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sampradaya. Since then this tradition has been adopted by all
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As of 2015, it is headed by an affable, self-effacing saint with an ever-smiling countenance, Mahanta Sri Kamalāsharan Devāchārya, who happens to be the 58th
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decorated throne in the hall meant for the Jhulan Utsav is a transfixing sight. The sublime philosophy of Lord
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Mahanata Asthal) who belonged to the Dwaar of the hoary
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