Hindu pilgrimage, with particular reference to West Bengal, India

Journeying to sacred places is an ancient yet contemporarily popular tradition in the Hindu society of India. At the outset of this thesis, the philosophical foundations and general patterns of pilgrimage practice in West Bengal, India, where fieldwork was conducted, are discussed. Case studies of t...

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Main Author: Morinis, E. Alan
Published: University of Oxford 1979
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.466227