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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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2023
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Numen
Année: 2023, Volume: 70, Numéro: 1, Pages: 95-112 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Ayodhya
/ Pèlerinage
/ Hotspot
/ Nationalisme hindou
/ Politique religieuse
/ Géographie religieuse
/ Histoire 1983-1992
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociologie des religions AF Géographie religieuse AX Dialogue interreligieux BJ Islam BK Hindouisme KBM Asie KCD Hagiographie TK Époque contemporaine |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Hindu pilgrimage
B Hindu Nationalism B religious geography B Ayodhyā B religious hotspot |
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| Résumé: | 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) of diminishing religious importance into a religiopolitical hotspot by political forces. The potential for a Hindu–Muslim conflict and for mobilizing support for their vision of a Hinduized India was probably what made the place attractive for Hindu nationalists. The article argues that Hindu nationalism exploited the views of territoriality of traditions of pilgrimage and salvific space and merged these with their political nationalist agenda, and that it was this blending of views of space from the pilgrimage traditions, ideas of national territory, and Hindu nationalists’ ideas of a homogeneous Hindu nation with aggressive political agitation that turned Ayodhyā into a religiopolitical hotspot. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5276 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685276-12341677 |