Making Informal Sacred Geographies: Spiritual Presence, Sensual Engagement, and Wayside Shrines in Urban India

Inspired by recent debates in material religion, and using the example of the central Indian city of Bhopal, this article characterizes an informal Hindu religious geography that flourishes in the interstices of India?s planned urbanity. The small wayside shrines that dot Indian cities usually arise...

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Main Author: Rao, Ursula (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publications 2023
In: Space and Culture
Year: 2023, Volume: 26, Issue: 2, Pages: 192-203
Further subjects:B Material Religion
B Urban Religion
B wayside shrines
B informal sacred geography
B Hinduism
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