God's Gateway —— Identity and Meaning in a Hindu Pilgrimage Place

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ISBN: 9780195386141 出版年：2010 页码：323 Lochtefeld, James Oxford University Press

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. In this fieldwork-based study, James Lochtefeld analyzes modern Hardwar as a Hindu pilgrimage center, looking at the roles of local residents and pilgrims and the changing context of traditional religious sites in general.