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... Hinduism associated with each site varies in relation to the deity . None of the sites had been studied by an anthropologist . No scholar of any kind had written on Tarapith . Theologians and historians , especially of religion , had ...
... Hinduism associated with each site varies in relation to the deity . None of the sites had been studied by an anthropologist . No scholar of any kind had written on Tarapith . Theologians and historians , especially of religion , had ...
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... ( at Hardwar ) or Gautameśa ( no location given in Dowson ( 1961 : 178 ) ; cf. Walker ( 1968 : 596 ) and Crooke ( 1956 : 25 ) . Bihar to Gujarat . The jyotirlingas are undisputed holy places 28 Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition.
... ( at Hardwar ) or Gautameśa ( no location given in Dowson ( 1961 : 178 ) ; cf. Walker ( 1968 : 596 ) and Crooke ( 1956 : 25 ) . Bihar to Gujarat . The jyotirlingas are undisputed holy places 28 Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition.
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... , so the later bodily death should not be recognized . This is the conventional explanation for the tradition of burying renunciates . temple who were selected for the work and given a 188 Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition.
... , so the later bodily death should not be recognized . This is the conventional explanation for the tradition of burying renunciates . temple who were selected for the work and given a 188 Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition.
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The Gauramandala conceived as lotus | 1 |
VästupuruşamandalaThe temple as puruşa Plates between pages 104 and 105 | 2 |
GauraNitai Caitanya and Nityananda | 3 |
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