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SATRAS A satra is a monastery for Vishnu worship, Assam s distinctive form of everyman new chalet ottawa il Hinduism. Formulated by 15th-century Assamese philosopher Sankardev, the faith eschews new chalet ottawa il the caste system and idol worship, focussing on Vishnu as God, especially in his Krishna incarnation. Much of the worship is based around dance and melodramatic new chalet ottawa il 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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