[ Pilgrims at Pandharpur Vithal Temple,
Pandharpur (or Pandhari), Maharashtra,
India
(above and below)]
[ above photo by Anne Feldhaus, courtesy State University
of New York Press, below: Alison Hoornbeek ]
[ Vithal, or Vitthal, or
Vithoba, or Pandurang (a form of Krishna or
Vishnu)
worshipped at Pandharpur Vithal Temple ]