eurogroup france SATRAS A satra is a monastery for Vishnu worship, Assam s distinctive form of everyman Hinduism. For

SATRAS A satra is a monastery for Vishnu worship, Assam s distinctive form of everyman Hinduism. Formulated by 15th-century eurogroup france Assamese philosopher Sankardev, the faith eschews the caste system and idol worship, focussing eurogroup france on Vishnu as God, especially eurogroup france in his Krishna incarnation. Much of the worship is based around dance and melodramatic play-acting of scenes from the holy Bhagavad Gita. The heart of any satra is its namghar, a large, simple, prayer hall usually open sided and shaped like an upside-down oil tanker. Beneath the eastern end, an inner sanctum hosts an eternal flame, the Gita and possibly a horde of instructive (but not divine) images.

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