Encyclopedia of Hinduism

Brahmin priest performing puja

to Lord Vishnu 336

Lord Krishna’s birthplace, where

his puranic tale begins 337

Rama, an incarnation of

Vishnu, with wife, Sita, and

his brother Lakshmana 347

Sri Ramakrishna 349

Ramana Maharshi 350

Baba Ram Dass 357

Yogi Ramsuratkumar 360

Raja Rammohun Roy 368

Sadhu and sacred cow dressed

for festival 371

Sai Baba of Shirdi 375

An ochre-robed wandering

sannyasi 381

Sri Sarada Devi 386

Entrance to the Self-

Realization Fellowship

Headquarters 393

Major deity Shiva as Nataraja,

Lord of the Dance 406

Sikh Gurudwara 413

Sri Sri Nathji 421

Sthanakavasi Jain monk with

mouth covering to practice

ahimsa 423

Satguru Subramuniyas-

wami 425

Sunyata (Alfred Julius Emanuel

Sorensen) 427

Swaminarayan 430

Rabindranath Tagore 434

Typical Hindu temple tower,

Krishna Temple 440

Image of the Hindu trin-

ity: Brahma, Vishnu, and

Shiva 453

Swaminarayan Temple 462

Hindu temple in Malibu,

California 463

Old Vedanta temple 464

Ramakrishna Temple 484

Lord Venkateshwara, popularly

known as Balaji, is one of

the manifestations of Lord

Vishnu 491

Swami Vivekananda 494

Sri Yantra, symbol of the God-

dess and ritual design for

meditation 510

Paramahansa Yogananda 513

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