Tamil Heritage Trust
"Kashi: India's Eternal City" - Talk by Prof Rana P B Singh - the
importance of Kashi in India's sacred geography, some of
the sacred routes followed by pilgrims in different contexts and
their symbolic meaning. Talk in English.
February 4, 2023, 5.30 pm IST
Kāshi or Vārānasī is one of the oldest living cities in the world. For
over 2,500 years this city has attracted pilgrims and seekers from all
over India - renowned sages and householders, sanyasins and
widows, bright young students and the very old who have come to die
there. It is the ultimate pilgrimage site for Hindus, with over three
thousand temples. According to the Padma Purana, "even during crores of
kalpas, it would not be possible to describe the holy places situated in
Vārāṇasī in detail".
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Prof. Rana P.B. Singh, Ph.D. (BHU), FJF (Japan), FIRFS (Japan),
FAAI (Italy), FACLA (Korea), ‘Ganga Ratna’ (GMS Ind), ‘Koshal Ratna’
(Koshal Ins.) is a former Professor of Cultural Landscapes and Heritage
Studies at Banaras Hindu University (India).
For the last four decades, he has been studying and promoting
cultural and sacred landscapes of Hindu and Buddhist sacred
places, pilgrimages systems, and Hindu metaphysics. He has also done
field studies in Japan, Sweden, Italy, Korea, and China, published
thematic research, and lectured on these themes in almost all parts of
the world. His publications include 42 books & anthologies and 340
papers.
He is the President of Asian Cultural Landscape Association
(Korea-India-Italy-Japan); President (Asia), Reconnecting With
Your Culture (RWYC-a charter Euro-Comm. & member UNESCO with centres
in 35 countries) and a Visiting Professor at the Centre of South Asian
Studies, Gifu Women’s University, Japan.
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