Re-examining Ecological Aspects of Vrindavan Pilgrimage

Title
Re-examining Ecological Aspects of Vrindavan Pilgrimage
Publication Date
2012-02-18
Author(s)
Nash, Joshua
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8312-5711
Email: jnash7@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:jnash7
Editor
Editor(s): Lenore Manderson, Wendy Smith and Matt Tomlinson
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Springer
Place of publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
Edition
1
DOI
10.1007/978-94-007-2932-2_7
UNE publication id
une:22037
Abstract

Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India, the medieval Hindu pilgrimage centre associated with Radha and Krishna, provides a clear instance for observing ecological concerns associated with modern religious pilgrimage. This paper reconsiders ecological approaches to Vrindavan pilgrimage and argues that the current mismatch between belief and action by modern pilgrims in Vrindavan and its pilgrimage sites is the result of a schism between the perceived ecological significance of pilgrimage as a religious act and the importance of acts of pilgrimage as a method of ecological awareness creation. Based on over a decade of environmental fieldwork, a seven level model of human ecology is presented incorporating several levels of pilgrimage. This model challenges the relevance of previous research in pilgrimage tourism and the secularisation of pilgrimage in modern contexts.

Link
Citation
Flows of Faith, p. 105-121
ISBN
9789400729315
9789400729322
9789400794290
Start page
105
End page
121

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