Monastic Wanderers: Nāth Yogī Ascetics in Modern South Asia

By Veronique Bouillier

This book gives a detailed account of two pa cāyati monasteries, the Kadri Maṭh of Mangalore where its head's enthronement is spectacularly performed every twelve years, and the Caughera Maṭh of Dang Valley in Nepal, the royal foundation of which gives a glimpse of the complex relationships that can exist between monasteries and kingdoms. It then focuses on three nījī maṭhs: Amritashram in Fatehpur (Rajasthan), Ashtal Bohar in Rohtak (Haryana) and the Gorakhpur mandir (UP). Each of them shows a different mode of adaptation to a modern context and attests of the present importance and continuity of this pluri-secular tradition of asceticism.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138095397
• ISBN13: 9781138095397
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.4"