The volume investigates the historic accounts of the religious contestations over the status of the Mah¿bodhi Temple complex in Bodhgay¿ (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) & argues that sacredness goes beyond scriptural texts & archaeological remains. * T&F does not sell or distribute the Hardback in South Asia.
The volume investigates the historic accounts of the religious contestations over the status of the Mah¿bodhi Temple complex in Bodhgay¿ (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) & argues that sacredness goes beyond scriptural texts & archaeological remains. * T&F does not sell or distribute the Hardback in South Asia.
Nikhil Joshi is a Research Fellow in the Department of Architecture at National University of Singapore. Educated at the University of Pune, University of York, and National University of Singapore, he is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, UK, and recipient of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings Lethaby Scholarship, UK.
Inhaltsangabe
List of Illustrations. Foreword. Acknowledgements. 1. The 'Living' Humanized Sacred Place: An Introduction 2. The Origins and History of the Mah bodhi Temple 3. Constructing Sacred Placeness: Rituals Around the Bodhi Tree 4. Divergence, Convergence: Hindu-Buddhist Encounters 5. Anagarika Dharmap la: A Modern Political Activist and Defender of the Dharma 6. Deconstructing the Great Case 7. The Two Faces of Bodhgay : Sacred to Buddhists and Hindus Appendices. Appendix 1: The Bodh Gaya Temple Act, 1949. Appendix 2: The Budh-Gaya Temple Case. Appendix 3: Letter from Mr. Beglar to the Mahant of Buddha-Gaya Math. Appendix 4: Excerpts of the Court Judgement. Bibliography. Further Reading. Index.
List of Illustrations. Foreword. Acknowledgements. 1. The 'Living' Humanized Sacred Place: An Introduction 2. The Origins and History of the Mah bodhi Temple 3. Constructing Sacred Placeness: Rituals Around the Bodhi Tree 4. Divergence, Convergence: Hindu-Buddhist Encounters 5. Anagarika Dharmap la: A Modern Political Activist and Defender of the Dharma 6. Deconstructing the Great Case 7. The Two Faces of Bodhgay : Sacred to Buddhists and Hindus Appendices. Appendix 1: The Bodh Gaya Temple Act, 1949. Appendix 2: The Budh-Gaya Temple Case. Appendix 3: Letter from Mr. Beglar to the Mahant of Buddha-Gaya Math. Appendix 4: Excerpts of the Court Judgement. Bibliography. Further Reading. Index.
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