@inbook{670dbb6fbd5d40e7baceefb8f767e84a,
title = "Zeliangrong Naga: History, pilgrimage, and amplifying difference at Bhuban Hill",
abstract = "This article investigates the importance of Bhuban Hill in the district of Cachar Hills in Assam and the larger issues surrounding pilgrimage. It argues against a normative reading of pilgrimage as communitas and suggests a more contested and rigorous description of the pilgrimage shaped by divergent histories and in particular rival claims over religious leadership. The article discusses two Zeliangrong Naga traditions – Heraka and Poupei Chapriak – and examines the landscape of Bhuban hill with its accretion of indigenous and pan-Hindu symbols that situate the genesis of the two traditions, claims over rival leadership, and the contested ideologies of contemporary pilgrims over sacrifice. The landscape of Bhuban provides a history of this sacred site, marked by divergent histories and amplified by differences. ",
author = "Arkotong Longkumer",
year = "2019",
month = dec,
day = "20",
doi = "10.1163/2665-9093_BERO_COM_032312",
language = "English",
isbn = "9789004355521",
series = "Handbook of Oriental Studies",
publisher = "Brill",
editor = "Marine Carrin",
booktitle = "Brill{\textquoteright}s Encyclopedia of the Religions of the Indigenous People of South Asia Online",
address = "Netherlands",
}