Pilgrim culture of tírthā in India: Enculturation of new age movements within age-old rituals

Domestic Tourism in Asia: Diversity and Divergence

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 81-105

  Singh, Shalini ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84904771004     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849770057     Document Type: Chapter

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