Is There a Network of Sacred Fires Across the Himalayas and Central Asia? From Baku to Nepal, and Back

The worship of the ʺeverlasting Areʺ emanating from natural gas is of special interest for the study of the relationship between the Himalayas and Central Asia. From the 17thcentury, at least, and until the third quarter of the 19thcentury, this worship connected the Hindu world to the gates of Euro...

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Published inInteraction in the Himalayas and Central Asia p. 339
Main Author MARIE LECOMTE-TILOUINE
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Verlag der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 07.04.2017
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Summary:The worship of the ʺeverlasting Areʺ emanating from natural gas is of special interest for the study of the relationship between the Himalayas and Central Asia. From the 17thcentury, at least, and until the third quarter of the 19thcentury, this worship connected the Hindu world to the gates of Europe, through Indian or Hindu pilgrims crossing the whole of Central Asia, on their way to Baku, in Azerbaijan, to worship the ʺGreat Flame,ʺ as they called the natural gas burning there. Travellers and scholars who met these devotees noted that they considered the Great Flame of Baku as
ISBN:9783700180739
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