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Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. Contents Preface. 1. Towards pilgrimage Tirtha Yatra. 2. The context the cosmic mandala and the city. 3. Caurasikrosi Ksetra the covering circuit. 4. The background of the Pancakrosi Yatra. 5. Change and correction of the route of the Pancakrosi Yatra. 6. Ritualscape the pilgrimage cognitive maps. 7. Sacred territory historicity and meaning. 8. Sacred time when to perform the yatra. 9. The Pancakrosi Yatra the route and its shrines. 10. Pilgrimage and religious experience. 11. The Pancakrosi temple microcosm of Kasi. 12. The five halting stations and Dharmasalas. 13. Typology of shrines and sacred sites. 14. Pilgrims characteristics (June July 1996). 15. Visvesvara Antargrha Yatra the inner circuit. 16. The ecology of place and faithscape. 17. Organisation and improvement plan. 18. Towards an epilogue. 19. References. Appendices. Index. This book is the first detailed study on Pancakrosi and its associated inner sanctum the Antargrha Yatra. Assuming itself as the centre of the cosmos Kasi (Varanasi Banaras) has preserved up to date its mandalic system which is experienced and revived by millions of devout Hindus through pilgrimage. At least since the 15 century devotees continuously perform pilgrimage on these two circuits. The oral and mythological traditions of pilgrimage are narrated with a combination of historical experiential cultural statistical spatial and indological perspectives. The 108 shrines on the route are described with the help of many maps and illustrations. The topics covered include the background of the archetypal nature of pilgrimage the cosmic mandalas and the circulatory paths the historical background of the Pancakrosi Yatra and its contextual growth the context of cardinality the impact of change the pilgrimage cognitive maps sacred territory and sacred time religious experiences the Pancakrosi temple the dharmasalas the characteristics of pilgrims the circuit of the inner sanctum the ecology of place and the improvement plan. Finally the book includes an exhaustive bibliography followed by appendices giving information on shrines temples yatras etc. 222 pp.…

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Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Contents Preface. 1. Geographical personality. 2. Banaras transformation on the cradle of time. 3. Varanasi the heritage city of India master plan JNNURM and issue of inscription in UNESCO WHL. 4. Banaras/Varanasi a selected bibliography. Appendices. This book describes various facets of geography history and heritage of Varanasi the heritage city of India on/about which a vast historical literature is available. The section on Geography covers the general background of the topography climate soils vegetation and human landscape. The history section gives a general brief outline of history from the ancient to the modern including a chronological chart. The issue of inscribing the heritage scapes especially of the riverfront ghats on the line of UNESCO heritage criteria has also been fully described. The bibliography by far the most complete up to day contains 1276 entries classified into 16 groups books mostly in English research papers and essays Persian works Urdu sources Sanskrit sources books/articles in Hindi Marathi sources Bengali sources Published reports/Government documents electronic publications films (English Japanese sources unpublished dissertations unpublished reports (Varanasi inscribing heritage zones for WHL UNESCO) unpublished (undergraduate fieldwork projects. This book will serve as a major resource for Banaras studies urban history cultural geography and heritage studies and can also be used as model frame for similar heritage cities in other parts of the world. 457 pp. Signed by Author(s).…

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