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Samadhi (shrine)

In Hinduism, Sikhism, and Sufism a samadhi (samādhi) or


samadhi mandir is a temple, shrine, or memorial commemorating
the dead (similar to a tomb or mausoleum),[1][2][3] which may or
may not contain the body of the deceased. Samadhi sites are often
built in this way to honour people regarded as saints or gurus in
Hindu religious traditions,[4] wherein such souls are said to have
passed into mahāsamādhi, or were already in samadhi (a state of
meditative consciousness) at the time of death.
Samadhi of the Sikh Maharajah
In Sikhism, the term "samadhi" is used for the mausoleums of
Ranjit Singh in Lahore
eminent figures, both religious and political. Examples include the
Samadhi of Ranjit Singh in Lahore, and that of Maharaja Sher
Singh near Lahore. Hindu equivalents are usually called chatri,
although those for Maratha Empire figures also often use
"samadhi". The forms of structure called "samadhi" vary greatly.
The word is sometimes used for a memorial stele, also called
paliya, a type of hero stone once common in parts of Gujarat and
Sindh. It may be used for small memorial buildings such as open
chatri, often placed around a temple.

The tradition of India is cremation for most Hindu people at the Ruined group of samadhi for the
time of death, while samadhi is generally reserved for very rajas of Kutch and their courts, at
advanced souls, such as yogis and saints,[4] who have already been Bhuj, Gujarat
"purified by the fire of yoga"[5] or who are believed to have been
in the state of samadhi at the time of death. Samadhi usually
involves inhumation rather than cremation.[4]

Examples
One of the popular site of pilgrimage in India is the town of Alandi in the state of Maharashtra where the
13th century Varkari saint Dnyaneshwar took Sanjivan Samadhi, or entombed himself in the state of
Samadhi. His devotees believe that he is still alive.[6][7]

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (d. 1977) the founder of ISKCON (known as the "Hare Krishna
Movement"), is commemorated with a large Samadhi Mandir in Mayapur, West Bengal.
Samadhi of Sri Adi Samadhi of the Maratha admiral
Shankaracharya Kanhoji Angre

Small shrine for Appayya Samadhi with image,


Dikshita, with lingam, Maharashtra
Thiruvalangadu, Tamil Nadu
Paliya memorials, Bhuj, Gujarat Samadhi of Jijabai, the mother of
the Maratha emperor Chatrapati
Shivaji Maharaj, Pachad,
Raigadh, Maharashtra

See also
Stupa

References
1. "Hindi dictionary (Samadhi)" (http://dict.hinkhoj.com/words/meaning-of-SAMADHI-in-hindi.ht
ml). Retrieved 18 September 2014.
2. "Oxford Dictionary – American English" (https://web.archive.org/web/20131022065739/htt
p://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/samadhi?q=Samadhi).
Archived from the original (http://oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/sam
adhi?q=Samadhi) on October 22, 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
3. "Oxford Dictionary – English" (https://web.archive.org/web/20131022065646/http://www.oxfo
rddictionaries.com/us/definition/english/samadhi). Archived from the original (http://oxforddic
tionaries.com/us/definition/english/samadhi) on October 22, 2013. Retrieved 18 September
2014.
4. McLaughlin, Mark (July 2021). Flood, Gavin; Frazier, Jessica; Lutjeharms, Rembert (eds.).
"Tracing the Roots of Samādhi Burial Practice". Journal of Hindu Studies. 14 (1). Oxford:
Oxford University Press on behalf of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies: 8–26.
doi:10.1093/jhs/hiab008 (https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fjhs%2Fhiab008). eISSN 1756-4263 (htt
ps://search.worldcat.org/issn/1756-4263). ISSN 1756-4255 (https://search.worldcat.org/issn/
1756-4255). OCLC 301680132 (https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/301680132).
5. Georg Feuerstein, The Encyclopedia of Yoga and Tantra (Boston: Shambhala Publications,
2011), p. 308.
6. Novetzke 2009, p. 218.
7. Glushkova 2014, p. 116.

Bibliography
Glushkova, Irina (2014), Objects of Worship in South Asian Religions: Forms, Practices and
Meanings (https://books.google.com/books?id=oqReBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA116), Routledge,
ISBN 978-1317675952
Dallmayr, Fred (2007), In Search of the Good Life: A Pedogogy for Troubled Times (https://b
ooks.google.com/books?id=uQ1JrtMJmbMC&pg=PT74), University Press of Kentucky,
ISBN 978-0813138589
Novetzke, Christian Lee (2009), Shared Idioms, Sacred Symbols, and the Articulation of
Identities in South Asia (https://books.google.com/books?id=PmWUAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA21
8), Routledge, ISBN 978-1-135-90477-7

External links
Media related to Samadhi (shrines) at Wikimedia Commons
Spiritual Travel – Samadhis of the Sages (http://www.lifepositive.com/Mind/Spiritual_Travel/
Samadhis_of_the_sages72009.asp)

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