Shaligram Pilgrimage in the Nepal Himalayas / / Holly Walters.
For roughly two thousand years, the veneration of sacred fossil ammonites, called Shaligrams has been an important part of Hindu and Buddhist ritual practice throughout South Asia and among the global Diaspora. Originating from a single remote region of Himalayan Nepal, called Mustang, Shaligrams ar...
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| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Transliteration
- 1. Living Fossils
- 2. Spiral Notebooks
- 3. Picked-Up Pieces
- 4. A Mirror to Our Being
- 5. A Bridge to Everywhere
- 6. Turning to Stone
- 7. River Roads
- 8. Ashes and Immortality
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index