J. McKim Malville, Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, University of Colorado

B. N. Saraswati, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts

Rana P. B. Singh Department of Geography, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, and Masaaki Fukunaga Japanese Network for South Asian Studies

Kashi as Cosmogram: The Panchakroshi Route and the Complex Structure of Varanasi

Surinder M.Bhardwaj, Department of Geography, Kent State University:

Circulation and Circumambulation in Tirtha Yatra

Niels Gutschow, Abtsteinach, Germany

Pilgirmage and Space, The Definatory Purpose of Pilgrimage Routes: Case Studies from Bhaktapur, Kag, Muktinath, and Varanasi

Evening programme

Axel Micheals, South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg

Deshakaalasmriti: The Determination of Place and Time in Rituals of Pilgrimage

Kim Gutschow, Society of Fellows and Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, Cambridge

Fire and Flowers: The Pilgrimage at Sani, Zangskar

Aditya Malik, South Asian Institute, University of Heidelberg

Amita Sinha, Department of Landscape Architecture

R. Thomas Zuidema, Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois:

Yolotl Gonzales Torres

Pilgrimages of the Concheros: Dancers of Tradition

Film by Gunther-Dietz Sontheimer

Paolo Guiriati, Centro RicercheSocio-Religiose, Padova

Complexity of Space and Landscape: Comparisons of the Khumbha Mela with Catholic Shrines of Loreto, Lourdes, Fatima, and Belleville (A multi-media presentation)

Anne L. Marshall, Department of Architecture, University of Idaho

Ravi S. Singh, Department of Geography, Rang-Frah Govt. College, Changlang, India

Rana P. B. Singh, Department of Geography, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

Rana P. B. Singh Department of Geography, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, J. McKim Malville, University of Colorado, and Ravi S. Singh, Department of Geography, Rang-Frah Govt. College, Changlang, India

Kurt Behrendt, Department of Art History, Temple University:

Masaaki Fukunaga, Japanese Network for South Asian Studies, Tokyo

Carol Prorok, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Slippery Rock University, PA

On the Possibilities of Transplanting Pilgrimage Traditions

Armik Mirzayan, Department of Physics and J. McKim Malville, Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, University of Colorado

The Onset of Complexity and Scale Invariance in Human Landscapes

Thomas Barrie, College of Architecture and Design, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI

Vivek Nanda, Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge

Kashi on the Kaveri: Ritual Topography and Pilgrimage at Kumbakonam

Alexandra Mack, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University

Jeffrey Meyer, Department of Religious Studies, The University of North Carolina

J. Daniel White, Department of Religious Studies, The University of North Carolina:

Kaj Noschis, Department of Architecture, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanna

Adrian Cooper, Department of Geography, Birkbeck College, University of London

Pradeep A. Dhillon, College of Education, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Pilgrimages as Representations of Spatial Complexity

Evening programme

Chandreyi Basu, History of Art, University of Pennsylvania:

Ryujiro Kondo, Wakayama University

Hiroshi Tanaka Shimazaki, University of Lethbridge

Evolution of the Shikoku Pilgrimage as a Complex Self-organizing System

P. C. Poudel, Tribhuvan University, Pokhara, Nepal

Muktinath: Spiritual Magnetism and Spatial Complexity

Rana P. B. Singh Department of Geography, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, J. McKim Malville Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, University of Colorado, and Anne L. Marshall, Department of Architecture, University of Idaho

Rana P. B. Singh and Alpana Srivastava, Department of Geography, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi,

Robert Stoddard, Department of Geography, University of Nebraska:

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