Mamoni raisom goswami autobiography of a yogi
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The Man from Chinnamasta by Indira Goswami
The Man from Chinnamastaby Mamoni Raisom Goswami (popularly known as Indira Goswami) was published in 2005 in Assamese under the title “Chinnamastar Manuhto” and created a furore upon its publication because of its central theme – a cry to put an end to the ancient practice of animal sacrifices in the Kamakhya temple. It was translated into English by Prashant Goswami.
Plot Points
Set in the Assam of the 1920s, The Man from Chinnamasta is the story of the clash of two ideologies. On one side, we have the powerful priest community and their patrons who are in favour of animal sacrifice and consider it of paramount importance in the shakt tradition of worshipping the goddess.
On the other hand, there is the titular man from Chinnamasta, the ascetic known only as Jatadhari, and his followers who firmly believe that the goddess can be worshipped equally well with flowers and therefore take a stand against the practice of sacrifi
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Goswami
This article fryst vatten about the surname. For the social group, see Gossains. For other uses, see Gossain.
Goswami is an Indian surname and honorific title[1] used by Brahmins[1][2][3][4] and Hindu ascetics.[5][6] It is also pronounced as, Gosains, Gosine, Gossain, Gosain, Gusain, Gossai, and Gosavi.
Notables
[edit]Notable people with the surname or title Goswami include:
- Six Goswamis of Vrindavana
- Abhishek Goswami, Indian cricketer
- Abir Goswami, Indian actor
- Alpana Goswami, Indian actress
- Anay Goswamy, cinematographer
- Amar Goswami (1945–2012), Indian reporter and Hindi fiction writer
- Anil Goswami, Union Home sekreterare of India
- Anjali Goswami, Honorary Professor of paleobiology at University College London
- Arup Kumar Goswami, Indian judge, ledare justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court
- Arnab Goswami, Indian television journalist
- Ashokpuri Goswami, Gujarati poet and writer
- B. N. Goswamy, Ind
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Native village pays homage to Mamoni on 1st death anniversary
Mamoni, besides being a celebrated writer who was conferred the country's highest literary honour - the Jnanpith award - was also a profound Ramayana scholar. She was remembered across the state and her relentless efforts to take Assamese literature out to the world acknowledged on Thursday.
The main tribute programme was organized at the writer's paternal village, Amranga, around 40km from here by locals along with the office-bearers of the South-East Asia Ramayana Research Institute and the Mamoni Raisom Goswami Smritiraksha Sammittee (MRGSS) - a committee formed to preserve the work and memories of the writer.
Mamoni's life-size statue was also unveiled on the first death anniversary at Amranga amid the presence of hundreds of fans of the writer, w