Hinduism
Date Submitted: 09/01/2003 03:39:36
Category: / Society & Culture / Religion
Length: 5 pages (1312 words)
Category: / Society & Culture / Religion
Length: 5 pages (1312 words)
Pilgrimage to tirthas, India's sacred zones, is one of the oldest
strands of the Hindu tradition, and one of the most prominent forms of
popular piety practiced in India today. Tirthas are "crossing places"
which act as portals linking heaven and earth. There are many different
types of tirthas. There are tirthas whose sanctity is imbued in the
landscape, such as the Himalayan mountains and the Ganga river. There
are other tirthas famous as pilgrimage …
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…this website are part of a project
re-creating a pan-Indian tirtha-yatra. I am making a clockwise
circumambulation of the significant tirthas found throughout India. The
goal of this project is to photograph pilgrims in the landscape of the
tirtha and to document significant religious festivals that take place
in these locations. In traveling the width and breadth of the country a
visual record of both the sanctity and the complexity of India will be
achieved.
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