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... located on water , if only a man - made tank . Great powers are attributed to these sacred waters of the goddess . " The true statuary image of the goddess at Kankali , near Bolpur , is believed to reside in the small pond behind the ...
... located on water , if only a man - made tank . Great powers are attributed to these sacred waters of the goddess . " The true statuary image of the goddess at Kankali , near Bolpur , is believed to reside in the small pond behind the ...
Page 139
... located in an old part of Navadvip called Mahā- prabhū - paṛa ( i.e. , the neighbourhood of Caitanya ) , on a street which is lined with the houses of Goswamy priests and their perso- nal shrines . The Gauranga Mandira is jointly owned ...
... located in an old part of Navadvip called Mahā- prabhū - paṛa ( i.e. , the neighbourhood of Caitanya ) , on a street which is lined with the houses of Goswamy priests and their perso- nal shrines . The Gauranga Mandira is jointly owned ...
Page 153
... located in Mayapur . These mathas have a less monolithic significance in Navadvip than the Tarakeswar matha , but still perform important functions in the sacred centre . Like the Samaj Bārī , the mathas are active in giving support to ...
... located in Mayapur . These mathas have a less monolithic significance in Navadvip than the Tarakeswar matha , but still perform important functions in the sacred centre . Like the Samaj Bārī , the mathas are active in giving support to ...
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