The Brahmin and the fakir: Suburban religiosity in the cult of Shirdi Sai baba

Shirdi Sai Baba (?-1918), whose cult in Bangalore city, India, is the case study of this paper, was a Maharashtrian saint closely identified with both the Pandharpur tradition of Vaisnavite devotion and Sufi genealogies in the region. My thesis is that in the cult of Shirdi Sai Baba, the holy mendic...

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Main Author: Srinivas, Smriti (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Carfax Publ. [1999]
In: Journal of contemporary religion
Year: 1999, Volume: 14, Issue: 2, Pages: 245-261
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