"RELIGION IS REALISATION; IT IS BEING AND BECOMING, NOT HEARING OR ACKNOWLEDGING; IT IS THE WHOLE SOUL BECOMING CHANGED INTO WHAT IT BELIEVES. THAT IS RELIGION."EACH SOUL IS POTENTIALLY DIVINE".THE HIGHEST GOAL OF HUMAN LIFE IS TO MANIFEST THIS DIVINITY WITHIN.THIS BLOG SERVES TO MANIFEST THE INHERENT DIVINITY IN EVERYONE. MAY THE ALMIGHTY BLESS AND GUIDE US TOWARDS THE HIGHEST GOAL OUR LIFE.
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| Mother Shrine |
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| Stage decoration |
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| Devotees' Procession |
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| Matri Sangeet by Monks & Brahmacharis |
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| Mother Temple Decoration |
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| Mother's Life in Pictures |
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| Sri Ramakrishna Temple & Durga Pandal |
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| Bodhan |
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| Chandi Path |
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| New Dining Hall_Kitchen |
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| New Dining Hall_Ground Floor |
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| New Dining Hall (First Floor) |
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| Evening Arati |
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| Ashtami Puja |
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| Chandi Path |
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| Kumari Puja |
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| Kumari Puja |
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| Devotees witnessing Kumari Puja NAVAMI PUJA 
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| On Navami Puja |
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| Vishwakarma Puja at New Kitchen Block, Belur Math |
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| Vishwakarma Puja at Vivkananda Unversity, Belur Math |
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The foundation of the image is a wooden platform known as the kathamo (kath means wood). The kathamo is made of intersecting planks of wood which are nailed or bolted together. The wood in traditional images was mango wood but now any kind of hardy wood is used. Holes are drilled at appropriate places and vertical bamboo rods are inserted in them. These hold the figures in place. In single standing figures, the entire framework is reinforced with large wooden poles angles strategically to hold the weight of the figure. The figures may be made on the kathamo base or raised on a dais known as a simhasan or vedi. The simhasan is built over the kathamo using spliced bamboo arranged in strips and tied together. |
