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River of Love in an Age of Pollution: The Yamuna River of Northern India
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by David Haberman


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Celebrated as an aquatic form of divinity for thousands of years, the Yamuna is one of India's most sacred rivers. A prominent feature of north Indian culture, the Yamuna is conceptualized as a goddess flowing with liquid love--yet today it is severely polluted, the victim of fast-paced industrial development. This fascinating and beautifully written book investigates the stories, theology, and religious practices connected with this river goddess collected from texts written over several millennia, as well as from talks with pilgrims, priests, and worshippers who frequent the pilgrimage sites and temples located on her banks. David L. Haberman offers a detailed analysis of the environmental condition of the river and examines how religious practices are affected by its current pollution. He introduces Indian river environmentalism, a form of activism that is different in many ways from its western counterpart. River of Love in an Age of Pollution concludes with a consideration of the broader implications of the Yamuna's plight and its effect on worldwide efforts to preserve our environment.

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"Very few scholars in religious studies have achieved Haberman's combination of textual and ethnographic authority. The book is groundbreaking, building on his achievements in the study of the religious traditions of Braj; he is widely regarded as a major authority on this area of Hinduism's complex regional matrix. The superior scholarship, combined with the author's personal voice, gives the book additional resonance, bringing to light an urgent environmental and moral challenge."--Paul B. Courtright, co-editor, From the Margins of Hindu Marriage: Essays in Gender, Religion, and Culture

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  • Title River of Love in an Age of Pollution: The Yamuna River of Northern India
  • Author David Haberman
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 296
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley
  • Date 2006-09-10
  • ISBN 9780520247901 / 0520247906
  • Weight 0.91 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6.06 x 0.72 in (22.86 x 15.39 x 1.83 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Indian
    • Religious Orientation: Hindu
    • Topical: Ecology
  • Library of Congress subjects Yamuna River (India) - Religious life and, Yamuna River (India) - Environmental
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005029654
  • Dewey Decimal Code 294.535

About the author

David L. Haberman is Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is the author of Acting as a Way of Salvation: A Study of Raganuga Bhakti Sadhana, Journey through the Twelve Forests: An Encounter with Krishna, and The Bhaktirasamrtasindhu of Rupa Gosvamin.
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