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Ritual Journeys in South Asia 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 con- cern 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 var- ious 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. Christoph Bergmann is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography, South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg, Germany. Jürgen Schaflechner is an assistant professor in the Department of Modern South Asian Languages and Literatures, South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg, Germany. Routledge South Asian Religion Series 8 Yoga in Modern Hinduism Hariharānanda Āraṇya and Sāṃkhyayoga Knut A. 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Jacobsen and Kristina Myrvold 12 The Baghdadi Jews in India Maintaining Communities, Negotiating Identities, and Creating Super-Diversity Edited by Shalva Weil 13 Regional Communities of Devotion in South Asia Insiders, Outsiders, and Interlopers Edited by Gil Ben-Herut, Jon Keune, and Anne Monius 14 Ritual Journeys in South Asia Constellations and Contestations of Mobility and Space Edited by Christoph Bergmann and Jürgen Schaflechner For more information about this series, please visit: https://www.routledge.com Ritual Journeys in South Asia Constellations and Contestations of Mobility and Space Edited by Christoph Bergmann and Jürgen Schaflechner First published 2020 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2020 selection and editorial matter, Christoph Bergmann and Jürgen Schaflechner; individual chapters, the contributors The right of Christoph Bergmann and Jürgen Schaflechner to be identified as the authors of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record has been requested for this book ISBN: 978-1-138-05500-1 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-315-16627-8 (ebk) Typeset in Times New Roman by codeMantra Jitnī taklīf utnā fāydā The more pain, the more gain (Famous saying amongst South Asian pilgrims) Pilgrims in Baluchistan, Pakistan (J. Schaflechner, 04.2012). Contents List of maps ix List of figures xi List of tables xiii List of contributors xv Foreword xix JOHN EADE Acknowledgements xxi 1 Introduction: constellations and contestations of mobility and space in South Asian ritual journeys 1 CHRISTOPH BERGMANN AND JÜRGEN SCHAFLECHNER 2 In fear of the past: the pilgrimage to Badrinath in perspective 11 HANS JÜRGEN DAVID 3 Journeying sovereignties: ritual travelling and networks of power in a West Himalayan kingdom 29 LOKESH OHRI 4 Wandering god: how young Himalayans negotiate religion, caste identity and modernity 63 KARIN M. POLIT 5 Places, rituals and past worlds: encounters on a Tibetan pilgrimage in North India 85 NIKE-ANN SCHRÖDER 6 Ritual displacement as process of constructing and de-constructing boundaries in a Sufi pilgrimage of Pakistan 119 MICHEL BOIVIN viii Contents 7 “To worship our ‘boss’ (the Buddha)”: youth religiosity in a popular pilgrimage site in Sri Lanka 139 PREMAKUMARA DE SILVA 8 Vailankanni Mata and Anglo-Indian Catholics: rising postcolonial devotion and her unlikely pilgrim devotees 157 ROBYN ANDREWS AND BRENT HOWITT OTTO 9 Muslim-Marathi pilgrimage: the Sufi-shrine of Viśālgaḍh 181 DEEPRA DANDEKAR 10 Approaches to pilgrimage: reading some post-Independence pilgrimage accounts in modern South Asian languages 197 HANS HARDER 11 Afterword: on pilgrimage and plural paradigms 217 SIMON COLEMAN Index 221 List of maps 3.1 Map showing Mahasu territory 30 3.2 The tours and territories of the Mahasu divine kings 41 4.1 Map of Jakh’s journey. Map by Niels Harm, South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg 64 6.1 Main quoted places in Sehwan Sharif (Courtesy Sophie Reynard, MIFS) 133

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