Unforgetting Chaitanya : Vaishnavism and cultures of devotion in colonial Bengal
By: Bhatia, Varuni.
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BookPublisher: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2017Description: xiii, 291p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780190686246.Subject(s): Vaishnavism | West Bengal - History | Swadeshi ChaitanyaDDC classification: 294.512 Summary: Varuni Bhatia examines late-19th-century transformations of Vaishnavism - a vibrant and multifaceted religious tradition emanating from the Krishna devotee Chaitnaya (1486-1533) - in Bengal. Drawing on an extensive body of hitherto unexamined archival material, Bhatia finds that both Vaishnava modernisers and secular voices among the educated middle-class invoked Chaitanya, portraying him simultaneously as a local hero, a Hindu reformer, and as God almighty.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Varuni Bhatia examines late-19th-century transformations of Vaishnavism - a vibrant and multifaceted religious tradition emanating from the Krishna devotee Chaitnaya (1486-1533) - in Bengal. Drawing on an extensive body of hitherto unexamined archival material, Bhatia finds that both Vaishnava modernisers and secular voices among the educated middle-class invoked Chaitanya, portraying him simultaneously as a local hero, a Hindu reformer, and as God almighty.
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