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Page 193
... Tarapith . Agriculture , minor commerce and temple work are the only activities in the village . In fact , however , some priestly families have been divided by sons seeking work outside . Sumbhir Kinkar ... Tarapith 13 Tarapith 193.
... Tarapith . Agriculture , minor commerce and temple work are the only activities in the village . In fact , however , some priestly families have been divided by sons seeking work outside . Sumbhir Kinkar ... Tarapith 13 Tarapith 193.
Page 194
... Tarapith . This long , low building of small rooms is located across the road from the temple , on the path leading down to the river and śmaśāna . It was closed during the full duration of my stay in Tarapith . The Vāmā Niketan which ...
... Tarapith . This long , low building of small rooms is located across the road from the temple , on the path leading down to the river and śmaśāna . It was closed during the full duration of my stay in Tarapith . The Vāmā Niketan which ...
Page 200
... Tarapith was the rule . The nearby pitha of Bakreswar , with its Śiva temples and hot springs , was being visited by 145 ( 33.1 per cent ) of the pilgrims to Tarapith . The university established by Rabindranath Tagore at Bolpur drew 69 ...
... Tarapith was the rule . The nearby pitha of Bakreswar , with its Śiva temples and hot springs , was being visited by 145 ( 33.1 per cent ) of the pilgrims to Tarapith . The university established by Rabindranath Tagore at Bolpur drew 69 ...
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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