Bamakhepa
Bamakhepa | |
|---|---|
Birbhum, Bengal Presidency, British Raj | |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Temple | Tarapith |
| Philosophy | |
| Religious career | |
| Guru | Swami Kailashpati and Vedagya Mokshadananda |
Disciples | |
| Honors | Tarapith Bhairav |
Bamakhyapa (
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He was Goddess Tara's ardent devotee lived near the temple and meditated in the cremation grounds.[1] He stayed in Mouliksha temple for continuing the worship of Holy Mother.[3] Bamakhyapa was fed first in the temple before the deity and nobody obstructed him.[4] It is believed that Ma Tara gave a vision to Bamakhaypa in the cremation grounds in her ferocious form and then took him to her breast.[1]
Popular culture
Beginning in 2007, a teleserial named 'Sadhak Bamakhepa' about Bamakhepa ran on television in Bengal. By late 2011, it had run for 1500 episodes.[5]
In the teleserial Mahapeeth Tarapeeth, the life of the ardent devotee Bamakhepa was also depicted elaborately.[6]
References
- ^ a b c Kinsely, p. 111
- ISBN 9780892546008.
- The Telegraph. 7 December 2013.
- ISBN 81-208-1450-9. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
- ^ Gomolo news desk. (29 Nov 2011). "Sadhok Bamakhyapa becomes highly popular" Archived 4 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 31 Jan 2013)
- ^ "আসছে নতুন ধারাবাহিক 'মহাপীঠ তারাপীঠ'". www.anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Anandabazar Patrika. 27 January 2022.
Further reading
- Dalrymple, William (2009). Nine Lives. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. pp. 203–233. ISBN 978-1-4088-0153-6. Retrieved 19 June 2010.
- Kinsley, David R. (1997). Tantric visions of the divine feminine: the ten mahāvidyās. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-20499-7.
- Ramos, Imma (2017). Ramos, Imma (ed.). "The Myth of the Goddess Sati". Pilgrimage and Politics in Colonial Bengal. 1. Routledge: 138. ISBN 978-1-315-22314-8.
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