Author: Bhardwaj, Surinder Mohan
Title: Hindu Places of Pilgrimage in India : A Study in Cultural Geography
Description: Berkeley, Univ. of California Press, (1973). orig. cloth, dustwrapper. xviii,258,(8), 23x15cm, Some lightly pencilled marks to the margins of several pages.. 8pp photos,textual maps. Rear corners bumped. Some stains to bindign. Good. ¶ Contents: A General Survey of the Literature on Places of Pilgrimage in India; Distribution of Hindu Places of Pilgrimage according to the Mahabharata; A Grand Pilgrimage of India according to the Mahabharata; Sacred Places according to the Puranas & some Later Sources; Tirthas: Their Relative Importance, Site Characteristics, and Principal Deities; Perception of the Ranks of Sacred Places; Determination of Levels of Sacred Places; The Level of Sacred Place and the Purpose and Frequency of Pilgrimage; Level of Sacred Place & the Religious Travels of Pilgrims; Sacred Places & the Caste Composition of Pilgrims; Sacred Places & the Diffusion of Religious Beliefs; Pilgrim Interaction at Sacred Places: The Case of Hardwar.

Keywords: Hinduism, History of Religion, History of Religion, Hindu Pilgrims, Pilgrimage centers, India, South Asia, Anthropology, Sociology, Cultural Geography