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Bhagwan Ram’s life is primarily known to us from references in texts such as the Ramayana & Vasistha’s Yoga. We know him as a king, hero & divine Avatar, but did you know that Shree Rama was a scientist & one of ancient India’s foremost experts on chemistry & metallurgy?

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Bhudeb Mookerjee, principal of Bengal College of Ayurveda was an Ayurvedic doctor & Sanskrit scholar. In 1938, he published “Rasa Jala Nidhi, Vol. 5” on Hindu chemistry. In Part 8, he directly names Shree Ramachandra as one of the greatest experts of ancient Hindu chemistry.

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He tells us that King Ramachandra of Ayodhya, learnt chemistry from two great Yogis & Siddhas (Chemists) named Kalanatha & Lakshmisvara in the Dandaka forest. Having gained expertise in the field of chemistry & metallurgy, he was named “Dandakanatha” by the sages.

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There he authored a book on chemistry called “Ram Rajiya” Sadly, the original manuscript is not available, but reference to it are found in treatises Rasa-Ratna-Samuchchaya & Bhava-Prakasha. The book’s preface says the author is Dasharathputra, king Ramachandra of Ayodhya.

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It also mentions that the author learnt Rasa-vidya (metallic chemistry) from the great Rishis Kalanatha, and Laksmisvara. It states that the author prepared an image of his wife in gold manufactured by himself. Rama-Rajiya tells us the process of how this gold was obtained.

राम नवमी की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएँ 🙏🏻
ॐ रामचंद्राय नमः
ॐ रामभद्राय नमः
(Read full thread) आज बात इक्ष्वाकु वंश के राजा मर्यादापुरूषोत्तम श्री राम के(राजकुल)गुरू ऋषि वशिष्ठ की-

१. वशिष्ठ एक सप्तर्षि हैं - यानि के उन सात ऋषियों में से एक जिन्हें ईश्वर द्वारा सत्य का ज्ञान एक साथ हुआ था और जिन्होंने मिलकर वेदों का दर्शन किया (वेदों की रचना की, ऐसा कहना अनुचित होगा क्योंकि वेद तो अनादि है)।

२. उनकी पत्नी अरुन्धती है। वह योग-वासिष्ठ में राम के गुरु हैं। वशिष्ठ राजा दशरथ के राजकुल गुरु भी थे। उन्होंने ही राजा दशरथ को पुत्रकामेष्टि अनुष्ठान कराने का सुझाव दिया था।वशिष्ठ ब्रम्हा के मानस पुत्र थे। त्रिकाल दर्शी तथा बहुत ज्ञान वान ऋषि थे।

३. सूर्य वंशी राजा इनकी आज्ञा के बिना कोई धार्मिक कार्य नही करते थे। त्रेता के अंत मे ये ब्रम्हा लोक चले गए थे । आकाश में चमकते सात तारों के समूह में पंक्ति के एक स्थान पर वशिष्ठ को स्थित माना जाता है।

४. महर्षि वशिष्ठ सातवें और अंतिम ऋषि थे। वे श्री राम के गुरु भी थे और सुर्यवंश के राजपुरोहित भी थे। उनके पास कामधेनु गाय थी । कामधेनु जिसके पास होती हैं वह जो कुछ कामना करता है (माँगता है) उसे वह मिल जाता है। (काम = इच्छा , धेनु=गाय)।

History and Significance of Rama Navami:
Rama Navami is celebrated to honour Lord Vishnu as Rama avatar, also known as Maryada Purshottam. He was born in Ayodhya to Kaushalya and Dasrath in Treta Yuga. It describes how the king and his three queens--

Sumitra, Kaikeyi and Kaushalya performed Yagna on the advice of Rishi Vashisth when none of them were able to give birth to the next ruler of Ayodhya.

After a yagna, they were given kheer blessed by Yajna, Lord of Yagna. The queens conceived soon and gave birth to sons. While Kaushalya gave birth to Rama, Laxman, Bharat and Shatrughan were born to Kaikeyi and Sumitra.

Lord Rama, who was the first in line to the throne, had to step back due to a conspiracy and king Dasrath had to send him for exile up to 14 years. He ruled the kingdom once he came back.

The Significance of the Festival is indicates the victory of goodness on evil and establishment of the Dharma to beat the Adharma. Ram Navami festival celebration starts with the Jal (water) offering in the early morning to the God Sun (A Deity) to get blessings from him.

Description of Crowning ceremony of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

The throne was designed by Ramaji Datto Chitre of Kolhapur.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's court at the time of his coronation has been described as

1. Shivaji arrived in the court (wearing gold toda around the suruwar around the legs, jewellery around the neck a kavda necklace-over the angarkhaa, kambarpatta,...)

2. He holded in his right hand weilding a golden bow and his left hand held a golden Vishnu idol

3. The ashta pradhans (Moropant Pingale held a gold kalash with perforations, Hambirao Mohite held a silver kalash, etc) flanked the throne.

