Naming the Deity, Naming the City: Rama and Ayodhya

This paper studies the predicates associated with the name of the Hindu god Rama, as they come to inhabit the temple town of Ayodhya. My intention is to show how the name Rama is linked to the topography of Ayodhya, but also to a landscape that is marked by the absence of the Babri Mosque, demolishe...

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Main Author: Deepak Mehta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre d’Etudes de l’Inde et de l’Asie du Sud 2015-10-01
Series:South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/samaj/4053
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