Uprising of the Fools: Pilgrimage as Moral Protest in Contemporary India by Vikash Singh

Uprising of the Fools: Pilgrimage as Moral Protest in Contemporary India

South Asia in Motion

Vikash Singh

256 pages first pub 2017 (view editions)

nonfiction religion sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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The Kanwar is India's largest annual religious pilgrimage. Millions of participants gather sacred water from the Ganga and carry it across hundreds of miles to dispense as offerings in Śiva shrines. These devotees--called bhola, gullible or fools,...

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