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... pilgrims that their reason for coming to a place of pilgrimage is the sthāna - māhātmya ( the glory of the place ) ascribed to the tirtha . The popular glory of a tirtha cannot be attributed simply to its geographical location , its ...
... pilgrims that their reason for coming to a place of pilgrimage is the sthāna - māhātmya ( the glory of the place ) ascribed to the tirtha . The popular glory of a tirtha cannot be attributed simply to its geographical location , its ...
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A Case Study of West Bengal E. Alan Morinis. exceptional nature of the pilgrimage place as a nexus of ritual and symbolic activity within the larger system is the intensity , both in volume and depth , of the practices that take place ...
A Case Study of West Bengal E. Alan Morinis. exceptional nature of the pilgrimage place as a nexus of ritual and symbolic activity within the larger system is the intensity , both in volume and depth , of the practices that take place ...
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... pilgrimage derives from beliefs about sacred places . One must go out in search of sacred space since it is distinct from the ... pilgrimage are depicted as the most potently infused sacred sites ; one travels to a sacred place when the ...
... pilgrimage derives from beliefs about sacred places . One must go out in search of sacred space since it is distinct from the ... pilgrimage are depicted as the most potently infused sacred sites ; one travels to a sacred place when the ...
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