Pilgrimage Space, Hinduization of Space, Hindutva Politics of Space, and the Case of Ayodhyā as a Religious and Religiopolitical Hotspot
In this article I analyze aspects of religious geography in the mobilization by Hindu nationalists in India in the 1980s and 1990s and how Hindu nationalism and Hindu religious geography were merged in the case of the Ayodhyā conflict. Ayodhyā was consciously changed from a pilgrimage center (tīrtha...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2023
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Numen
Year: 2023, Volume: 70, Issue: 1, Pages: 95-112 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ayodhya
/ Pilgrimage
/ Hotspot
/ Hindutva
/ Religious policy
/ Religious geography
/ History 1983-1992
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AF Geography of religion AX Inter-religious relations BJ Islam BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism KBM Asia KCD Hagiography; saints TK Recent history |
| Further subjects: | B
Hindu pilgrimage
B Hindu Nationalism B religious geography B Ayodhyā B religious hotspot |
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