This book focuses on the ritualized forms of mobility that
constitute phenomena of pilgrimage in South Asia and establishes a
new analytical framework for the study of ritual journeys. The book
advances the conceptual scope of 'classical' Pilgrimage Studies and
provides empirical depth through individual case studies. A key
concern is the strategies of ritualization through which actors
create, assemble and (re-)articulate certain modes of displacement
to differentiate themselves from everyday forms of locomotion.
Ritual journeys are understood as being both productive of and
produced by South Asia's socio-economically uneven, politically
charged and culturally variegated landscapes. From various
disciplinary angles, each chapter explores how spaces and movements
in space are continually created, contested and transformed through
ritual journeys. By focusing on this co-production of space and
mobility, the book delivers a conceptually driven and empirically
grounded engagement with the diverse and changing traditions of
ritual journeying in South Asia. Interdisciplinary in its approach,
the book is a must-have reference work for academics interested in
South Asian Studies, Religious Studies, Anthropology and Human
Geography with a focus on pilgrimage and the socio-spatial ideas
and practices of ritualized movements in South Asia.
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