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... symbolic ways . Every pitha , as most tīrthas , is located on water , if only a man - made tank . Great powers are attributed to these sacred waters of the goddess . " The true statuary image of the goddess at Kankali , near Bolpur , is ...
... symbolic ways . Every pitha , as most tīrthas , is located on water , if only a man - made tank . Great powers are attributed to these sacred waters of the goddess . " The true statuary image of the goddess at Kankali , near Bolpur , is ...
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... symbolic behaviour , and particularly of symbolic behaviour appropriate to the specific character of the different deities who are resident in the pilgrimage shrines . The ritual activities of pilgrims are largely indis- tinguishable ...
... symbolic behaviour , and particularly of symbolic behaviour appropriate to the specific character of the different deities who are resident in the pilgrimage shrines . The ritual activities of pilgrims are largely indis- tinguishable ...
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... symbolic value which supports another point of view . The notion of fording , or crossing over , implies a crossing place - a liminal , median location between realms . A tīrtha is such a place and , in symbolic terms , so is every ...
... symbolic value which supports another point of view . The notion of fording , or crossing over , implies a crossing place - a liminal , median location between realms . A tīrtha is such a place and , in symbolic terms , so is every ...
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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