Ritual and archiecture

[Mittal Sushil]

> >I am looking for research/ studies relating to ritual in
> >traditional Indian Architecture and find out if ritual has any significant
> >relation to mandalas as archiectural devices
> 
> I suggest you look at some of the studies of Newar urban space and ritual.
> The Newars make much of various spatial orientations of their valley, and
> quite explicitly articulate their rituals within that geometry. A good
> place to start is
> Gutschow, N., and Kilver, B. 1975 _Ordered Space, Concepts and Functions in
> a Town in Nepal.
> Even more fun, but in German:
> Gutschow, N. 1982 _Stadtraum und Ritual der Newarischen Stadte im Kathmandu-tal
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> -wbd.
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> William Douglas       	



Also see, Robert Levy's "The power of space in a traditional Hindu city" 
in _International Journal of Hindu Studies_ 1, 1 (April 1997) and
_Mesocosm: Hinduism and the Organization of a Traditional Newar City in
Nepal_ (1990)


Sushil Mittal
International Institute of India Studies
World Heritage Press