Hindu Varanasi

Geographical Review

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 222-237

  Gesler, Wilbert M ^a   Pierce, Margaret ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b YEREVAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Armenia)

Author keywords

Geography of religion; India; Pilgrimage; Sacred space; Varanasi

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039008042     PISSN: 00167428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2000.tb00332.x     Document Type: Article

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