10 HINDI BOOKS RELATING TO «ग्राम्यदेवता»
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ग्राम्यदेवता in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Ancient Communities of the Himalaya - Page 153
The Khasas had a system of three-fold worship) — the ishtdevata (the deity of the family), the griha devata (the deity of the household) and the gram devata (the deity of the village).6 The Brahmins openly participated in the ceremonies and ...
Dinesh Prasad Saklani, 1998
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Social, Cultural, and Economic History of Himachal Pradesh - Page 140
V. Temples of Folk (Local) Deities Apart from the temples of popular Hindu deities like Shiva and Vishnu, there are large number of village deities called the Gram Devata. Each village in Himachal Pradesh seems to have been under the ...
Manjit Singh Ahluwalia, 1998
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West Bengal district gazetteers - Volume 12 - Page 136
West Bengal (India), Jatindra Chandra Sengupta. Ethnic Groups, Villages and Towns in Pargana Barabhum, Calcutta, 1964). Gram devata Each village and hamlet in Puruliya has a gram-devata (geram-deota) or presiding deity of the village.
West Bengal (India), Jatindra Chandra Sengupta, 1985
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Behar (Patna city) and Shahabad - Page 58
This is no doubt the Gram-devata* of Gaya town ; but it is now alleged, that the image was placed here by Brahma at the first formation of the place. No tradition remains concerning the founder of the temple, which I am assured is quite modern ...
Robert Montgomery Martin, 1838
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The History, Antiquities, Topography, and Statistics of ... - Page 58
This is no doubt the Gram-devata" of Gaya town; but it is now alleged, that the image was placed here by Brahma at the first formation of the place. No tradition remains concerning the founder of the temple, which I am assured is quite modern; ...
Robert Montgomery Martin, 1838
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The History, Antiquities, Topography, and Statistics of ... - Page 58
This is no doubt the Gram-devata* of Gaya town; but it is now alleged, that the image was placed here by Brahma at the first for~ mation of the place. No tradition remains concerning the founder of the temple, which I am assured is quite ...
Robert Montgomery Martin, 2012
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Indian Short Stories,1900-2000 - Page 245
"The gram-devata has made them do it," answered Haldar. "What? Which ill-begotten fellow says so?" "Diga had a dream, it seems. You paid him money in the dream and instructed him to build a concrete base around the trunk. People from ...
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The Bell: Unforgettable Short Fiction from Some of India's ... - Page 62
“The gram-devata has made them do it,” answered Haldar. “What? Which ill-begotten fellow says so?” “Diga had a dream, it seems. You paid him money in the dream and instructed him to build a concrete base around the trunk. People from ...
Geeta Dharmarajan, Keerti Ramachandra, 2006
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Fairs and Festivals of Indian Tribes - Page 67
Then they gather at the house of the village chief (Tadavi) and sing collectively in praise of village god (Gram Devata) alongwith the village priest (Badwa). The singing continues till midnight. Meanwhile Badwa gets possessed by Gram Devata ...
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Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot - Page 3843
... the satirical note is slender, though in a poem like 'Taj' it becomes pungent. In his poems like 'Gram devata', 'Gram vadhu', 'Bharat gram', 'Ve ankhen', 'Kathputali', conservatism is the object of satire. In Mahadevi Verma's poems the satirical ...
