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Book Summary of Holy Places & Pilgrimages Essays on India
This anthology of twelve essays deals with the issues of sacred places and pilgrimages in India, illustrated with case studies representing different regional traditions and emphasising themes like Hindu textual traditions, Varakari tradition of pilgrimages, sacred space and planning, city of ancestral worship, religious tourism and place of sainthood, pilgrimage-tourism and contestation, Buddhist practices, archetypal symbolism and seduction of history. This will open new directions of understanding in pilgrimage studies and heritage ecology.
About the Author
Rana P.B. Singh is Professor of Cultural Geography & Heritage Studies at Banaras Hindu University, India and has published extensively on sacred space, pilgrimages and heritage in India, consisting of 38 books and anthologies, and 200 research papers, including five books from CSP UK, viz. Uprooting Geographic Thought in India (2009), Geographic Thought in India (2009), Cosmic Order & Cultural Astronomy (2009), Sacred Geography of Goddesses in South Asia (2010), and three books from Shubhi Publications (New Delhi)-Heritagescapes & Cultural Landscapes (2010), Sacredscapes & Pilgrimage Systems (2011), and Holy Places & Pilgrimages: Essays on India (2011). ISBN
9788182902282
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Pages : 360
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