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Since ancient times poles (many times of [[bamboo]]) are revered as sacred [[totem pole]] at the same time poles are worshiped as devine spirits, ancestor spirits or as deity in some other instances. Instances of ancient pole worship are cited in case of [[Mære Church]] in Norway, [[Asherah pole]] in Israel, Yelang culture in [[Anshun]] china, [[Jangseung]] poles in korea, [[Ancient Indian festivals#Bamboo festival of Chedi|Bamboo festival of Chedi]] as mentioned in Adiparva of Indian Epic [[Mahabharata]] are cited. According to author of ''The Evolution of the Idea of God'' Grant Allen notes that Samoyedes of Siberia, Damaras of South Africa were involved in stake worship, as ancestor worship and planting a stake at a ancestor grave as an identification mark could have been beginning of The Evolution of the Idea of God.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=7Phor3HbvIcC&pg=PA42&dq=%22stick+worship%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAmoVChMIvLuw_N2PyAIVWAuOCh3MNQSQ#v=onepage&q=%22stick%20worship%22&f=false|title=The Evolution of the Idea of God|work=google.co.in}}</ref> |
Since ancient times poles (many times of [[bamboo]]) are revered as sacred [[totem pole]] at the same time poles are worshiped as devine spirits, ancestor spirits or as deity in some other instances. Instances of ancient pole worship are cited in case of [[Mære Church]] in Norway, [[Asherah pole]] in Israel, Yelang culture in [[Anshun]] china, [[Jangseung]] poles in korea, [[Ancient Indian festivals#Bamboo festival of Chedi|Bamboo festival of Chedi]] as mentioned in Adiparva of Indian Epic [[Mahabharata]] are cited. According to author of ''The Evolution of the Idea of God'' Grant Allen notes that Samoyedes of Siberia, Damaras of South Africa were involved in stake worship, as ancestor worship and planting a stake at a ancestor grave as an identification mark could have been beginning of The Evolution of the Idea of God.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=7Phor3HbvIcC&pg=PA42&dq=%22stick+worship%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAmoVChMIvLuw_N2PyAIVWAuOCh3MNQSQ#v=onepage&q=%22stick%20worship%22&f=false|title=The Evolution of the Idea of God|work=google.co.in}}</ref> According to Zelia Nuttall in her The Fundamental Principles Of Old and New World Civilizations all forms of tree and pole worship may have evolved from fire-drill and beam of the oil press as a starting point.<ref name="Zelia Nuttall" group="Nuttall Zelia">{{cite book|last1=Nuttall|first1=Zelia|title=The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations|date=March, 1901.|publisher=Cambridge, Mass.|location=Cambridge, Mass. Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology.|page=504|pages=601|edition=E-Book|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32066/32066-h/32066-h.html|accessdate=25 September 2015}}</ref> |
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In present times in Indian subcontinent several festivals and celebrations, as in Hinglajmata Sindh, [[Gudi Padwa]], KathiKawadi, Jatarakathi, Nandidhwaja, khambadev ([[Maharashtra]]), Nimad ([[Madhya Pradesh]]), [[Gogaji]] temple ([[Rajasthan]]) and khambeshvari ([[Orisa]]) then in Tripura and in Manipur, poles are worshiped in various forms. |
In present times in Indian subcontinent several festivals and celebrations, as in Hinglajmata Sindh, [[Gudi Padwa]], KathiKawadi, Jatarakathi, Nandidhwaja, khambadev ([[Maharashtra]]), Nimad ([[Madhya Pradesh]]), [[Gogaji]] temple ([[Rajasthan]]) and khambeshvari ([[Orisa]]) then in Tripura and in Manipur, poles are worshiped in various forms. |
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Since ancient times poles (many times of bamboo) are revered as sacred totem pole at the same time poles are worshiped as devine spirits, ancestor spirits or as deity in some other instances. Instances of ancient pole worship are cited in case of Mære Church in Norway, Asherah pole in Israel, Yelang culture in Anshun china, Jangseung poles in korea, Bamboo festival of Chedi as mentioned in Adiparva of Indian Epic Mahabharata are cited. According to author of The Evolution of the Idea of God Grant Allen notes that Samoyedes of Siberia, Damaras of South Africa were involved in stake worship, as ancestor worship and planting a stake at a ancestor grave as an identification mark could have been beginning of The Evolution of the Idea of God.[1] According to Zelia Nuttall in her The Fundamental Principles Of Old and New World Civilizations all forms of tree and pole worship may have evolved from fire-drill and beam of the oil press as a starting point.[Nuttall Zelia 1]
In present times in Indian subcontinent several festivals and celebrations, as in Hinglajmata Sindh, Gudi Padwa, KathiKawadi, Jatarakathi, Nandidhwaja, khambadev (Maharashtra), Nimad (Madhya Pradesh), Gogaji temple (Rajasthan) and khambeshvari (Orisa) then in Tripura and in Manipur, poles are worshiped in various forms.
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- ^ "The Evolution of the Idea of God". google.co.in.
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