Sacralization of the Urban Footpath, with Special Reference to Pavement Shrines in Chennai City, South India

With regard to urban footpaths, there are two actors with different interests, the municipal authorities who, in theory, pursue town planning and maintain footpaths for the convenience of pedestrians, and the poor homeless living illegally on footpaths with the constant fear of being forced to leave...

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Main Author: Sekine, Yasumasa (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2006
In: Temenos
Year: 2006, Volume: 42, Issue: 2, Pages: 79-92
Further subjects:B footpath shrines
B Social space
B Sacred
B India
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