Ewa Debicka-Borek and Ofer Peres, "Routes, Patterns, Ideologies: Navigating Sacred Sites in India" (HASP, 2025)
About this episode
The episode explores the interwoven webs of myth, ritual, and pilgrimage that shape Hindu sacred geographies.
Hindu sacred geographies are shaped by interwoven webs of myth, ritual, and pilgrimage. Routes, Patterns, Ideologies: Navigating Sacred Sites in India (HASP, 2025) brings together essays that offer in-depth explorations of Hindu sacred spaces, focusing on the relationships between sites as a crucial dimension of their theological and social significance. Drawing on textual analysis, visual studies, and ethnographic insights, the contributors to this volume illuminate the patterns and mechanisms that link sacred sites into dynamic networks, demonstrating how sacrality is continually negotiated through evolving cultural, political, and theological landscapes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/indian-religions
People in this episode
Host: Marshall Poe
Guests: Ewa Debicka-Borek, Ofer Peres
Topics covered
- Hindu sacred geographies
- myth
- ritual
- pilgrimage
- sacred spaces
- cultural landscapes
Keywords
- Hinduism
- sacred sites
- myth
- ritual
- pilgrimage
- cultural significance
- theological landscapes
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: HASP
Books & works: Routes, Patterns, Ideologies: Navigating Sacred Sites in India
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