Mountain, water, rock, god: understanding Kedarnath in the twenty-first century
"In Mountain, Water, Rock, God, Luke Whitmore situates the disastrous flooding that fell on the Hindu Himalayan shrine of Kedarnath in 2013 within a broader religious and ecological context. Whitmore explores the longer story of this powerful realm of the Hindu god Shiva through a holistic theo...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oakland, California
University of Californiarnia Press
[2018]
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Kedarnath
/ Hinduism
/ Pilgrimage
/ Śiva
B Kedarnath / Śaivism / Temple / Flood / Geschichte 2013 B Kedarnath / Pilgrimage / Tourism / Natural catastrophe / Ecology |
| RelBib Classification: | BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism |
| Further subjects: | B
Kidārnāṭh (Temple : Kedāranātha, India)
B Siva B Siva (Hindu deity) B Ecology Religious aspects Hinduism B Natural Disasters Religious aspects Hinduism |
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Volltext (doi) |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
Electronic |
| Summary: | "In Mountain, Water, Rock, God, Luke Whitmore situates the disastrous flooding that fell on the Hindu Himalayan shrine of Kedarnath in 2013 within a broader religious and ecological context. Whitmore explores the longer story of this powerful realm of the Hindu god Shiva through a holistic theoretical perspective that integrates phenomenological and systems-based approaches to the study of religion, pilgrimage, place, and ecology. He argues that close attention to places of religious significance offers a model for thinking through connections between ritual, narrative, climate destabilization, tourism, development, and disaster, and he shows how these critical components of human life in the twenty-first century intersect in the human experience of place" --Provided by publisher Introduction: in the direction of Kedar -- In pursuit of Shiva -- Lord of Kedar -- Earlier times -- The season -- When the floods came -- Nature's Tandava dance -- Topographies of reinvention |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0520298020 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.61 |