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    "publisher": "Dharma Open School by Aniruddha Dāsa",
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    "contentLastModified": "2026-08-26",
    "edition": "school research edition",
    "collection": "Checked tīrtha atlas",
    "recordCount": 28,
    "provenance": "SCHOOL_RESEARCH_EDITION",
    "reuseNotice": "Free to download for personal study and teaching preparation. No separate open licence is asserted for editorial research-edition text; retain provenance and check permissions before redistribution or adaptation.",
    "geographicResearchBasis": [
      "GeoNames",
      "Wikidata",
      "UNESCO public gazetteer and institutional records"
    ],
    "scope": "Rounded geographic reference points; coordinates do not establish a theological claim."
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        "gaudiya"
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        "vaisnava",
        "gaudiya"
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        "gaudiya"
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        "gaudiya"
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    {
      "id": "ayodhya",
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    },
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      "id": "sri-rangam",
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      "devanagari": "श्रीरंगम",
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        "vaisnava"
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        "shared"
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        "vaisnava",
        "gaudiya"
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      "id": "kurukshetra",
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        "shared"
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      "id": "badrinath",
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      "id": "kedarnath",
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        "shared"
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      "id": "dwarka",
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      "referencePoint": "city centre"
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      "id": "somnath",
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        "saiva"
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      "id": "nathdwara",
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      "id": "ujjain",
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        "shared"
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    {
      "id": "udupi",
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        "vaisnava"
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      "id": "kanchipuram",
      "name": "Kāñcīpuram",
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        "saiva",
        "vaisnava"
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    },
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      "id": "chidambaram",
      "name": "Cidambaram",
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      "id": "guruvayur",
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      "id": "tarapith",
      "name": "Tārāpīṭha",
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    },
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      "id": "gaya",
      "name": "Gayā",
      "devanagari": "गया",
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        "shared"
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    },
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      "id": "tripura-sundari",
      "name": "Tripurā Sundarī",
      "devanagari": "त्रिपुरासुन्दरी",
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      "traditions": [
        "sakta"
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    }
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