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“My first intellectual challenge was to try to understand this incredible city of Banaras (also called Varanasi) in India and its meaning for Hindus. That was the place I lived for the first year I was in India and I've been back many times. It's a kind of home to me.”

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Diana L. Eck is a renowned scholar, born on July 5, 1945. Her research focuses on religious pluralism and cross-cultural communication, conducting in-depth studies on global religious phenomena. more

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