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Mandirs: Are They Needed?
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From
Nature's Lap to Beyond |
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The Antiquity of Mandirs
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What A Mandir Is |
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Mandir Origins And Development
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Mandirs Are Not
Mere Monoliths
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Man-Making |
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Schools of Culture |
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Mandir Economy |
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Types of Worship In Mandirs
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Royal Patrons |
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How Mandirs Were Built |
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The Classification of Mandirs
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Mandir
Architecture Science |
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The Variety Of Mandirs |
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Where To Build A Mandir
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Testing Future Mandir Land
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Ritual Purification Of The
Site |
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Sacred Mathematics |
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Vastu Shastra |
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Mandir By Mantra |
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Vastu Purush Mandala |
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Mountain, Cave And Cosmic
Axis |
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Sacred Direction |
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Materials |
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List of Vastu Shastras |
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Qualifications of a Sthapati
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The Universe Expressed Through
Mandirs |
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A Symbol of The Sacrificial
Pit |
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Map of India And South East
Asia |
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A
Mandir Is |
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The Principal Parts Of A
Mandir |
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Garbhagruha |
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Kirttimukha: The Face Of
Glory |
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Gavaksha |
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The Sacred Flag |
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The Kalasha |
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The Mithuna Symbols |
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Murti Science
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Murti Worship |
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The Hindu Image |
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Sacred Carvings And Their
Significance |
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Darshan: Seeing And Taking
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Hindu Worship Of The Image
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Image Installation Ceremony
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Arti |
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The Couch Shell |
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Pradakshina: Circumambulating
The Image |
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The Variety of Murtis |
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Creating A Murti |
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Murti Anatomy |
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Sacred Dimensions |
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Clothing And Ornamenting
An Image |
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Ornaments For The Image
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Swaminarayan
Mandirs |
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Carrying Forward An Ancient
Spiritual Art |
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Image Worship In the Swaminarayan
Faith |
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The Ninth Type Of Image
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Akshardham |
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Lord Swaminarayan |
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Pramukh Swami Maharaj |
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Acknowledgements - Pronounciation
Guide |
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Glossary
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