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... social characteristics of the majority of pilgrims , as well as many other more minor facets , each of which ... social and devotional life . On the one hand , he did not challenge the established social order . He approved of his ...
... social characteristics of the majority of pilgrims , as well as many other more minor facets , each of which ... social and devotional life . On the one hand , he did not challenge the established social order . He approved of his ...
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... social functions of pilgrimage have been seen to be of three types . Firstly , there are those authors who have seen pilgrimage as a force in national or regional social integration , cutting across group boundaries . Others have ...
... social functions of pilgrimage have been seen to be of three types . Firstly , there are those authors who have seen pilgrimage as a force in national or regional social integration , cutting across group boundaries . Others have ...
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... social function of restating group ties , group territoriality , but also more elusive properties of the group . Marx calls these later , ' ideologies that are deeply en- grained in Bedouin thought ' , such as agnation , tribal ...
... social function of restating group ties , group territoriality , but also more elusive properties of the group . Marx calls these later , ' ideologies that are deeply en- grained in Bedouin thought ' , such as agnation , tribal ...
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