Pilgrimage : sacred landscapes and self-organized complexity

By:

Malville, John McKim Ed

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts 2009; New Delhi D.K. Printworld (P0 Ltd. 2009Description: x,359pISBN:

9788124604540

DDC classification:

954 MAL

Contents:

CONTENTS Foreword vii R.K. Bhattacharya Introduction 1 John McKim Matvtlte Batdyanath Saraswatt PART I THEORY AND CASE STUDIES 1. Sacred Theory of Pilgrimage 19 Baidyanath Saraswatt 2. Complexity and Self-organization in Pilgrimage Systems 29 John McKim Malvtlle 3.Circulation and Circumambulation 47 Surinder M. Bhardwaj 4. Pilgrimage and Space: Case Studies from Bhaktapur, Muktinath and Varanasi 59 Niels Gutschow PART II PILGRIMAGE IN INDIA, TIBET AND NEPAL 5. Kashi as Cosmogram: Panchakrosi Route and Complex Structure of Varanasi 91 Rana P.B. Stngh 6. Death and Transformation at Gaya : Pilgrimage, Ancestors and the Sun 103 Rana P.B. Singh John McKim Malville Anne L. Marshall 7. Earthly Presence of Heavenly Bodies: Navagraha yatra of Tamil Nadu 115 Marlanna Kropf' Pilgrimage : Sacred Landscapes and Self-Organized Complexify 8. Complex Landscapes and the Ramayana Legend 130 Amita Sinha 9. Traces of Buddhist Pilgrimage in Ancient India 142 Kurt Behrendt 10. Pilgrimage Places and Sacred Geometries 163 Robert L. Stoddard 11Complexity and Economy in Pilgrimage Centres of the Vijayanagara Period 178 Alexandra Mack PART HI WORLD PILGRIMAGE 12. Adaption and Adjustment in the Shikoku Pilgrimage 201 Hiroshi Tanaka Shtmazaki -M 13. Pilgrim in Individualistic Context 217 Kaj Noschis 14. Basilica of La Madeleine, Vezelay : Spatial and Symbolic 230 Narratives in the Medieval Western Christian Church Thomas Barrie 15. Pilgrimage and Ritual Movements in Cuzco and the Inca Empire 248 R. Tom Zuidema 16. Conchero's Sanctuaries and Pilgrimages 265 Yolotl Gonzalez Torres 17. Transplanting Pilgrimage Traditions 285 Carolyn V. Prorok 18. Washington, D.C. and Power of Pilgrimage 311 Jeffrey F. Meyer PART IV SACRED LANDSCAPES AND PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION 19. Pilgrimage as Spatial Representation of Complexity 321 Pradeep A. Dhillon List of Contributors 335 Index 337

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CONTENTS
Foreword vii
R.K. Bhattacharya
Introduction 1
John McKim Matvtlte
Batdyanath Saraswatt
PART I THEORY AND CASE STUDIES
1. Sacred Theory of Pilgrimage 19
Baidyanath Saraswatt
2. Complexity and Self-organization in Pilgrimage Systems 29
John McKim Malvtlle
3.Circulation and Circumambulation 47
Surinder M. Bhardwaj
4. Pilgrimage and Space: Case Studies from Bhaktapur, Muktinath and Varanasi 59
Niels Gutschow
PART II PILGRIMAGE IN INDIA, TIBET AND NEPAL
5. Kashi as Cosmogram: Panchakrosi Route and Complex Structure of Varanasi 91
Rana P.B. Stngh
6. Death and Transformation at Gaya : Pilgrimage, Ancestors and the Sun 103
Rana P.B. Singh
John McKim Malville
Anne L. Marshall
7. Earthly Presence of Heavenly Bodies: Navagraha yatra of Tamil Nadu 115 Marlanna Kropf'
Pilgrimage : Sacred Landscapes and Self-Organized Complexify
8. Complex Landscapes and the Ramayana Legend 130
Amita Sinha
9. Traces of Buddhist Pilgrimage in Ancient India 142
Kurt Behrendt
10. Pilgrimage Places and Sacred Geometries 163
Robert L. Stoddard
11Complexity and Economy in Pilgrimage Centres of the Vijayanagara Period 178
Alexandra Mack
PART HI WORLD PILGRIMAGE
12. Adaption and Adjustment in the Shikoku Pilgrimage 201
Hiroshi Tanaka Shtmazaki -M
13. Pilgrim in Individualistic Context 217
Kaj Noschis
14. Basilica of La Madeleine, Vezelay : Spatial and Symbolic 230 Narratives in the Medieval Western Christian Church
Thomas Barrie
15. Pilgrimage and Ritual Movements in Cuzco and the Inca Empire 248
R. Tom Zuidema
16. Conchero's Sanctuaries and Pilgrimages 265
Yolotl Gonzalez Torres
17. Transplanting Pilgrimage Traditions 285
Carolyn V. Prorok
18. Washington, D.C. and Power of Pilgrimage 311
Jeffrey F. Meyer
PART IV SACRED LANDSCAPES AND PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION
19. Pilgrimage as Spatial Representation of Complexity 321
Pradeep A. Dhillon
List of Contributors 335
Index 337

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