The Smile of Murugan. A South Indian Journey
by Wood, Michael
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0670861839
- ISBN 13
- 9780670861835
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(London: Viking, 1995) 0670861839. 8vo; original blue boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xvi + (iv) + 247; plates; map. Dustwrapper a little edgeworn; slight damp-stain to reverse of dustwrapper at tail, likewise to tail of backstrip and small section of front endpaper's bottom edge. Good to very good condition. " 'The video bus is a new and popular form of pilgrimage in southern India. You have the spiritual benefit of visiting the sacred places and in between you get to watch your favourite old movies.' And so, with this ever-present mix of the sacred and the profane, the awe-inspiring and the comic, Michael Wood sets off on a journey to some of the great religious and historical sites of southern India." .
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- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8152
- Title
- The Smile of Murugan. A South Indian Journey
- Author
- Wood, Michael
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670861839
- ISBN 13
- 9780670861835
- Publisher
- (London: Viking, 1995) 0670861839
- Place of Publication
- Great Britain
- This edition first published
- 1995
- Keywords
- Hinduism. Temples. Independent Travel. South India. Tamils Travel
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
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About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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