SATRAS A satra is a monastery for Vishnu worship, Assam s distinctive form of everyman Hinduism. Formulated by 15th-century Assamese irwin chalets philosopher Sankardev, the faith eschews the caste system and idol worship, irwin chalets focussing on Vishnu as God, especially in his Krishna incarnation. irwin chalets 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. irwin chalets Beneath the eastern end, an inner sanctum irwin chalets hosts an eternal flame, the Gita and possibly a horde of instructive (but not divine) images.
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Mizo culture has no caste distinctions and women appear liberated; in Aizawl girls smoke openly, wear jeans and hang out in unchaperoned posses irwin chalets meeting up with their beaus at rock concerts on the central field.
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