Summary
In 2024, I was part of an educational group run by GEEO that toured northern India and parts of central Nepal. This trip focused on visiting multiple religious sites associated with Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam. As well as other Significant locations related to ancient Indian History. This presentation will explore the historical religious geography of India and Nepal, primarily focusing on Hinduism and Buddhism, but also including elements about other religions in India.
This discussion will examine the religious architecture and sacred sites we visited, such as Varanasi along the Ganges River, Sarnath, the location of Buddha’s first sermon, and Lumbini, the birthplace of Buddha. and Kathmandu. Additionally, we will examine some of the religious ceremonies that the group had an opportunity to participate in. Participants in this session will receive a flash drive with an expanded PowerPoint slide show about the various historical religious geography
Session Focus
All Grade Levels | Human and Cultural Geography | World/International
Conference Room
Reynolds Leadership Circle
Meet the Presenter
Professor Wyndham Whynot earned his Ph.D. in History from Kent State University, where he specialized in modern U.S. history, with additional concentrations in European and Latin American history. For the past 20 years, he has taught courses in social studies, including history, American government, and geography, as a professor at Livingstone College in Salisbury, North Carolina.
He has published approximately twenty encyclopedia articles with ABC-CLIO, covering a range of country studies and biographical entries on notable historical figures. His current research focuses on a comparative analysis of STEM-related disciplines in ancient Mediterranean and American civilizations.
In addition to traveling to approximately 60 countries, Professor Whynot spent six years of his youth living in two European countries. He has also served in both the United States Army Reserves and on active duty in the United States Air Force.
