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339: 1009: 986: 1044: 668: 936: 757: 814: 849: 951: 383:, a human landscape defined by the role of religion in the public sphere. The majority of these shrines are Hindu, and their public nature and rootedness to place leads them to be described as key expressions of working-class religiosity. Wayside shrines provide meeting points for the micro-communities who partake in religious practice as well as maintenance of the objects. Their presence within an increasingly urban environment creates a "parallel urbanism" which refutes secular notions of religion ebbing away as a society becomes more developed. 921: 861: 31: 429: 906: 351: 653: 638: 448: 211: 963: 830: 891: 776: 301: 795: 575: 1025: 67: 410: 320: 338: 226:
may have been in this category, though they are often in the nature of a memorial to a dead person. Few Christian shrines survive in predominantly Protestant countries, but they remain common in many parts of Catholic and Orthodox Europe, often being repaired or replaced as they fall into disrepair,
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is a religious image, usually in some sort of small shelter, placed by a road or pathway, sometimes in a settlement or at a crossroads, but often in the middle of an empty stretch of country road, or at the top of a hill or mountain. They have been a feature of many cultures, including Chinese folk
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shrines to more elaborate chapel-shrines. Some have only flat painted surfaces, while other shrines are decorated with reliefs or with religious statues. Some feature a small kneeling platform, so that the faithful may pray in front of the image. A common wayside shrine seen throughout the Alpine
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Chapel-shrines, built to resemble a small building, are common in Slovenia. They are generally too small to accommodate people and often have only a niche (occasionally, a small altar) to display a depiction of a saint. The main two varieties generally distinguished in Slovenia are the open
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regions of Europe, especially Germany, Austria and northern Italy, is the Alpine style crucifix wayside shrine. This style often has elaborate wood carvings and usually consists of a crucifix surrounded by a roof and shelter.
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as it returned to London in the 1290s. Some make it clear by an inscription or notice that a specific dead person is commemorated, but most do not.
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Wayside shrines were often erected to honor the memory of the victim of an accident, which explains their prevalence near roads and paths; in
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Omerzu, Rozika. 1964. "Marijan Zadnikar, Znamenja na Slovenskem. Izdala in založila Slovenska matica, Ljubljana 1964." Book review.
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were erected by her husband to commemorate the nightly resting places of the journey made by the body of Queen
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in particular, shrines that consist of a pillar with a niche for a depiction of a saint are known as
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and relocated as roads are moved or widened. The most common subjects are a plain cross or a
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are furthermore frequently noted on maps and therefore represent important orientation aids.
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Wayside shrines exist throughout India alongside other features of public faith, including
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Wayside shrines are found in a variety of styles, ranging from simpler column shrines and
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Poland is one of the few European countries where the custom of singing Maytime hymns,
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Religious image, usually in some sort of small shelter, placed by a road or pathway
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Skok, Barbara. 1985. "Tipi in razvoj znamenj na Loškem ozemlju - Selška dolina."
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The pre-Christian cultures of Europe had similar shrines of various types; many
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religious communities, Catholic and Orthodox Europe and some Asian regions.
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Aufderheide, Chela. "The Layered Meanings of Poland’s Wayside Shrines",
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Wayside shrines were also erected along old pilgrim routes, such as the
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Roadside "proskynetaria" by the German photographer Wilfried Jakisch
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for 'ladle' or 'serving spoon'). Some of these icons date from the
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From Tree to Temple Town: The Sacred Urbanism of Hindu India
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in France, are especially large stone shrines showing the
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Kandilakia for Saints Constantine & Helen Church in
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Znamenja na Slovenskem: Risbe je naredil Ignacij Vok
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