04523nam 2201057 a 450 991078671000332120230725035431.01-280-10762-60-520-95045-3978661352062310.1525/9780520950450(CKB)2670000000355455(EBL)847472(OCoLC)774278957(SSID)ssj0000592652(PQKBManifestationID)11391291(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000592652(PQKBWorkID)10736109(PQKB)10865482(StDuBDS)EDZ0000084746(MiAaPQ)EBC847472(MdBmJHUP)muse31064(DE-B1597)520620(DE-B1597)9780520950450(Au-PeEL)EBL847472(CaPaEBR)ebr10529561(CaONFJC)MIL352062(EXLCZ)99267000000035545520100916d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe powerful ephemeral[electronic resource] everyday healing in an ambiguously Islamic place /Carla BellamyBerkeley University of California Press20111 online resource (308 p.)South Asia across the disciplinesDescription based upon print version of record.0-520-26280-8 0-520-26281-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction. Ambiguity: Hụsain Tẹkrī and Indian dargāh ̣culture -- Place: the making of a pilgrimage and a pilgrimage center -- People: the tale of the four virtuous women -- Absence: lobān, volunteerism, and abundance -- Presence: the work and the workings of hạ̄zịrī -- Personae: transgression, otherness, cosmopolitanism, and kinship -- Conclusion: The powerful ephemeral: dargāh ̣culture in contemporary India.The violent partitioning of British India along religious lines and ongoing communalist aggression have compelled Indian citizens to contend with the notion that an exclusive, fixed religious identity is fundamental to selfhood. Even so, Muslim saint shrines known as dargahs attract a religiously diverse range of pilgrims. In this accessible and groundbreaking ethnography, Carla Bellamy traces the long-term healing processes of Muslim and Hindu devotees of a complex of dargahs in northwestern India. Drawing on pilgrims' narratives, ritual and everyday practices, archival documents, and popular publications in Hindi and Urdu, Bellamy considers questions about the nature of religion in general and Indian religion in particular. Grounded in stories from individual lives and experiences, The Powerful Ephemeral offers not only a humane, highly readable portrait of dargah culture, but also new insight into notions of selfhood and religious difference in contemporary India.South Asia across the disciplines.HealingReligious aspectsIslamSpiritual healingIndiaIslamic shrinesIndiaSufismIndiabritish india.contemporary india.dargah culture.hindu devotees.india daily life.india religion.indian anthropology.indian archives.indian culture.indian ethnography.indian history.indian religion.indian rituals and customs.islam books.islam.making a pilgrimage.muslim and hinduism.muslim history.muslim pilgrims.muslim saint shrines.nature of religion.northwest india.northwestern india.religious archives.religious conflict.religious history.religious identity.religious studies.theology.HealingReligious aspectsIslam.Spiritual healingIslamic shrinesSufism297.4/3554Bellamy Carla1971-1501450MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786710003321The powerful ephemeral3728575UNINA