Vrindavan's Encounter with Modernity

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Vrindavan's Encounter with Modernity is written by Samrat S. Kumar and published by LIT Verlag Münster. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3643910797 (ISBN 10) and 9783643910790 (ISBN 13).

Over the last decade traditional Indian temple towns have transformed into centres for urban lifestyles and tourist activities. One of these is the historic temple town Vrindavan in North India, on which this study focuses. Exploring the multiple socio-cultural realities present in the town, the author engages with the narratives of the residents as they respond to the socio-environmental changes against the backdrop of national and regional modernisation processes. Here the imaginaries of a mythic Vrindavan, with its pristine and sacred environment, are evoked in narrations on contemporary modernity.