The first thorough study of its kind, this is a lively account of the Ban Yatra, a circular pilgrimage that takes place in the northern Indian land of Braj. This anthropological chronicle offers an appealing mixture of personal anecdote, religious theory, Indian history, and tales of the gods. Basing his work on personal experience in the field, as well as a combination of primary sources in Sanskrit, Hindi, Bengali-many untranslated and unstudied in Western languages-and a wide range of secondary literature, Haberman places the pilgimrage in its cultural and historical context, interweaving his account with retellings of the tales of Krishna around with the journey revolves.
- ISBN10 0195084780
- ISBN13 9780195084788
- Publish Date 28 April 1994
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 29 June 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 270
- Language English