Geography

 

Date of this Version

2011

Citation

Holy Places and Pilgrimages: Essays on India, edited by Rana P.B. Singh. Shubhi Publications, New Delhi, 2011, p. 1-6.

Comments

Copyright 2011, Subhi Publications. Used by permission.

Abstract

This collection of twelve articles continues a long and rich body of information about pilgrimages. Written materials in the form of pamphlets, guidebooks, manuals, itineraries, and treatises about pilgrimages date from antiquity (see, e.g. the discussion in this volume by Rana Singh about ancient epics, pp. 15-20). Travelling to places regarded by worshippers as having extraordinary spiritual power is a phenomenon permeating all religious traditions so it is logical that it appears in various literary forms.

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