By Prabhavati C. Reddy
In fresh years, adjustments in spiritual stories generally and the learn of Hinduism particularly have drawn extra scholarly cognizance to other kinds of the Hindu religion which are concretely embodied in temples, icons, works of art, rituals, and pilgrimage practices. This ebook analyses the phenomenon of pilgrimage as a spiritual perform and event and examines Shrî Shailam, a well known south Indian pilgrimage web site of Shiva and Goddess Durga. In doing so, it investigates dimensions: the worldview of a spot that's of extreme sanctity for Hindu pilgrims and its ancient evolution from medieval to trendy instances.
Reddy blends faith, anthropology, paintings historical past and politics into one interdisciplinary exploration of the way Shrî Shailam turned the epicentre for Shaivism. via this method, the publication examines Shrî Shailam’s effect on pan-Indian non secular practices; the amalgamation of Brahmanical and local traditions; and the intersection of the ideological and the civic worlds with recognize to the administration of pilgrimage centre in sleek times.
This publication is the 1st thorough examine of Shrî Shailam and brings jointly phenomenological and historic research to supply a accomplished knowing of either the spiritual size and the old improvement of the social association of the pilgrimage position. As such, will probably be of curiosity to scholars of Hinduism, Pilgrimage and South Asian Studies.
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