
Routes, Patterns, Ideologies
Navigating Sacred Sites in India
Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing
Published on 30. September 2025
Book
Hardback
VI, 321 pages
978-3-98887-028-5 (ISBN)
Description
Hindu sacred geographies are shaped by interwoven webs of myth, ritual, and pilgrimage. Routes, Patterns, Ideologies: Navigating Sacred Sites in India brings together essays that offer in-depth explorations of Hindu sacred spaces, focusing on the relationships between sites as a crucial dimension of their theological and social significance. Drawing on textual analysis, visual studies, and ethnographic insights, the contributors to this volume illuminate the patterns and mechanisms that link sacred sites into dynamic networks, demonstrating how sacrality is continually negotiated through evolving cultural, political, and theological landscapes.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Heidelberg
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Ill.
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
803 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-98887-028-5 (9783988870285)
Schweitzer Classification