darshan

noun

1. Hierophany, theophany; being in the presence of the divine or holy (as a person or object).

   countable, uncountable

   A common sight in India is a crowd of people gathered in the courtyard of a temple or at the doorway of a streetside shrine for the darshan of the deity.

Where it comes from

From Sanskrit दर्शन (darśana, “vision”), from a root दृश् (dṛś, “to see”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry darshan (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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