The Eternal Narmada sacred Landscape and Living Traditions
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Edition
1st. ed.
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ISBN
9788173055645
Length
xv+246p., 32 Unnumbered Pages of Plates; Pages; Illustrations; Maps; 29cm.
Subjects
A time-immemorial belief in the divine character of the Narmada – one of the seven sacred rivers of India – has permeated throughout the intangible heritage of the Narmada Valley and its inhabitants, both tribals as well as non-tribals. A historical survey of this phenomenon and the problems that it is posing in the modern cultural context is the theme of the present volume.
In the interesting river-lore of India, like the story of Gangavatarana for ...