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Mountain temples & temple mountains : architecture, religion, and nature in the central Himalayas / Nachiket Chanchani.
LIBRA BL1243.76.I485 C49 2019
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chanchani, Nachiket, author.
- Series:
- Global South Asia
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cultural landscapes.
- Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages.
- Hindu temples.
- India, North--Religious life and customs.
- India, North.
- Himalaya Mountains Region--Religious life and customs.
- Himalaya Mountains Region.
- North India.
- Hindu temples--India, North.
- Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages--India, North.
- Cultural landscapes--India, North.
- Hindu temples--Himalaya Mountains Region.
- Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages--Himalaya Mountains Region.
- Cultural landscapes--Himalaya Mountains Region.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 268 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 26 cm.
- Other Title:
- Mountain temples and temple mountains
- Place of Publication:
- Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2019.
- Contents:
- Headed to the Himalayas
- Gateways and guardians
- SÌaiva ascetics and kings in a flaming forest
- Great temples and little kingdoms along the Vishnu Ganga River
- New seekers and settlers
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Temple sites in India's central Himalayas.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-255) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Chanchani, Nachiket. Mountain temples and temple mountains.
- ISBN:
- 9780295744513
- 0295744510
- OCLC:
- 1029789532
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