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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Holly WaltersPublisher: Amsterdam University Press Imprint: Amsterdam University Press Edition: 0 ISBN: 9789463721721ISBN 10: 946372172 Pages: 294 Publication Date: 05 October 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Adult education , Professional & Vocational , Further / Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Note on Transliteration Chapter 1 - Living Fossils Chapter 2 - Spiral Notebooks Chapter 3 - Picked Up Pieces Chapter 4 - A Mirror to Our Being Chapter 5 - A Bridge to Everywhere Chapter 6 - Turning to Stone Chapter 7 - The River Road Chapter 8 - Ashes and Immortality Conclusion - Touch Stones Primary Sources Bibliography IndexReviews"""In Shaligram Pilgrimage in the Nepal Himalayas, the author’s careful treatment of the subject matter allows the reader to consider the lives of stone persons alongside our own and personhoods that derive from vast natural cycles beyond human control. To do so was no easy task, I’m sure, and the result is an important addition to interdisciplinary object studies."" - Donna Yates, Journal of Material Religion, July 2021 ""Walters’ book represents almost a decade of in-depth study in India and Nepal in search of the meaning of shaligram worship. [...] Her meticulously researched book provides deep insight into the culture of these sacred fossils and of the age-old pilgrimage to Muktinath. Shaligram Pilgrimage is the most comprehensive study of the “living fossils” written to date."" - Don Messerschmidt, Himal Southasian, July 2021" Walters' book represents almost a decade of in-depth study in India and Nepal in search of the meaning of shaligram worship. [...] Her meticulously researched book provides deep insight into the culture of these sacred fossils and of the age-old pilgrimage to Muktinath. Shaligram Pilgrimage is the most comprehensive study of the living fossils written to date. - Don Messerschmidt, Himal Southasian, July 2021 Author InformationDr. Holly Walters is a cultural anthropologist (Wellesley College, Massachusetts) whose work focuses on sacred objects, ritual practices, pilgrimage, and mobility in South Asia. Her work also addresses the interpretation of fossils as texts and the challenges of religious revival online. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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