Journey through the Twelve Forests: An Encounter with Krishna
"This is an engaging book of high scholarly quality on a subject about which very little has been written to date. Journey through the Twelve Forests ranks along with Irawati Karve's "On the Road, a Maharashtrian Pilgrimage" (1962), Ann Grodzins Gold's Fruitful Journeys: The Ways of Rajasthani Pilgrims (Berkeley, 1988), and William Sturman Sax's Mountain Goddess (New York, 1991) as one of very few detailed, firsthand, first-rate scholarly account of Hindu pilgrimage."--Journal of Religion"A remarkably rich study--moving from legend through geographical information and religious theory to the sweaty realism of pilgrimage. I particularly appreciated having the Krishna stories generally in association with the traditional sites--as a pilgrim would be hearing them. Setting and journey are quite effectively described."--Kenneth B. Welliver, West Virginia Wesleyan College"Enchantingly written. Haberman makes pilgrimage come alive--maybe because he himself lived it. It's really fun to read, and would go very well with slides of Krishna miniatures."--F.W. Blackwell, Washington State University"A delightful reading for layman and scholar alike. Very informative and clearly written."--Laxmi G. Tewari, Sonoma State University"A splendid rendering of pilgrimage and the devotional motive. A better Krishna emerges through his accounting. Jai Radha, jai Krishna!"--Joanna Kirkpatrick, Bennington College"Beautifully written, Highly evocative, and very attractive to student readers."--Gene R. Thursby, University of Florida"[David Haberman] has become well-known as a knowledgeable and thorough scholar of Vaisnavism...[This work] is a pleasure to read and to recommend to everyone interested in not only the religion of Braj but of religion and its study in the broader context."--Journal of Vaisnava Studies