1st Edition
Hindu Pilgrimage Shifting Patterns of Worldview of Srisailam in South India
By Prabhavati C. Reddy
Copyright 2014
238 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
238 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
238 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Part I: Exploring Shrî Shailam: Why another book on a Hindu Pilgrimage Site? 1. Introduction 2. Theoretical Approaches and Methods 3.Book Chapters Part II: The Sacred Mountain of Shiva: The Place: Idealization, Materialization, and Sanctification 4.The Place in the Process of Idealization 5. The Place in the Process of Materialization 6.The Place in the Process of Sanctification Part III: Religious Communities Making the History of Shrî Shailam 7. Early History of Shrî Shailam 8.The Emergence of the Shaiva Tîrtha-Kshetra, 9. The Crystalization of the Greater Shrî Shaila Kshetra 10. The Vîra Shaivas and the Âradhya Shaivas Part IV: The History and Development of the Pilgrimage Center in Modern Period 11. The Pilgrimage Center in the 18th and 19th Centuries 12. The Endowments DepartmentofAndhra Pradesh as the Custodian of Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments 13. The Endowments Department of Andhra Pradesh and the Management of the Pilgrimage Center 14.Conclusion
Biography
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.
