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... Hindu ) rather than geography or culture . " The majority community of West Bengal is Hindu . There is a large Muslim minority , and also smaller groups of Christians and tribals . The population at the most recent census ( 1971 ) was ...
... Hindu ) rather than geography or culture . " The majority community of West Bengal is Hindu . There is a large Muslim minority , and also smaller groups of Christians and tribals . The population at the most recent census ( 1971 ) was ...
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... Hindu thought , tend to give too much concreteness to these parts of the Hindu socio - cultural and religious traditions . The theories utilizing these concepts , by implication , separate the more abstract philo- sophical constructs of ...
... Hindu thought , tend to give too much concreteness to these parts of the Hindu socio - cultural and religious traditions . The theories utilizing these concepts , by implication , separate the more abstract philo- sophical constructs of ...
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... Hindu Temple Servants ' . Indian Anthropologist . 1 , 1-13 . 1974. ' Occupational Changes in an Urbanizing Hindu Temple Village ' . Man in India . 54 , 1 , 1–20 . 1975. ' Religious Change in a Hindu Pilgrimage Centre ' . Review of ...
... Hindu Temple Servants ' . Indian Anthropologist . 1 , 1-13 . 1974. ' Occupational Changes in an Urbanizing Hindu Temple Village ' . Man in India . 54 , 1 , 1–20 . 1975. ' Religious Change in a Hindu Pilgrimage Centre ' . Review of ...
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The Gauramandala conceived as lotus 2 VästupuruşamandalaThe temple as puruşa Plates between pages 104 and 105 | 1 |
a Goswamy and his CaitanyaViṣṇupriya shrine | 2 |
GauraNitãi Caitanya and Nityananda | 3 |
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activities Advaitic ākhāḍās ascetics aspects Āśrama association avatāra Bābā Bakreswar Bārī bathing behaviour Benares bhakti Bharamalla bhoga Birbhum body Brahman Burdwan Caitanya Calcutta caste cent cremation ground cult culture darśana deity devotion dharnă dharnā-jātris District divine earthly festival Gajan Ganges Ganguly Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas Gauranga Mandira Giri goddess Gosvāmin Goswamys guru Hindu Hinduism holy Hooghly District important India individual institution jātris journey Kālī kirtana Kṛṣṇa līlā linga located mahanta mantra matha Māyā Mayapur Muslim Navadvip number of pilgrims offering perform pilgrimage centre pilgrimage tradition pilgrims pīṭhas place of pilgrimage popular practices prasāda priests pūjā Purāņa purohit Rādhā religious ritual river sacred places sacrifice sadhus Śākta Sākta pithas Śakti Samāj sannyāsis Sanskrit sect shrine siddhis Śiva śmaśāna social songs spiritual Śrī Kṛṣṇa symbolic Tantric Tārā Tarakeswar Tāraknatha Tarapith temple tion tirtha town Vaiṣṇava Vāmā Vāmākhepā Vasistha village visited vows Vṛndāvana West Bengal worship