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... behaviour and a socio - cultural institution . This study is concerned with both these facets of pilgrimage . It explores individual behaviour and experience in a micro- sociological study of three Bengali pilgrimages . Comparison at ...
... behaviour and a socio - cultural institution . This study is concerned with both these facets of pilgrimage . It explores individual behaviour and experience in a micro- sociological study of three Bengali pilgrimages . Comparison at ...
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... behaviour , and also the significance of the position of mahanta of Tarakeswar , which he was seen to have besmirched . Mādhavacandra Giri returned from prison and in 1891 staged a successful palace coup to oust Śyāmācanda Giri , who ...
... behaviour , and also the significance of the position of mahanta of Tarakeswar , which he was seen to have besmirched . Mādhavacandra Giri returned from prison and in 1891 staged a successful palace coup to oust Śyāmācanda Giri , who ...
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... behaviour tends to coincide with social group ideologies , so that one sub - group of Gujeratis frequent a certain type of shrine while other sub - groups tend to make pilgrimages to other types of shrines .. The effect of this pattern ...
... behaviour tends to coincide with social group ideologies , so that one sub - group of Gujeratis frequent a certain type of shrine while other sub - groups tend to make pilgrimages to other types of shrines .. The effect of this pattern ...
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