Practising Cultural Geographies

Section 1: Introduction<br><br>Chapter 1: Introduction: Essays in Honour of Rana P.B. Singh<br>Ravi S. Singh, Arun K. Singh, Bharat Dahiya and Padma C. Poudel<br><br>Chapter 2: Practising Cultural Geographies: The Academic Contribution of Rana P.B. Singh<br>Ravi S. Singh and Bharat Dahiya<br><br>Section 2: Landscapes<br><br>Chapter 3: Theoretical Perspectives on Landscape Perception<br>Prem Chhetri and Anjali Chhetri<br><br>Chapter 4: Ayurveda in the Rural Landscape: Poomully Mana in Kerala, India<br>Bharat Dahiya<br><br>Chapter 5: Char Landscapes of the Brahmaputra Riverine Tract, Assam: Elements of Evolution<br>and Cultural Ecology<br>A.K. Bhagabati and N. Deka<br><br>Chapter 6: Satellite Based Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Landscape Dynamics and Land Surface<br>Temperature Patterns in Hanoi, Vietnam<br>Nguyen Vu Giang, Nobukazu Nakagoshi, Pham Viet Hoa, Hoang Thi Hang, and Atiqur Rahman<br><br>Section 3: Religion<br><br>Chapter 7: The Priesthood of the temple of Viṭhobā in Pandharpur, Maharashtra<br>Erik Reenberg Sand<br><br>Chapter 8: Geographical Spread of Hindu Religion and Culture into the West<br>Martin J. Haigh<br><br>Chapter 9: Cultural heritage in the north-eastern borderland of India: A case study of<br>indigenous religious belief systems<br>Ravi S. Singh<br><br>Section 4: Heritage<br><br>Chapter 10: Kautilya’s Political Geography-Concepts and Ideas: An Example of Ancient Indian<br>Geographical Thinking<br>Sudeepto Adhikari<br><br>Chapter 11: The Two Faces of Bodhgaya<br>Nikhil Joshi<br><br>Chapter 12: Instilling Local Knowledge Education: Promoting Vernacular Landscape Identity,<br>Heritage and Sustainability of School Youth in Dongshan Town, Suzhou, China<br>Juncheng Dai, Ruihong Zhang, Shangyi Zhou, and Shunying Tang<br><br>Chapter 13: Cultural Approaches to Animal Geographies: Cattle and Urban-Rural Intersections<br>in Delhi, India<br>Pratyusha Basu<br><br>Chapter 14: The Misings of Assam in the Midst of Tradition and Modernity: A Comparative<br>Study Of Selected Rural And Urban Areas<br>Pahari Doley and Bimal Kumar Kar<br><br>Section 5: Pilgrimage and Tourism<br><br>Chapter 15: Lumbini, Nepal: The Birth Place of Buddha and the Powerful Place of Pilgrimage in<br>the World<br>Padma Chandra Poudel<br><br>Chapter 16: Pañcakroshi Yatra: SymbolicManifestation of the Spatial to the Spiritual<br>Vandana Sehgal<br><br>Chapter 17: Cultural Tourism based Regional Development in Rajasthan, India<br>R.B. Singh and Ajay Kumar<br><br>Chapter 18: Baul-Sufi interface and Cultural Tourism: A study in Northern Rarh of West Bengal,<br>India<br>Premangshu Chakrabarty and Tushar Mandal<br><br>Section 6: Settlements<br>Chapter 19: Cultural Images of Kolkata: A Contemporary Perspective<br>L. N. Satpati<br><br>Chapter 20: Urban Sanitation in Indian cities: Reflections from Varanasi<br>Arun K. Singh<br><br>Chapter 21: Perspective on Agricultural Land Use Trajectory in the Peri-Urban Interface of a<br>Developing Economy. A Case Study<br>Nasrin Banu and Shahab Fazal<br><br>Chapter 22: Urban Renewal and Redevelopment of Public Space: An Approach towards<br>Community Resource Optimization in Varanasi<br>Sarbeswar Praharaj<br><br>Section 7: Epilogue<br><br>Chapter 23: Emerging Perspectives<br>Bharat Dahiya and Ravi S. Singh​