T Himalaya, “abode of snow,” dominates the landscape of Nepal. Home of the highest peaks in the world, including Mount Everest, the country is traversed and bound by the massive range. “In a hundred ages of the gods, I could not tell thee of the glories of the Himalaya,” elegize Hindu texts. A barrier to the movement of people for thousands of years, the slopes, glaciers, rivers, and lakes asso...

This paper highlighted the religious values of Balinese Hinduism death rituals in framework Anthropology. research utilized Typological and Content analysis methods to describe classification different burial ceremonies Hindus then analyze its message properties within literature. Perse, it is apparent that consisted Pitra Yadnya as very essence, following guidance Almighty God, Sang Hyang Widh...

Using the figure of ethnic Pathan/Pashtun as a trope in South Asian culture, this essay provides genealogical account modern emergence Hindu–Muslim “religious” conflicts played along lines nation-thinking Indian subcontinent. This phenomenon begins late 18th century, with orientalist transcriptions vast conglomerate diverse Indic faiths into Brahminical–Sanskritic Hinduism and similar telescopi...