Contents Introduction Sacred Topography Hans Bakker The Avimuktaksetra in VaranasI; Its Origin and Early Development 23 Ravi S. Singh and Rana P. B. Singh Goddesses in Kasi (Varanasi): Spatial Patterns and Symbolic Orders 41 Annette Wilke The Banarsi Navadurga Cycle and its Spatial Orientation 69 Sunthar Visuvalingam and Elizabeth Chalier-Visuvalingam Bhairava in Banaras: Negotiating Sacred Space and Religious Identity 95 Maps Axel Michaels Mapping the Religious and Religious Maps: Aspects of Transcendence and Translocality in Two Maps of Varanasi 131 Jorg Gengnagel Maps and Processions in Banaras: The Debate Concerning the Pancakrosiyatra 145 Sumathi Ramaswamy Enshrining the Map of India: Cartography, Nationalism, and the Politics of Deity in Varanasi 165 Images Niels Gutschow Panoramas of Banaras 191 Joachim K. Bautze Examples of Unlicensed Copies and Versions of Views from Benares: Their Authorship and Identification 213 Sandria B. Freitag Visualizing Cities by Modern Citizens: Banaras Compared to Jaipur and Lucknow 233 Social Practice and Everyday Life Nita Kumar The Space of the Child: The Nation, the Neighbourhood, and the Home 255 Stefan Schiitte The Social Landscape of the Washermen in Banaras 279 Martin Gaenszle (in collaboration with Nutandhar Sharma) Nepali Places: Appropriations of Space in Banaras 303 Vasudha Dalmia Visions of a New Banaras in the Early Twentieth Century 325 Contributors 349 Index 353