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Yantra vs Yatra - What's the difference?

yantra | yatra |

As nouns the difference between yantra and yatra

is that yantra is a geometrical diagram used as a meditation aid in tantric worship while yatra is a Hindu pilgrimage.

yantra

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A geometrical diagram used as a meditation aid in tantric worship.
  • (religion) Any object used as a meditation aid in tantric worship.

    • yatra

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Yatra * yaatra

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A Hindu pilgrimage.
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  • *:Thousands of activists and vehicles therefore diffused quietly out of Delhi in the following days to reassemble in a yatra that now swelled to 40–50,000 people.
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  • *:By calling this little stroll a yatra''''' I am making a mild joke to myself, because in India a '''''yatra can be a grueling expedition such as a hike to the top of Mount Kailas in the Himalayas.
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  • *:At the inauguration of this temple a yatra for her was performed attracting again a big part of Chatamput's mostly female inhabitants, who all claimed that Kondamakalamma now is the "real" goddess of the village.
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  • *:I thus wonder whether the yatra' was not primarily "efficient" for the upper middle classes who - physically removed from direct participation - enjoyed the BJP going on a ' yatra , presenting them with ready-made edutainment about nationality, easy to digest, without much physical and mental effort.