Pilgrimage expansion through tourism in contemporary India: the development and promotion of a Hindu pilgrimage circuit
This article investigates the development and promotion of the Char Dham Yatra (or Char Dham), a Hindu pilgrimage route in the Himalayas, to challenge some prevalent assumptions and models in current scholarship concerning pilgrimage and tourism. I argue that the current prominence of the Char Dham...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Carfax Publ.
[2017]
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Journal of contemporary religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 32, Issue: 2, Pages: 283-298 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
India
/ Himalaya
/ Pilgrimage path
/ Hinduism
/ Leader
/ Tourism
/ Religious development
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| Further subjects: | B
Tourism
B Hindu pilgrimage B Hinduism B Guidebooks B pilgrimage and tourism |
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