[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Shivaji and His Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919) › c4.s5.3 # Shivaji and His Times c4.s5.3 Shivaji and His Times c4.s5.3 - **Language:** English ### [c4.s5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c4.s5.3) The fairs held at the chief places of pilgrimage on particular holy days tended to foster a sense of Hindu unity, like the national games of ancient Greece, though to a lesser extent, because caste has always remained with us a disintegrating force. These shrines became distributing centres of cult and culture, and broke down tribal or parochial narrowness, though imperceptibly. - [Previous: c4.s5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c4.s5.2) - [Next: c4.s6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c4.s6.1) - [Up: c4.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c4.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c4.s5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c4.s5.3) · Pramāṇa