"India is a vast network of sacred places. The entire country is a sacred land. The sacrality of the land of India, is what, still today, gives a sense of unity to this country of so many religions, cultures, races and factions."
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Housden, Roger Travels Through Sacred India . Thorsons An Imprint of Harper Collins Publishers London 1996 p. 56-57,73, and 2 -23. **Quoted and attributed in Londhe, S. (2008). A tribute to Hinduism: Thoughts and wisdom spanning continents and time about India and her culture
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