Jacobsen notes in Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition, the Vedas are barely interested in ... dating to the 2 nd to 4 th centuries CE, pilgrimage appears as a fully-evolved tradition.

Tracing the roots back to the ancient scriptures of Vedic literature, if not older, bhakti, a religio-psychological phenomenon, has always been an important cor ...

Regarded by Hindus as the primary source of knowledge and the sacred foundation of their religion, the Vedas embody one of the world’s oldest surviving cultural traditions. The Vedic heritage embraces ...