Water and conflicts around religious heritage: oscillations between centre and periphery?
This chapter discusses the case of the Well of Knowledge in Banaras (Uttar Pradesh, India), whose water is depicted by Hindu textual traditions and oral narratives as a source of wisdom and ultimately liberation from rebirth. The Well is located at the heart of the city’s religious life, in the high...
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Split waters
Year: 2021, Pages: ? |
| Online-Zugang: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003030171-9/water-conflicts-around-religious-heritage-vera-lazzaretti?context=ubx&refId=884f255b-c4c8-47f6-ab71-705f4cf95667
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| Verfasserangaben: | Vera Lazzaretti |
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