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... structural bonds , moves out into a state of liminality on the pilgrimage , then returns from this anti - structural state to the home world of structure . The return , however , is at a new level , as the pilgrim has been initiated and ...
... structural bonds , moves out into a state of liminality on the pilgrimage , then returns from this anti - structural state to the home world of structure . The return , however , is at a new level , as the pilgrim has been initiated and ...
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... structure and the content of pilgrimage . He attempts to isolate factors which are universal de- nominators in both these categories . Regarding structure , his theory carries some validity . Pilgrimage can clearly not be equated to a ...
... structure and the content of pilgrimage . He attempts to isolate factors which are universal de- nominators in both these categories . Regarding structure , his theory carries some validity . Pilgrimage can clearly not be equated to a ...
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... structure and anti- structure developed in The Ritual Process ( 1969 ) is applied to pilgrimage , so that the processual and geographical journey is seen almost as a rite of reversal . The form that anti - structure takes , in Turner's ...
... structure and anti- structure developed in The Ritual Process ( 1969 ) is applied to pilgrimage , so that the processual and geographical journey is seen almost as a rite of reversal . The form that anti - structure takes , in Turner's ...
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