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Religion, Law current Power Tales of Pause in Easterly India, 1860–2000 Ishita Banerjee-Dube

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Sadhus sing, devotees shave for World Peace

DHENKANAL: Magha Mela, a three-day-long grand festival of the Hindu sect Mahima, kickstarted on Wednesday in Joranda, 28 km from the Dhenkanal district headquarters. The annual mela sees a congregation of thousands of sadhus, sanyasis and ascetics along with lakhs of visitors performing mass prayers for World Peace.
On the first day of the mela, as many as 65 sanyasis of Kaupindhari and Bakaldhari samaj were accorded the position of baba' (a kind of promotion after years of dedicated meditation) in the wee hours of Wednesday.The various ranks or positions of ascetics vary in these two communities. According to Kaupindhari samaj, ascetics begin as tyagi sanyasis' and are elevated to the position of Kaupindhari baba' after 8 to 10 years of dedicated sadhana' (tantric meditation). In the Bakaldhari samaj, ascetics begin as bairagi sanyasis' and go on to become Kaupindhari baba' after five-eight years. After 20 years of sadhana' and significant godly service, they are elevated to the position of Bakaldhari baba'.
The first day of the Magha Mela also saw a ritual called niti puja' which was followed by khanjani bhajan' and Mahima Alekh' (taking the name of God). Thousands of M

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A Critical Analysis of Bhima Bhoi and the Mahima Cult (Explorations in Indic Traditions: Theological, Ethical, and Philosophical) 1666955574, 9781666955576

Table of contents :
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Introduction
Part I: Mahimā Cult
Chapter 1: Mahimā Dharma: A Revolutionary Religious Movement with Empathetic Concern for the Suffering
Chapter 2: Mahimādvaita: A Critical and Comparative Study
Part II: Bhima Bhoi
Chapter 3: Mahimā Dharma and Bhima Bhoi
Chapter 4: Spiritual Humanism of Bhima Bhoi
Part III: Bhima Bhoi's Poetry (In Translation)
Chapter 5: Translation of Stuti Chintāmaṇi (Select Cantos)
Chapter 6: Decoding Bhima Bhoi’s Concept of the Brahman: Transcreation of Select Bhajans
Part IV: Bhima Bhoi’s Poetry
Chapter 7: Reflections on Stuti Chintāmaṇi
Chapter 8: Bhima Bhoi’s Concept of Reality in Brahma Nirūpaṇa Gita
Chapter 9: Sri Sri Nirbeda Sādhana: A Critical Study
Part V: Bhima Bhoi’s Poetry
Chapter 10: Bhima Bhoi Discourse and the Politics of Representation
Chapter 11: Formation of Literary Canon: The Case of Bhima Bhoi
Chapter 12: Bhima Bhoi’s Poetry: A Sickle to Repeal and a Potion to Heal
Part VI: Bhima Bhoi from a Comparative Viewpoint
Chapter 13: Against Secularization: A Note on Bhakti Poetry