- Paperback: 266 pages
- Publisher: OUP USA (23 Jun 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0195084799
- ISBN-13: 978-0195084795
- Product Dimensions: 20.9 x 14 x 1.9 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 430,323 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A lively account of the Ban Yatra, a circular pilgrimage that takes place in the northern Indian land of Braj, this anthropological chronicle offers an appealing mixture of personal anecdote, religious theory, Indian history, and tales of the gods. Basing his work on personal experience in the field, as well as a combination of primary sources in Sanskrit, Hindi, and Bengali--many untranslated and unstudied in Western languages--and a wide range of secondary literature, Haberman places the pilgrimage in its cultural and historical context, interweaving his account with retellings of the tales of Krishna around which the journey revolves. The first thorough study of this kind of cyclical Hindu pilgrimage, Journey through the Twelve Forests will interest any student of Southeast Asian culture and pilgrimage.
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In the middle of a dark night on the eighth day of the waning moon in the month of Bhadon (August-September), jagged bolts of lightning pierced the thick black clouds covering the sky as the monsoon raged outside the prison cell. Read the first page
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In the middle of a dark night on the eighth day of the waning moon in the month of Bhadon (August-September), jagged bolts of lightning pierced the thick black clouds covering the sky as the monsoon raged outside the prison cell. Read the first page
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Excellent book about the land of Vraja
23 Mar 2008
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Braj (also known as "Vraja") is a region in Uttar Pradesh of India surrounding the city of Mathura, and is considered to be the land of Krishna. This book deals with the author's participation in the Ban-Yatra, a two-hundred mile, barefoot, 22-day pilgrimage around Braj during the rainy season.
This book is very readable, utterly convivial and thoroughly enjoyable: part travel guide, part history book, and part religious textbook.
The book was written by David L. Haberman, the Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University. His writing seems even-handed and scholarly. I assume he is just a mundane researcher and not a Vaishnava (follower of Krishna); but still, in Chapter Five, he reports his astonishing and wonderful vision on the banks of the pond known as Prema Sarovara ("Pond of Divine Love"). The vision left him "shaken", as he puts it... and reading it had the same effect on me.
This book is very readable, utterly convivial and thoroughly enjoyable: part travel guide, part history book, and part religious textbook.
The book was written by David L. Haberman, the Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University. His writing seems even-handed and scholarly. I assume he is just a mundane researcher and not a Vaishnava (follower of Krishna); but still, in Chapter Five, he reports his astonishing and wonderful vision on the banks of the pond known as Prema Sarovara ("Pond of Divine Love"). The vision left him "shaken", as he puts it... and reading it had the same effect on me.
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Must Read for Anyone interested in Pilgrimages
10 Dec 2010
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This book effectively explores the Ban Yatra, a sacred pilgrimage undertaken by Vaishnavas/Krishnaites, and sufficiently uses secondary information to provide the history of the pilgrimage and the modern trends that have emerged. It's a comfortable read about Haberman's personal account of the Yatra and at the same time an academic work that tackles ethnographic, historical, religious issues and customs of Braj. Highly recommend this book to those that want to understand the nature of Bhakti around Krishna and other aspects of Pilgrimages/Yatras in Hindu religious traditions.
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