Session 6: Sacred and Secular Geographies

 SESSION 6: SACRED AND SECULAR GEOGRAPHIES

THURSDAY 25 JULY

Chair: Diana Cousins, Oliver Chiron

2:00-2:30 The Foundation of a Holy Mountain in Amdo and Its Continuity: Achung Namdzong, a Nyingmapa Tibetan Site

Drolma Nagza

2:30-3:00 Aspects of the tradition of the Five Long-life Sisters (tshe ring mched lnga)

Geza Bethlenfalvy

3:00-3:30 Interpreting Ras phags ‘Phags pa – the self-arising statue of Triloknath, Lahul

Diana Cousins

3:30–4:00

Tea and Coffee

4:00–4:30 Indian tourism in Sikkim and the traditional heritage: different practices and views

Olivier Chiron