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Page 279
... sacred places are actual geographi- cal locations which are worthy of reverence . The source of this reverence is variable , but always suggests a special positive relation- ship to the divine . Pilgrims express belief in the notion ...
... sacred places are actual geographi- cal locations which are worthy of reverence . The source of this reverence is variable , but always suggests a special positive relation- ship to the divine . Pilgrims express belief in the notion ...
Page 280
... sacred place is said to possess holiness of an almost tangible variety - it cures , restores , bestows welfare , etc. - because it has had direct contact with the divine . Many sacred places house relics believed to belong to the sacred ...
... sacred place is said to possess holiness of an almost tangible variety - it cures , restores , bestows welfare , etc. - because it has had direct contact with the divine . Many sacred places house relics believed to belong to the sacred ...
Page 291
... sacred places are located within the bhūloka , the earthly realm . On the other hand , sacred places constitute lokas in their own right . Gonda , in his erudite study of the term ( 1966 ) , defines loka as ' a " place " or position of ...
... sacred places are located within the bhūloka , the earthly realm . On the other hand , sacred places constitute lokas in their own right . Gonda , in his erudite study of the term ( 1966 ) , defines loka as ' a " place " or position of ...
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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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activities Advaitic 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 disciples District divine earthly festival Gajan Ganges Ganguly Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas Gauranga Mandira Giri goddess Goswamys guru Hindu Hinduism holy Hooghly Hooghly District important India individual institution jātris journey Kālī kirtana Kṛṣṇa līlā linga located mahanta mantra matha Māyā Mayapur Muslim Navadvip Nityananda 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 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