Hindu Places Of Pilgrimage In India

Author : Surinder M. Bhardwaj
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1983-07-08
Category : History
ISBN : 0520049519

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Hindu Places of Pilgrimage in India by Surinder M. Bhardwaj Pdf

"Dr. Bhardwaj's in-depth study of the various aspects of the institution of pilgrimage shows that instead of being a simple practice it has been a gigantic phenomenon affecting all aspects of Indian life. . . integrating diverse forces, various cults, and numerous traditions over the ages."--Asian Student "This is the best general survey of a major religion's total pilgrimage system and the best intensive investigation of one of its subsystems. . . . Dr. Bhardwaj's book is an important step towards the recognition of a social phenomenon which has for millennia played a crucial role in the integration of religions, nationalities, and international communities. And, not least importantly, it is highly readable."--Journal of the American Academy of Religion "Detailed, accurate, and generally informative; he has succeeded in tracing, for the first time, the relationship of the rank-order or 'level' of a sacred place. . . to its degree of sanctity, type of deity, and caste and motivation of the pilgrim. . . .The implications of Mr. Bhardwaj's study are profound and necessary to the understanding of Indian religion. . . it is fascinating."--Times Literary Supplement "Here is a fine example of what the geographic study of India needs: disciplined work that shows full awareness of Indian cultural meanings. . . .it sets a worth standard."--Professional Geographer

Author : SUNITA PANT BANSAL
Publisher : V&S Publishers
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789350572511

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Hindu Pilgrimage by SUNITA PANT BANSAL Pdf

The book discusses in detail Chaar Dhaam, Himalayan Chaar Dhaam, Sapt Puri, Dwadash Jyotirlingam, Panch Sarovar, Sapt Sarita, Divya Desam, Shakti Peetha, Yatras and also some of the famous temples in India. Enhanced with vivid and exclusive pictures, the book brings the places alive and inspires one to make a pilgrimage to these holy shrines. #v&spublishers

Author : Surinder Mohan Bhardwaj
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Hindu Shrines India
ISBN : LCCN:10034513

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Hindu Places of Pilgrimage in INdia by Surinder Mohan Bhardwaj Pdf

Author : Surinder Mohan Bhardwaj
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Hindu shrines
ISBN : 8121508975

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Hindu Places of Pilgrimage in India by Surinder Mohan Bhardwaj Pdf

Illustrations: 10 B/w Illustrations, Numerous Graphs And Maps Description: Combining historical analysis with his own fieldwork, Dr. Bhardwaj not only established the importance of the institution of pilgrimage in Indian history and the persistence of similar distribution patterns of sacred places over long periods, but also furnished the normative background for contemporary practices. He is concerned with the relationship of the rank-order of a shrine to its degree of sanctity, kind of deity, and caste and motivation of the pilgrim. Using both objective statistical surveys and the pilgrims' subjective perceptions (as reflected in a special questionnaire), he posits the existence of two models of religious circulation: a general pattern characteristic of the pilgrimages of the religiously-oriented upper castes to all India and supra-regional shrines in pursuit or religious merit, and a specific pattern more characteristic of lower caste visits to local and regional shrines for specific, practical purposes. Unlike earlier writers on the subject, Mr. Bhardwaj examines both the historical and the contemporary patterns of pilgrimage at various levels--pan-Hindu, supra-regional, sub-regional, and local.

Author : Sabita Acharya
Publisher : Manak Publication
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015042160492

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Pilgrimage in Indian Civilization by Sabita Acharya Pdf

Comparative study of pilgrimage at Puri (India) and Simhachalam (India), two famous Vaishnava shrines.

Author : Knut A. Jacobsen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781136240317

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Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition by Knut A. Jacobsen Pdf

Salvific space is one of the central ideas in the Hindu traditions of pilgrimage, and concerns the ability of space, especially sites associated with bodies of water such as rivers and lakes, to grant salvific rewards. Focusing on religious, historical and sociological questions about the phenomenon, this book investigates the narratives, rituals, history and structures of salvific space, and looks at how it became a central feature of Hinduism. Arguing that salvific power of place became a major dimension of Hinduism through a development in several stages, the book analyses the historical process of how salvific space and pilgrimage in the Hindu tradition developed. It discusses how the traditions of salvific space exemplify the decentred polycentrism that defines Hinduism. The book uses original data from field research, as well as drawing on main textual sources such as Mahābhārata, the Purāṇas, the medieval digests on pilgrimage places (tīrthas), and a number of Sthalapurāṇas and Māhātmyas praising the salvific power of the place. By looking at some of the contradictions in and challenges to the tradition of Hindu salvific space in history and in contemporary India, the book is a useful study on Hinduism and South Asian Studies.

