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Banaras
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Author : Diana L. Eck
language : en
Publisher: Knopf
Release Date : 2013-06-05
Banaras written by Diana L. Eck and has been published by Knopf this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-05 with Religion categories.
The sacred city of Banāras on the River Ganges is one of the oldest living cities in the world—as old as Jerusalem, Athens, and Peking. It is the place where Shiva, the Lord of All, is said to have made his permanent home since the dawn of creation. There are few cities in India as traditionally Hindu and as symbolic of the whole of Hindu culture as Banāras. In this eloquent, finely observed study, Diana Eck shows how the city over the centuries has become a lens through which the Hindu vision of the world is precisely focused. She reveals the spiritual and historical resonance of this holy place where great sages such as the Buddha and Shankara were taught, where ashrams, palaces, and universities were built, where God has been imagined and imagined in a thousand ways. She describes the rites of its temples, the busy life of its riverfront, and the exuberance of its festivals. She tells how people travel from all over India to Banāras for the privilege of dying a good death here, for they believe that on the banks of the River Ganges where “the atmosphere of devotion is improbable in its strength,” it is possible to be released from the earthly round forever. In her account of the sacred history, geography, and art of the city, its elaborate and thriving rituals, its myths and literature, and its importance to pilgrims and seekers, Diana Eck uses her wealth of scholarship to make the Hindu tradition come powerfully alive so that we come to understand the meaning of this sacred city to the millions of believers who have been coming here for over 2,500 years.
Living Banaras
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Author : Bradley R. Hertel
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 1993-01-01
Living Banaras written by Bradley R. Hertel and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-01-01 with Religion categories.
By focusing on contemporary popular religious traditions, the book represents a substantial contribution to the study of modern religious practices in Banaras, holy city of India. This book offers in-depth, ethnographic views of many contemporary popular religious practices that have, for the most part, received little attention by scholars. Topics covered include the Ramlila celebrations, devotion to Hanuman, and goddess worship, and the way that Banarsi Boli, the local dialect of Banaras, supports its users in their identification with the sacred city.
Death In Banaras
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Author : Jonathan P. Parry
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1994-07-07
Death In Banaras written by Jonathan P. Parry and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-07-07 with Family & Relationships categories.
A study of Hindu death rituals and the sacred specialists who perform them in the Indian city of Banaras.
Banaras
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Author : Winand M. Callewaert
language : en
Publisher: Hemkunt Press
Release Date : 2000
Banaras written by Winand M. Callewaert and has been published by Hemkunt Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages categories.
Banaras The City Revealed
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Author : George Michell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Banaras The City Revealed written by George Michell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Architecture categories.
Contributed articles on historic buildings of Varanasi city, Uttar Pradesh, India; with pictorial representation.
Visualizing Space In Banaras
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Author : Martin Gaenszle
language : en
Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Release Date : 2006
Visualizing Space In Banaras written by Martin Gaenszle and has been published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Cartography categories.
The city of Banaras is widely known as a unique, impressive and particularly ancient historical place. But for many it is above all a universal, cosmic, and in a sense timeless sacred space. Both of these seemingly contrasting depictions contribute to how the city is experienced by its inhabitants or visitors, and there is a great variety of sometimes competing views: Kasi the Luminous, the ancient Crossing, the city of Death, the place of Hindu-Muslim encounter and syncretism, the cosmopolitan centre of learning, etc. The present volume deals with the multiple ways this urban site is visualized, imagined, and culturally represented by different actors and groups. The forms of visualizations are manifold and include buildings, paintings, drawings, panoramas, photographs, traditional and modern maps, as well as verbal and mental images. The major focus will thus be on visual media, which are of special significance for the representation of space. But this cannot be divorced from other forms of expressions which are part of the local life-world ("Lebenswelt"). The contributions look at local as well as exogenous constructions of the rich topography of Kasi and show that these imaginations and constructions are not static but always embedded in social and cultural practices of representation, often contested and never complete.
Banaras
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Author : Rana Singh
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2009-10-02
Banaras written by Rana Singh and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-02 with History categories.
Narrating the making of the Hindus’ most sacred and heritage city of India (Banaras) this book will serve as lead reference and insightful reading for understanding the cultural complexities, archetypal connotations, ritualscapes and vivid heritagescapes that maintain India’s pride of history and culture.
Culture And Power In Banaras
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Author : Sandria B. Freitag
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023-11-10
Culture And Power In Banaras written by Sandria B. Freitag and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-10 with History categories.
This collection of ten essays on Banaras, one of the largest urban centers in India's eastern Gangetic plain, is united by a common interest in examining everyday activities in order to learn about shared values and motivations, processes of identity formation, and self-conscious constructions of community. Part One examines the performance genres that have drawn audiences from throughout the city. Part Two focuses on the areas of neighborhood, leisure, and work, examining the processes by which urban residents use a sense of identity to organize their activities and bring meaning to their lives. Part Three links these experiences within Banaras to a series of "larger worlds," ranging from language movements and political protests to disease ecology and regional environmental impact. Banaras is a complex world, with differences in religion, caste, class, language, and popular culture; the diversity of these essays embraces those differences. It is a collection that will interest scholars and students of South Asia as well as anyone interested in comparative discussions of popular culture. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1989.
Banaras
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Author : Pramesh Ratnakar
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Banaras written by Pramesh Ratnakar and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Hinduism categories.
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Banaras written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India) categories.
Banaras, the city of enlightenment, is the religious capital of India. It has over 2000 temples, over half a million idols that are worshipped and at least 563 festivals celebrated in 365 days. The precise date of the city s foundation is unknown, though historians believe it to be approximately 800 BC.