This book offers a close-up view of the religious world of one of the most influential families in Vrinbadan, India's premier place of pilgrimage for worshipers of Krishna. This priestly family has arguably been the most creative force in this important town. Their influence also radiates well beyond India's borders both because of their tireless work in fostering scholarship and performance about Krishna and because the scion of the family, Shrivatsa Goswami, has become an international spokesman for Hindu ways and concerns. Case, who has been an occasional resident in the family ashram, gives the reader a real sense of the atmosphere of daily life there, and the complete devotion of the residents to the service and worship of Krishna.
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"The power of this book is in its richness of details, which recreate the experiences of a contemporary darsan (seeing) of the dark god."--Choice
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Margaret H. Case has a Ph.D. in Indian history from the University of Chicago, and was for many years Asian Studies editor at Princeton University Press.
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The first appearance of the black bee (bhramara) in Jaisingh Ghera, the Goswamis' ashram on the banks of the Yamuna River in Vrindaban, was during the final hours of preparation for an astayama lila-an enactment on stage of a day in the eternal life of Krishna. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
astayáma lilá, kirtana singers, great circle dance, cowherd women, ecstatic chanting, cowherd boys, close devotees, black bee, divine couple, new pavilion, lotus feet Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jaisingh Ghera, Bhágavata Purána, Gopála Bhatta, Caitanya Maháprabhu, Sri Caitanya, Rádháramana Gherá, Sri Krishna, Robyn Beeche, Savái Jayasimha, Yamuná River, Caitanyaite Vaisnavism, Haré Krishna, Six Gosvámis, The Caitanya Lila, Bhagavata Purána, Shrivatsa Goswami, Man Singh, Mount Govardhana, Caitanyaite Vaisnava, Lord Jagannátha, Sonal Mansingh, Venu Gopála, Lord Krishna, Rádháramana Gosvámi, Sri Saci New!
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The first appearance of the black bee (bhramara) in Jaisingh Ghera, the Goswamis' ashram on the banks of the Yamuna River in Vrindaban, was during the final hours of preparation for an astayama lila-an enactment on stage of a day in the eternal life of Krishna. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
astayáma lilá, kirtana singers, great circle dance, cowherd women, ecstatic chanting, cowherd boys, close devotees, black bee, divine couple, new pavilion, lotus feet Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jaisingh Ghera, Bhágavata Purána, Gopála Bhatta, Caitanya Maháprabhu, Sri Caitanya, Rádháramana Gherá, Sri Krishna, Robyn Beeche, Savái Jayasimha, Yamuná River, Caitanyaite Vaisnavism, Haré Krishna, Six Gosvámis, The Caitanya Lila, Bhagavata Purána, Shrivatsa Goswami, Man Singh, Mount Govardhana, Caitanyaite Vaisnava, Lord Jagannátha, Sonal Mansingh, Venu Gopála, Lord Krishna, Rádháramana Gosvámi, Sri Saci New!
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- Braj: Centre of Krishna Pilgrimage (Groningen Oriental Studies) by Alan W. Entwistle in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Religions of India in Practice by Donald S. Lopez Jr. in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- History of the Chaitanya Faith in Orissa by Prabhat Mukherjee in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Studies in Indian Thought: Collected Papers of Professor T.R.V. Murti by Harold G. Coward in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Divine Consort: Radha and the Goddesses of India by John Stratton Hawley in Back Matter
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