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Author:   Rana P. B. Singh ,  Olimpia Niglio
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
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9783031971365

ISBN 10:   3031971361
Pages:   471
Publication Date:   29 October 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part 1: Sacred heritage: The platform.- Sacred heritage, landscapes, and pilgrimage in cities: Some reflections.- Ravi S. Singh: Reminiscences and his contributions on sacred heritage and pilgrimage.- Encounters among time, place, and heritage: Experiential reflections.- From marginalisation to national popularity and decline: Fluctuating patterns in the Shikoku pilgrimage, strategies for revival and fears for the future.- Descent of Ganga and an ascent of humankind: Spatial orientations toward sacred river heritage.- The national temple of Confucius in Beijing: A Structuralist analysis of sacred space.- The social and spatial layers of Borobudur temple compounds/ Java, Indonesia.- Hidden Christians and sacred landscape in the South of Japan. A world cultural heritage.- Part 2: Sacred sites: Transformation & scenario.- Sacred space and cultural landscapes of Anuradhapura.- Transformation of the sacred town of Nabadwip: A study of religious superimposition and adaptability.- The sacred and heritage landscapes of Bali, Indonesia: Prospects for SDGs.- Jain pilgrimages places: The sacred heritage and universal message.- Ayodhyā (India): Sacredscapes and the inclusive heritage development.- Sacred heritage and pilgrimage cities in Lithuania.- Salt Lake City, Utah (USA): Making and maintaining a holy city.- Part 3: Sacred places, pilgrimages, and cities.- The entangled-liminal sacred space of the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba as an Al-Andalus religious landscape.- Sacred buildings as an essential part of the heritage system in Regensburg.- Manifestation of sacredness in the pilgrimage sites of Uttarakhand.- Prayagraj and the Kumbh Mela: The transformation and prospects for cultural tourism.- Architectural visuality in Konkani temple settlement in Mattancherry, India.- Sacred heritage and the spiritual landscape of Vrindavan, India: A study of urban transformation.- Kāshī, the city of Vishvanātha and Jñānavāpī: Succession, sustenance, and resurrection to sustainability.

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Prof. Rana P.B. Singh, former Professor of Cultural Landscapes & Heritage Studies at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (India), is President (Asia): RWYC, Reconnecting With Your Culture. For around 50 years, he has been researching in the fields of Cultural Landscapes, Sacredscapes and pilgrimage studies, heritage sites & culture, and did field studies in Japan, Sweden, Italy, Korea, and China; and has delivered special lectures and seminars in different parts of the world. His publications include 345 papers and 45 books & anthologies.  Prof. Olimpia Niglio, Professor of Architectural Restoration & Cultural Heritage, the University of Pavia (Italy), and a permanent Visiting Professor—Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hosei University, Tokyo. She is President (Global): RWYC, Reconnecting With Your Culture. She is the author of over 450 publications in the field of history and architecture restoration, and cultural heritage. Since 1998, delivered over 400 Lectures and Conferences in different countries. Since 2022, she is a collaborator of H.E.R. Mgr. Paolo Giulietti, Archbishop of Lucca.

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