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Hindu Pilgrimage: Shifting Patterns of Worldview of Srisailam in South India (Routledge Hindu Studies Series) - Hardcover

Book 16 of 40: Routledge Hindu Studies

Reddy, Prabhavati C.

 
9780415659970: Hindu Pilgrimage: Shifting Patterns of Worldview of Srisailam in South India (Routledge Hindu Studies Series)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0415659973 ISBN 13: 9780415659970
Publisher: Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Prabhavati C. Reddy is an Adjunct Professor of Religion at George Washington University. She is an interdisciplinary scholar with a Ph.D in South Asian Studies from Harvard University, an M.A. in Asian Art History from the University of Texas-Austin, and an M.A & M.Phil in History and Archaeology from Osmania University.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415659973
ISBN 13 
9780415659970
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
238