Author : Jürgen Schaflechner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190850524

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Hinglaj Devi by Jürgen Schaflechner Pdf

Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgments -- Conventions for transliteration, transcription and sources -- Introduction -- The struggle over truth -- Hinglaj in perspective -- Historical Representations and recent changes -- (Un)necessary hardships in "getting there"--Change and perseverance -- Solidifying Hinglaj: Striving for a uniform tradition -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index

Author : Samarendra Nārāyaṇa Ārya
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages
ISBN : UOM:39015062040590

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History of Pilgrimage in Ancient India, AD 300-1200 by Samarendra Nārāyaṇa Ārya Pdf

Illustrations: 4 Maps Description: The book outlines the origin and development of the practice of pilgrimage in India between AD 300 and 1200 and draws extensively on epigraphic and literary data particularly the Puranic corpus to delineate the growing popularity of the ritual, spatially and chronologically. Viewing religion as part of the social process, it seeks to explore linkages between new religious trends and changes taking place in the material conditions of life. Although there are a few references to pilgrimage centres in inscriptions of the early second century, the number of these destinations rapidly multiplied from the fourth-fifth centuries, coinciding meaningfully with widespread decay and desertion of urban places. In an age of political disintegration and social insularity religious congregations served as the nucleus of cultural bonding. Alongside of decaying towns cult-sites relating to forests, hill tracts, deserts, river banks, sea-coasts, crossroads all surfaced as pilgrimage centres of some sort, with an attendant increase in the number of myths and legends sanctifying these places with the emergence of temple as the focal point of social processes, even large villages and marginal political centres also emerged as places of pilgrimage. A thrust area of the ritual was the changing nature of the gift-exchange system. Gifts, largely agricultural goods and inputs during the Gupta and post-Gupta times were necessary if one wished to acquire religious merit and drive away the impurities of deeds and thoughts entailing loss of social status. Charities, performed at the sacred places, were considered all the more beneficial. The idea, that religious merit ensured a comfortable afterlife and that dying in places sanctified by gods and god-men brought instant religious merit, encouraged the practice of committing self-immolation at the holiest of pilgrimage centres.

Author : E. Alan Morinis
Publisher : Delhi : Toronto : Oxford University Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages
ISBN : UCAL:B3716449

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Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition by E. Alan Morinis Pdf

Author : Diana L Eck
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780385531924

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India by Diana L Eck Pdf

A spiritual history of the world's most religiously complex and diverse society, from one of Harvard's most respected scholars. India: A Sacred Geography is the culmination of more than a decade's work from the renowned Harvard scholar Diana L. Eck. The book explores the sacred places of India, taking the reader on an extraordinary trip through the beliefs and history of this rich and profound place, as well as providing a basic introduction to Hindu religious ideas and how those ideas influence our understanding of the modern sense of "India" as a nation.

Author : James Lochtefeld
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0199741581

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God's Gateway by James Lochtefeld Pdf

A celebrated Hindu pilgrimage site, Hardwar lies on the river Ganges at the edge of the Himalayas. Its identity as a holy place is inextricably tied to the mythology and reality of the Ganges, and traditional sources overwhelmingly stress this connection. Virtually nothing has been written about Hardwar's history and development, although the historical record reveals striking changes of the past few centuries. These changes have usually reflected worldly forces such as shifting trade routes, improved transportation, or political instability. Yet such mundane influences have been ignored in the city's sacred narrative, which presents a fixed, unchanging identity. The city's complex identity, says Lochtefeld, lies in the tension between these differing narratives. In this fieldwork-based study, Lochtefeld analyzes modern Hardwar as a Hindu pilgrimage center. He looks first at various groups of local residents -- businessmen, hereditary priests, and ascetics -- and assesses their differing roles in managing Hardwar as a holy place. He then examines the pilgrims and the factors that bring them to Hardwar. None of these groups is as pious as popularly depicted, but their interactions in upholding their own interest create and maintain Hardwar's religious environment. In conclusion, he addresses the wider context of Indian pilgrimage and the forces shaping it in the present day. He finds that many modern Hindus, like many modern Christians, feel some dissonance between traditional religious symbols and their 21st-century world, and that they are reinterpreting their traditional symbols to make them meaningful for their time.

Author : D. P. Dubey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages
ISBN : UOM:39015037796102

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Pilgrimage Studies by D. P. Dubey Pdf

Contributed articles; most on Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages in India.

Author : Prabhavati C. Reddy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317806318

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Hindu Pilgrimage by Prabhavati C. Reddy Pdf

In recent years, changes in religious studies in general and the study of Hinduism in particular have drawn more scholarly attention to other forms of the Hindu faith that are concretely embodied in temples, icons, artworks, rituals, and pilgrimage practices. 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. This book is the first thorough study of Shrî Shailam and brings together phenomenological and historical study to provide a comprehensive understanding of both the religious dimension and the historical development of the social organization of the pilgrimage place. As such, it will be of interest to students of Hinduism, Pilgrimage and South Asian Studies.

Author : Surinder Mohan Bhardwaj
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Hindu shrines
ISBN : 8122900275

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Hindu Of Pilgrimage In India by Surinder Mohan Bhardwaj Pdf

Author : Knut A. Jacobsen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780415590389

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Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition by Knut A. Jacobsen Pdf

Salvific space is one of the central ideas in the Hindu traditions of pilgrimage, and concerns the ability of space, especially sites associated with bodies of water such as rivers and lakes, to grant salvific rewards. Focusing on religious, historical and sociological questions about the phenomenon, this book investigates the narratives, rituals, history and structures of salvific space, and looks at how it became a central feature of Hinduism. Arguing that salvific power of place became a major dimension of Hinduism through a development in several stages, the book analyses the historical process of how salvific space and pilgrimage in the Hindu tradition developed. It discusses how the traditions of salvific space exemplify the decentred polycentrism that defines Hinduism. The book uses original data from field research, as well as drawing on main textual sources such as Mahābhārata, the Purāṇas, the medieval digests on pilgrimage places (tīrthas), and a number of Sthalapurāṇas and Māhātmyas praising the salvific power of the place. By looking at some of the contradictions in and challenges to the tradition of Hindu salvific space in history and in contemporary India, the book is a useful study on Hinduism and South Asian Studies.