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... represented in every Śākta pitha by the presence of a bhairava , 1o a named manifestation of Siva , as the associate of the particular aspect of the goddess found in that place . The union of Śiva and Śakti , often conceived symboli ...
... represented in every Śākta pitha by the presence of a bhairava , 1o a named manifestation of Siva , as the associate of the particular aspect of the goddess found in that place . The union of Śiva and Śakti , often conceived symboli ...
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... represented at Tarapith where the goddess of the temple is a rough , uncarved stone stored inside a hollow conventional anthropomorphic image of Tārā . At the two Navadvip temples , the goddess is worshipped in the form of a simple clay ...
... represented at Tarapith where the goddess of the temple is a rough , uncarved stone stored inside a hollow conventional anthropomorphic image of Tārā . At the two Navadvip temples , the goddess is worshipped in the form of a simple clay ...
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A Case Study of West Bengal E. Alan Morinis. Marx concludes , represents tribal territoriality ( p . 45 ) . The annual ... represented in their roles as drummers , dancers , washermen , flutists , smiths and potters ... This perahära ...
A Case Study of West Bengal E. Alan Morinis. Marx concludes , represents tribal territoriality ( p . 45 ) . The annual ... represented in their roles as drummers , dancers , washermen , flutists , smiths and potters ... This perahära ...
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