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Page 95
... temple , to sell candles at Śivaratri or Ganges water , milk and flowers daily in the temple . Although the income which the temple derives from pilgrims is a well - guarded secret , it must be considerable . A rateboard listing all of ...
... temple , to sell candles at Śivaratri or Ganges water , milk and flowers daily in the temple . Although the income which the temple derives from pilgrims is a well - guarded secret , it must be considerable . A rateboard listing all of ...
Page 103
... temple has this body of water at hand . A last feature of the temple area is many large samādhis ( memo- rial shrines ) raised over the graves of former mahantas . Each is a shrine enclosing a linga . These samādhis receive daily ...
... temple has this body of water at hand . A last feature of the temple area is many large samādhis ( memo- rial shrines ) raised over the graves of former mahantas . Each is a shrine enclosing a linga . These samādhis receive daily ...
Page 142
... temple was codified and recorded . It is worth looking into this division in some depth as the system of dividing the service and income of the . Gauranga Mandira in Navadvip is typical of that to be found in many Bengali temples . When ...
... temple was codified and recorded . It is worth looking into this division in some depth as the system of dividing the service and income of the . Gauranga Mandira in Navadvip is typical of that to be found in many Bengali temples . When ...
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