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Author : Pranab Chandra Roy Choudhury
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Temples and Legends of Bengal written by Pranab Chandra Roy Choudhury and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David W. Kim
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 303056522X
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)
Download or read book Sacred Sites and Sacred Stories Across Cultures written by David W. Kim and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-01-18 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers global perspectives from Mediterranean, Asian, Australian, and American cultures on sacred sites and their related stories in regional history. Contemporary society witnesses many travelers visiting sacred sites (temples, mountains, castles, churches, houses) throughout the world. These visits often involve discovery of new historical facts through the origin stories of the associated tribe, region, or nation. The transmission of oral tradition and myth carries on the significant meaning of those religious sites. This volume unveils multi-angle perspectives of symbolic and mystical places. The contributors describe the religio-political experiences of each regional case, and analyze the religiosity of local people as a lens through which readers can re-examine the concept of iconography, syncretism, and materialism. In addition, contributors interpret the growth of new religions as the alternative perspectives of anti-traditional religions. This new approach offers significant insight into comprehending the practical agony and sorrow of regional people in the context of contemporary history.
Author : Rachel Fell McDermott
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231129181
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (311 download)
Download or read book Revelry, Rivalry, and Longing for the Goddesses of Bengal written by Rachel Fell McDermott and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annually during the months of autumn, Bengal hosts three interlinked festivals to honor its most important goddesses: Durga, Kali, and Jagaddhatri. While each of these deities possesses a distinct iconography, myth, and character, they are all martial. Durga, Kali, and Jagaddhatri often demand blood sacrifice as part of their worship and offer material and spiritual benefits to their votaries. Richly represented in straw, clay, paint, and decoration, they are similarly displayed in elaborately festooned temples, thronged by thousands of admirers. The first book to recount the history of these festivals and their revelry, rivalry, and nostalgic power, this volume marks an unprecedented achievement in the mapping of a major public event. Rachel Fell McDermott describes the festivals' origins and growth under British rule. She identifies their iconographic conventions and carnivalesque qualities and their relationship to the fierce, Tantric sides of ritual practice. McDermott confronts controversies over the tradition of blood sacrifice and the status-seekers who compete for symbolic capital. Expanding her narrative, she takes readers beyond Bengal's borders to trace the transformation of the goddesses and their festivals across the world. McDermott's work underscores the role of holidays in cultural memory, specifically the Bengali evocation of an ideal, culturally rich past. Under the thrall of the goddess, the social, political, economic, and religious identity of Bengalis takes shape.
Author : Sreecheta Mukherjee
Publisher : Aesthetics Media Services
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Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Temples of Bengal written by Sreecheta Mukherjee and published by Aesthetics Media Services . This book was released on 2012-12-25 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Susan L Huntington
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004646507
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)
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Author : Pranab Chandra Roy Choudhury
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Total Pages : 238 pages
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Author : K. Srikumaran
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Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
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Author : Sudha G. Tilak
Publisher : Hachette India Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 9388322479
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (883 download)
Download or read book Temple Tales written by Sudha G. Tilak and published by Hachette India Children's Books. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Which holy place in India has the mysteries of the universe hidden away in an icy cave? Where would you find a shrine for a goddess of veggies? At which deity’s temple is the daily offering a tonic, of all things? This delightful and enchanting book opens the doors to the secrets and surprises hidden in temples across the country. These unique temples are not just places of worship, but living museums of architectural wonders, mind-boggling sculptures, graceful dances, colourful crafts and many other cultural activities. More than anything, they are treasure troves of lore and legend, teeming with tales of gods and goddesses, demons and devotees, plants and beasts, the magical and the mysterious – all just waiting to be discovered by you. Join Sudha G. Tilak as she takes you on an unusual journey to the country’s most sacred places, where the lines between fact and faith are blurred and stories come alive!
Author : S. S. Biswas
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Terracotta Temples of Bengal written by S. S. Biswas and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Aramana Karatt Balagangadharan Nair
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Temple Worship written by Aramana Karatt Balagangadharan Nair and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the various rituals performed at a Hindu temple.
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Total Pages : 1108 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)
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Author : June McDaniel
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226557235
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (265 download)
Download or read book The Madness of the Saints written by June McDaniel and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1989-07-15 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although ecstasy has been explored in several Indian contexts, surprisingly little scholarship has been devoted to its central role in Bengali devotion. In The Madness of the Saints, June McDaniel undertakes the first comprehensive study of religious ecstasy in Bengal, examining the texts that describe it, the people who experience it, and the traditions that support it.
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Total Pages : 1140 pages
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Total Pages : 374 pages
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Author : Madhya Pradesh (India). Legislative Assembly
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Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Catalogue of English Books written by Madhya Pradesh (India). Legislative Assembly and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Klaus K. Klostermaier
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1780746725
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (87 download)
Download or read book A Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism written by Klaus K. Klostermaier and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the classical to the contemporary, this is a comprehensive, systematic and accessible encyclopedia of the phenomenon known as 'Hinduism'. Drawing on his extensive knowledge of the religion and its texts, Klostermaier presents the theoretical and practical aspects of Hinduism that render this most ancient of religions a living faith. The encyclopedia features the major systems of Hindu thought, covers figures from Manu to Gandhi and includes locations from Ramesvaram, on the southernmost tip of India, to the Himalayas in the north. Written with assurance, learning, sympathy and insight, this is an invaluable reference for students, adherents of the religion and those unfamiliar with this diverse world faith.
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Publisher : Greenwood
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Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
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