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... cremation grounds . Bakreswar , Tarapith and Kankali are pithas in West Bengal having śmaśānas ( cremation grounds ) immediately adjacent to the temple . Pilgrims visit the śmaśāna as part of their visit to the pitha and are quite ...
... cremation grounds . Bakreswar , Tarapith and Kankali are pithas in West Bengal having śmaśānas ( cremation grounds ) immediately adjacent to the temple . Pilgrims visit the śmaśāna as part of their visit to the pitha and are quite ...
Page 186
... cremation ground ) 36 of Tarapith is , firstly , a place for the disposal of bodies . Next to the river stand two large mounds of ashes and cinders which have been built up by years of cremations . The śmaśāna of Tarapith is famous ...
... cremation ground ) 36 of Tarapith is , firstly , a place for the disposal of bodies . Next to the river stand two large mounds of ashes and cinders which have been built up by years of cremations . The śmaśāna of Tarapith is famous ...
Page 189
... cremation ground is believed to be sanctified place , and so , as in a temple , shoes must be removed before entering . The majority of pilgrims simply pick their way along one of the paths , thus having a darśana of the place and its ...
... cremation ground is believed to be sanctified place , and so , as in a temple , shoes must be removed before entering . The majority of pilgrims simply pick their way along one of the paths , thus having a darśana of the place and its ...
Contents
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