The 22 essays in this volume, written between 1974 and 2010, deal with the Religious history and Culture of Gujarat.
Their constructions are in no way authentic historic.
The second part analyses stories of saints and sacred places.
The first part of this book focuses on Gujarati devotional literature: Vaiṣṇava pad-bhajan, Vallabhite dhoḷ, Sant-vāṇī Ismā\'īlī Ginān, Ciśtī Gujarati bhajan, all with textual and thematic convergences.
The 22 essays in this volume, written between 1974 and 2010, deal with the Religious history and Culture of Gujarat