Shaligram Pilgrimage in the Nepal Himalayas /

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For roughly two thousand years, the veneration of sacred fossil ammonites, called Shaligrams, has been an important part of Hindu and Buddhist ritual practice throughout South Asia and among the global Diaspora. Originating from a single remote region of Himalayan Nepal, called Mustang, Shaligrams a...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Walters, Holly (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2020
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Vishnu > (Hindu deity) > Cult.
Rocks > Himalaya Mountains.
Rocks > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Rocks > Religious aspects > Hinduism.
Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages > Nepal > Mustang (District)
Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages > Nepal > Mustang (District)
Sacred stones > Nepal > Mustang (District)
Śālagrāma.
South Asia > Religious life and customs.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Living fossils
  • Spiral notebooks
  • Picked-up pieces
  • A mirror to our being
  • A bridge to everywhere
  • Turning to stone
  • River roads
  • Ashes and immortality.

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