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... Samāj Bārī are only one part of the organization's functions . Founded in 1905 , its trustees now have under their control temples in Vrndāvana , Benares , Calcutta ( Baranagar ) , Chandrakor ( Midnapore District ) and Murshidabad . The ...
... Samāj Bārī are only one part of the organization's functions . Founded in 1905 , its trustees now have under their control temples in Vrndāvana , Benares , Calcutta ( Baranagar ) , Chandrakor ( Midnapore District ) and Murshidabad . The ...
Page 155
... Samaj Bārī is fully decorated with flowers and taken on a boat ( naukā ) on the Ganges . The image is then taken for a darśana of Porama , and then returned to the Samāj Bārī . Jyaiștha : ( 1 ) Daśaharā Gangā - pūjā : on the tenth of ...
... Samaj Bārī is fully decorated with flowers and taken on a boat ( naukā ) on the Ganges . The image is then taken for a darśana of Porama , and then returned to the Samāj Bārī . Jyaiștha : ( 1 ) Daśaharā Gangā - pūjā : on the tenth of ...
Page 156
... Samāj and Govinda Bārīs . Āśvina : ( 1 ) Durgā Pūjā is celebrated in various parts of the town and in private worship . There are no special observances in the main temples . Kārtika : ( 1 ) Annakurta is held the day after Kālī Pūjā ...
... Samāj and Govinda Bārīs . Āśvina : ( 1 ) Durgā Pūjā is celebrated in various parts of the town and in private worship . There are no special observances in the main temples . Kārtika : ( 1 ) Annakurta is held the day after Kālī Pūjā ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Pilgrimage Tradition in West Bengal | 12 |
The Philosophical Roots of the Pilgrimage Tradition in West Bengal | 46 |
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activities aspects āśrama associated avatāra Bārī bathing behaviour Benares bhakti Bhardwaj bhoga Birbhum body Brahman Burdwan Caitanya Calcutta caste cent cremation ground cult culture darśana deity devotion dharna District divine earthly festival Gajan Ganges Gaudīya Vaisnavas Gauranga Giri goddess Goswamys guru Hindu Hinduism holy Hooghly District important India individual institution jātris journey Kālī kīrtana Krsna līlā linga located lotus mahanta Mandira mantra matha Māyā Mayapur Muslim Navadvip number of pilgrims offering participants patterns perform pilgrimage centre pilgrimage tradition pilgrims pīthas place of pilgrimage popular practices prasāda priests pūjā Purāņa purohit puruşa Rādhā regional religious ritual river sacred places sacred zone sacrifice sādhanā sādhus Śaiva Śākta pithas Śakti Samāj sannyāsis Sanskrit sect shrine Śiva śmaśāna social songs spiritual Śrī structure symbolic takes Tantric Tārā Tarakeswar Tarapith temple tion tirtha Turner Vaisnava Vāmā Vāmākhepā Vasistha village visited Vişnu vows Vrndāvana West Bengal worship