
Product Description
Banaras: City of Light by Diana L. Eck is a detailed study of Varanasi that explores the city’s sacred geography, religious traditions, temples, myths, pilgrimage practices, and place in Hindu cultural imagination.
What the book examines
Eck connects physical locations along the Ganga with stories, rituals, historical traditions, and the ways generations of pilgrims have understood the city as a sacred landscape.
Who it is for
A substantial reference for readers interested in Varanasi, Hindu studies, pilgrimage, Indian religious history, sacred geography, and the relationship between place and spiritual tradition.


