A space to "eat, trance, and sleep": the healing power of Mahanubhav temples in Maharashtra (India)

This paper explores the effectiveness of religious healing by focusing on one important factor that has been much neglected - the stay within the shrine. Drawing on qualitative research in Mahanubhav temples in India, this paper emphasises that the central part of religious healing is the process of...

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Main Author: Ranganathan, Shubha (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2015
In: Mental health, religion & culture
Year: 2015, Volume: 18, Issue: 3, Pages: 185-195
Further subjects:B Mahanubhav
B Spirit Possession
B Trance
B healing shrines
B Religious Conversion
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