Understanding Culture and Society in India

A Study of Sufis, Saints and Deities in Jammu Region

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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This book is an in-depth account of people’s cultural and religious life in the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir, India. The book is of interest to researchers, both faculty and graduate students, in the areas of sociology of religion, social anthropology, religious studies, cultural studies, Sufism, shrines and deity worship in South Asia.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2021-06-27
Mått155 x 235 x 24 mm
Vikt757 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor306
FörlagSpringer Verlag, Singapore
ISBN9789811615979

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Abha Chauhan is Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology at the University of Jammu, Jammu (J&K, India). She holds a Ph.D. from the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. Her research interests and publications are in the areas of gender, community, kinship, marriage, religion, culture, and conflict studies. She has been Convenor, RC 10 ‘Gender Studies’, Managing Committee Member, and Secretary of the Indian Sociological Society.

Shared Sacred Spaces: The Sufi Shrines of Jammu Region.- The Sufi Shrines of Kishtwar: Dargah of Shah Farid-ud-Din and Shah Asrar-ud-Din.- Sufism and the Khanqah of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah in Shahdara Sharief: An Ethnographic Fathom.- The Mystic Sufi Saint in Jammu: Peer Baba Budhan Ali-Shah.- Cultural and Religious Perspectives on the Sufi Shrines: Khori Baba Dargah on the Line of Control in District Rajouri.- The Healing Touch Saint: Baba Chamliyal Shrine at the International Border in Samba District.- Documenting the Folk Deities of Jammu Region.- Understanding the Concept of Shakti: Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine in Jammu.- Religiosity, Ritual Practices and Folk Deity Worship: Bawa Jitto Shrine in Marh Block of Jammu Region.- Naghui Tewhaar and Deity Worship: A Folk Festival at the Goddess Chandi Temple in Machail Village of Padar Region.- Naag Deity Worship in Bhaderwah: A Case Study of Jaatra Ritual.- Living Tradition and Faith Galore: Baba Ballo Devasthan of Village Mathwar in Jammu.- Datti Ji: Folk Deity Worship among the Jamwal-Pandit Clan of Jammu.