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Soft cover. Condition: 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. Condition: 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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Hardbound. Condition: As New. Contents: Preface. I. Introductory : 1. Statement of objectives/B. P. Singh Sehgal. 2. Key note address/A. N. Sadhu. 3. Inaugural address/A. S. Anand. 4. Presidential address/Y. R. Malhotra. 5. Valedictory address/K. K.Gupta. 6. Seminar proceedings. II. Genesis of terrorism : 7. Definition and development of the concept of terrorism/P. S. Sahi. 8. Forms of terrorism/Anurag Gangal. 9. Terrorism - some new dimensions/Parveen Kumar. 10. Violence in historical perspective/D. L. Chowdhary. 11. Terrorism today - why people turn terrorists?/Shailender Singh. 12. Terrorism and democratic regimes/Ashutosh Kumar. 13. Genesis of youth activism/Vishesh Verma. 14. Revolutionary nationalism and secessionist terrorism in India - an overview/N. K. Singh. 15. Genesis of terrorism/Y. V. Sharma. 16. Declining authority of Indian state and challenge of terrorism/Rekha Chowdhary. 17. Definition and development of the concept of terrorism/K. B.Raina. 18. Media and spread of terrorism/Sat Paul Sahni. III. Terrorism and human rights : 19. Terrorism - nature, human rights and measures to combat it/Ravinder Singh Rissam. 20. Terrorism in South Asia - a case study of India and Pakistan/Kulwant Kaur. 21. Terrorism in Punjab - causes,genesis, climax and decline/Raj Kumar. 22. Nuclear terrorism and human survival/Bharat B. Anand. 23. Ethnicity and terrorism/Jaya Ram Panda. 24. State terrorism and human rights/Gurcharan Singh. 25. Terrorism - economic and educational losses/Dhian Singh Bhau and Priyanka D. Singh. 26. Insurgency, human rights violations and human rights organisations/Shashi 380 pp.…

Paperback. Condition: As New. New. Contents 1. Sustainable rural entrepreneurship process creating added values for the economy. 2. Dairy farming a profitable enterprise. 3. Income and employment generation through forest and forest based industries. 4. Opportunities and challenges for Indian livestock in context of globalisation. 5. Micro enterprises in agriculture for sustainable development. 6. Fodder supply micro models for peri urban systems. 7. Live stock enterprise a potential sector for employment and income generation. 8. Constraints and strategies in livestock enterprise promotion in India. 9. Rural industries in India issues challenges and strategies. 10. Creating entrepreneurial environment and sustainable development in agriculture through farmers scientists interaction a case study. 11. Piggery micro enterprise an unexploited profitable husbandry for rural people. 12. Value addition of unconventional fiber handicrafts for women empowerment. 13. An innovative strategy for employment generation and rural prosperity in apiculture/Jatropha Curcas. 14. Role of agriculture in rural livelihood. 15. Problems and factors affecting the performance of milk cooperative societies in promoting dairy as a micro enterprise in Punjab. 16. Promoting rural employment through microenterprise development. 17. Women entrepreneurship development. 18. Entrepreneurial opportunities for farm/non farm women Rajasthan. 19. Entrepreneurial opportunities for home science graduates. 20. Commercialization of developed designs from the sculptures of Chaturmukha Jain Temple of Ranakpur. 21. Strengthening Self Help Groups for agro business in Bikaner district concept and component. 22. Rural women empowerment through Self Help Groups. 23. Self Help Group bank linkage and microfinance an Indian perspective. 24. Discovering assets through the community helpers program a Canadian model. 25. Motivation types and sources for self employed rural women. 26. Entrepreneurship development among rural women through bee keeping enterprise. 27. Self Help Groups as catalyst of rural development how they can do it. 28. Impact of Swarna Jayanti Grama Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) on women beneficiaries in Karnataka a research study. 29. Communication web on micro finance. 30. Sustainable eco enterprises for women's empowerment the role of micro credit. 31. Micro credit basic issues and strategies. 32. Women Entrepreneurs Under Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) case studies. 33. Micro credit support in promoting women microenterprises. 34. Marketing strategies for microenterprise development. 35. Micro enterprise promotion in rural India interventions needed through vocational education and training. 36. Empowering villagers through micro enterprises. 37. Reorienting farm education for entrepreneurship development and self employment. 38. Notion of value and sustainable development in community mobilization. 39. Role of information technology in promoting rural enterprises. 40. Privatization of extension services for agri enterprises promotion in India. 41. Culture and social animation the community mobilizer. 42. Training and HRD for promoting rural entrepreneurship. 43. Blending technology a systematic approach to empower rural women. 44. Girl child's personality and type of school need for convergence for entrepreneurial growth. 45. Contribution of farm women to family income in rural areas of Bikaner district of Rajasthan. 46. Women and work mapping dimensions of poor women's work in a globalizing environment. 47. Experiences in microenterprise promotion with rural women. 48. Extension strategies to promote entrepreneurship among rural women. 49. Gender issues and entrepreneurship development a case study of rural women's cooperative credit society. 50. Entrepreneurship development programmes towards income generation for rural and tribal women a success story. 457 pp.…

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