movement, and environmental scenography of the Ramlila of Ramnagar / Richard Schechner -- Staring at frames till they turn into loops: an excursion through some worlds of Tulsidas / Linda Hess -- What's taking place: neighborhood Ramlilas in Banaras / Thomas Parkhill -- Hanuman and the moral physique of the Banarsi Wrestler / Joseph S. Alter -- Religious division and the mythology of the past / Mary Searle-Chatterjee -- The monastic structure of Banarsi Dandi Sadhus / Dana W. Sawyer -- The Goddess of the Vindhyas in Banaras / Cynthia Ann Humes -- Lolark Kung: Sun and Shiva Worship in the City of Light / Ratnesh K. Pathak and Cynthia Ann Humes -- Language choice, religion, and identity in the Banarsi Community / Beth Simon -- The thirty-one-day program of the Ramnagar Ramlila -- An encapsulation of the Ramcharitmanas by Tulsidas --Major characters of the Ramayana.

0791413314 (alk. paper) 0791413322 (pbk. : alk. paper)

92010803


Hinduism--India--Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)


Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India)--Religious life and customs.

BL1153.7.V36 / L58 1993

294.54 H573L