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... structure the performance and experi- ence . The most important of these structures occur in two dimen- sions : individual thought and behaviour , and institutional patterning . The conscious experiences and understanding of ...
... structure the performance and experi- ence . The most important of these structures occur in two dimen- sions : individual thought and behaviour , and institutional patterning . The conscious experiences and understanding of ...
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... structure that are fundamental to existing social patterns . Gross concludes that ' in its reflection of earthly social structure , the principle ritual of the pilgrimage may be said to encourage conformity with existing social norms ...
... structure that are fundamental to existing social patterns . Gross concludes that ' in its reflection of earthly social structure , the principle ritual of the pilgrimage may be said to encourage conformity with existing social norms ...
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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 ...
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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