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... holy sites , one finds other systems of grouping holy places elsewhere in India . It happens that of the four Dhāmas ( Badrinatha , Jagan- nätha ( Puri ) , Rāmeśvara and Dvārakā ) , the seven Mokşapuris ( i.e. , holy cities where one ...
... holy sites , one finds other systems of grouping holy places elsewhere in India . It happens that of the four Dhāmas ( Badrinatha , Jagan- nätha ( Puri ) , Rāmeśvara and Dvārakā ) , the seven Mokşapuris ( i.e. , holy cities where one ...
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... holy people , contact with holy places and inspiration to pursue single - minded devotion to Kṛṣṇa , the bhaktas ( devotees ) bear the name of Kṛṣṇa on their lips as they move among the places which have been made sacred by the pre ...
... holy people , contact with holy places and inspiration to pursue single - minded devotion to Kṛṣṇa , the bhaktas ( devotees ) bear the name of Kṛṣṇa on their lips as they move among the places which have been made sacred by the pre ...
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... holy . To have the darśana of a saintly man , a temple , a holy river , an image of the deity , etc. , is to acquire merit by virtue of simply having been in the presence of some form of the radiance of the holy . This concept is ...
... holy . To have the darśana of a saintly man , a temple , a holy river , an image of the deity , etc. , is to acquire merit by virtue of simply having been in the presence of some form of the radiance of the holy . This concept is ...
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