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A Modern Pilgrim In India
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Author : John W. Wohlfarth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
A Modern Pilgrim In India written by John W. Wohlfarth and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with India categories.
A Modern Pilgrim In India
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Author : John W. Wohlfarth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000-08
A Modern Pilgrim In India written by John W. Wohlfarth and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-08 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A Cold War drama that ends in the future. Cultures and technologies first collide in the ancient city of Diyarbakir, in the heart of Kurdistan, and end up in America. Join an impetuous lieutenant, a nostalgic stewardess, and an electrical engineer, as they inadvertently become entangled in events of global significance, culminating in an Iranian missile attack on America. Entertaining and informative, this novel is packed with action and packed with history. The ending may not be too far from the truth.
The Journey
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Author : Maria Ruiz Scaperlanda
language : en
Publisher: Loyola Press
Release Date : 2004
The Journey written by Maria Ruiz Scaperlanda and has been published by Loyola Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Philosophy categories.
Drawing deeply on their own experience of consecrated travel, the Scaperlandas guide readers into the heart of the pilgrim experience. Much of their advice is practical: What are the most promising pilgrimage destinations? How can families go on pilgrimage? How can vacations and tourism be transformed into a journey of pilgrimage? They give special attention to practices and attitudes that can make all travel sacred. Their depth of understanding enables readers to connect the inner and.
Pilgrim S India
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Author : Arundhathi Subramaniam
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Release Date : 2018-08-10
Pilgrim S India written by Arundhathi Subramaniam and has been published by Penguin Random House India Private Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-10 with Literary Collections categories.
KABIR TURNS ROUND, IT’s HARD TO SEE—IS THE HOLY PLACE BIGGER, OR THE DEVOTEE? More people have embarked on a quest for the sacred in India than anywhere else. An exceptionally rich religious tradition and an abundance of minor and major pilgrim sites have given seekers ample motivation to pack their bags and go on a search. PILGRIM’S INDIA is about all journeys impelled by the idea of the sacred. It brings together essays and poems—from the Katha Upanishad, Fa-Hien, Basavanna and Kabir to Paul Brunton, Richard Lannoy, Amit Chaudhuri, Arun Kolatkar and others—about various aspects of trips undertaken in the name of God. Readers will encounter the watchful reserve of a British journalist in southern India, the vigorous prose of a contemporary Sikh pilgrim, a French author-adventurer's appraisal of the Ellora caves, a modern-day Zoroastrian’s reflections on Udvada and a woman's impression of what it means to be Muslim in India. Mystics, witnesses and wanderers write about the Supreme Being, about journeys and destinations, false starts, bottlenecks and blind alleys, about humour, rage and revelation—all of which make this anthology a deeply absorbing and idiosyncratic take on pilgrims and pilgrim trails in India.
Chasing The Monsoon
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Author : Alexander Frater
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2011-03-25
Chasing The Monsoon written by Alexander Frater and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-25 with Travel categories.
On 20th May the Indian summer monsoon will begin to envelop the country in two great wet arms, one coming from the east, the other from the west. They are united over central India around 10th July, a date that can be calculated within seven or eight days. Alexander Frater aims to follow the monsoon, staying sometimes behind it, sometimes in front of it, and everywhere watching the impact of this extraordinary phenomenon. During the anxious period of waiting, the weather forecaster is king, consulted by pie-crested cockatoos, and a joyful period ensues: there is a period of promiscuity, and scandals proliferate. Frater's journey takes him to Bangkok and the cowboy town on the Thai-Malaysian border to Rangoon and Akyab in Burma (where the front funnels up between the mountains and the sea). His fascinating narrative reveals the exotic, often startling, discoveries of an ambitious and irresistibly romantic adventurer.
The Modern Pilgrim
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Author : Paul Post
language : en
Publisher: Peeters Publishers
Release Date : 1998
The Modern Pilgrim written by Paul Post and has been published by Peeters Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Religion categories.
This book is the product of a relatively long history of pilgrimage research in a Dutch theological setting. It is intended as a report for an international audience on this long-running programme. Two lines are followed in the book. The first is the track of liturgical studies, in which an historical, European ethnological and anthropological approach has predominated. The second is a social science track, with specific content coming from psychology of religion. The combination of these two lines has been extremely fruitful. In addition to results of various surveys of contemporary pilgrimage practice and the expansion of research into ritual and cultural context in which modern pilgrims find themselves, special attention is also bestowed on historiographic issues involved in orienting pilgrimage research, and its theoretical and methodological aspects. The places of pilgrimage examined here are Wittem, Dokkum and Amsterdam in The Netherlands, Banneux in Belgium, Lourdes and La Salette in France, and Santiago de Compostela in Spain. The central question which informs the whole study is to what extent one can perhaps speak of a new type of pilgrim today, the "modern pilgrim".
A Modern Pilgrim In Mecca
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Author : A J B Wavell
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2023-07-18
A Modern Pilgrim In Mecca written by A J B Wavell and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-18 with categories.
This book is an enthralling account of a pilgrimage by the author to Mecca, one of the most sacred places for Muslims. The author describes in vivid detail the journey to Mecca, the rituals performed by pilgrims, and the historical significance of the holy city. This book is an excellent read for anyone interested in the Islamic faith or cultural events. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Pilgrimage Centres Of India
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Author : Brajesh Kumar
language : en
Publisher: Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.
Release Date : 2003
Pilgrimage Centres Of India written by Brajesh Kumar and has been published by Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with India categories.
Religious Journeys In India
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Author : Andrea Marion Pinkney
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2018-08-20
Religious Journeys In India written by Andrea Marion Pinkney and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-20 with Social Science categories.
Explores how religious travel in India is transforming religious identities and self-constructions. In an increasingly global world where convenient modes of travel have opened the door to international and intraregional tourism and brought together people from different religious and ethnic communities, religious journeying in India has become the site of evolving and often paradoxical forms of self-construction. Through ethnographic reflections, the contributors to this volume explore religious and nonreligious motivations for religious travel in India and show how pilgrimages, missionary travel, the exportation of cultural art forms, and leisure travel among coreligionists are transforming not only religious but also regional, national, transnational, and personal identities. The volume engages with central themes in South Asian studies such as gender, exile, and spirituality; a variety of religions, including Sikhism, Islam, Buddhism, and Christianity; and understudied regions and emerging places of pilgrimage such as Manipur and Maharashtra. Andrea Marion Pinkney is Associate Professor of South Asian Religions at McGill University. John Whalen-Bridge is Associate Professor of English at the National University of Singapore. He is the coeditor (with Gary Storhoff) of many books, including The Emergence of Buddhist American Literature; American Buddhism as a Way of Life; Writing as Enlightenment: Buddhist American Literature into the Twenty-first Century; and Buddhism and American Cinema, all published by SUNY Press. He is also the author of Tibet on Fire: Buddhism, Protest, and the Rhetoric of Self-Immolation.
God S Gateway
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Author : James Lochtefeld
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2010-01-27
God S Gateway written by James Lochtefeld and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-27 with Religion categories.
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.