The Holy Sojourns of Jagannath: Reconsidering Pilgrimage through the Eyes of Deities

Rather than focusing on human pilgrims visiting sacred sites, this article inverts the typical approach to pilgrimage studies and considers the movement of Hindu deities as they travel throughout the world extending their sacrality in ever-new forms. As deities like Jagannath (the manifestation of K...

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Main Author: Grosnick, Justin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2025
In: Religions of South Asia
Year: 2025, Volume: 19, Issue: 2, Pages: 245-276
Further subjects:B Art History
B Materiality
B Pilgrimage
B Jagannath
B Images
B Avatāra
B Anthropology
B Hinduism
B mūrti
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