4. On the right side stood Balaji Avji Chitnis and on the left side stood Nilopant Farasvis. Madari Mehtar (who was given the title Takht

Firosh, caretaker of the throne)

5. Sardar Vishwasrao Gaikwad held Bhavani the bejewelled sword of the king.

6. Gagabhat held the royal umbrella over the king.

7. The men around the throne weilded the royal sceptres-insignias (gold chavri, morchel ,gold spear with a weighing scale symbolising even justice and fair commerce, gold spear with fish head symbolising control over seas, gold spears with horse head symbolising a powerful

Tulasi Gowda was born in a poor Hallaki tribal family & lost her father when she was only 3 and a child-bride at 12.

She started working at a very young age as a labourer for the Karnataka Forestry Department. Her main duty was to take care of the seeds in the Agasur seedbed.

Over the years, Gowda achieved extraordinary results, also thanks to her deeply-rooted cultural heritage, as in her matriarchal tribe women have been in charge of protecting, looking after and cultivating the land for hundreds of years.

She walked barefoot through plantations, can discern the state of budding plants by just touching them lightly. She’s never been to school, but knows perfectly how to interpret tamarind, eucalyptus and dozens of other plants.

Tulasi Gowda started her journey in the 60s when she was younger than Greta Thunberg by making this world a better place to live by planting one sapling after another.

Today she's 73, but when people way younger than her fail to do anything to arrest the effects of climate change, she is still as busy as she was six decades ago.

Every year she plants and nurtures thousands of trees and goes on about her deeds like no one’s watching.

सुविचार:
धर्मो रक्षति रक्षितः। 🚩
(Read fullThread) आज बात गुजरात के द्वारकाधीश मंदिर की जिसकी धर्म ध्वजा चढाने-उताने का अधिकार अबोटी ब्राह्मणों को प्राप्त है-

१. हिंदू धर्म के चार धामों में यह एक धाम माना जाता है। यहां पर भगवान द्वारकाधीश की पूजा की जाती है। जिसका अर्थ है द्वारका का राजा। द्वापर युग में यहां स्‍थान भगवान कृष्‍ण की राजधानी थी।

२. इस मंदिर में ध्वजा पूजन का विशेष महत्व है मंदिर के शिखर पर ध्वज हमेशा पश्चिम से पूर्व दिशा की ओर लहराता रहता है।

३. मंदिर पर लगे ध्वज को कई किलोमीटर दूर से भी देखा जा सकता है। यह ध्वज 52 गज का होता है। 52 गज के ध्वज को लेकर यह यह कथा है कि द्वारका पर 56 प्रकार के यादवों ने शासन किया।

४. सभी के अपने भवन थे। इनमें चार भगवान श्रीकृष्ण, बलराम, अनिरुद्धजी और प्रद्युमनजी देवरूप होने से इनके मंदिर बने हुए हैं और इनके मंदिर के शिखर पर अपने ध्वज लहराते हैं।

Is a high voter turnout usually a sign of anti-incumbency? Or so the experts would make us believe! The argument is that the anti-incumbency, which in general manifests itself as anger among voters, encourages more people to cast votes.

However, it is not as simple and straight as it sounds. High voter turnout could also be a reflection of a strong pro-incumbency sentiment; when voters feel strongly in favour of the incumbent government, they like to come out in large numbers and express their support.

In a multi-party, coalition-oriented, post-poll & pre-poll alliances, representative politics, West-minister-style democracy such as India, the definition of anti-incumbency is definitely unclear.

For example, if the member of Parliament (MP) of a constituency sat in the opposition benches, and people prefer voting him/ her, is it being pro- or anti-incumbency? How do we define our position with respect to incumbency if a party MP changes sides in the national alliance?

Even simpler, what if our MP decides to cross the floor and seek re-election on the ticket of the opposing party?

MAHARAANI TARARANI: THE QUEEN OF MARATHAS

Rani Tarabai was the brave daughter-in-law of Chhatrapati Shivaji and one of the greatest medieval Monarchs India ever had.
She was born in 1675 to one of the bravest commander-in-chiefs of Shivaji's Army named Hambir Rao Mohite.

Tarabai was just 8yrs old when she was married to Shivaji's younger son, Rajaram. Mughals and Marathas were constantly at war with each other. Shivaji was crowned the ruler of the Independent Maratha Swarajya in 1674 which was established by him.

However,the great leader died in 1680&the Maratha Samrajya went into a complete&total chaos.Marathas saw some very tough times ahead. In 1689,when Raigad Fort fell to the Mughal Army of over 15000,Shivaji's first wife Saibai and his elder son Sambhaji were captured&put to death.

Sambhaji's wife and son Shahu were taken prisoners to the Mughal court. During the same battle, Shivaji's second son Rajaram(Tarabai's husband) , who was the heir to the throne now, managed to escape using a disguise. He made his way to the Gingee Fort in Tamil Nadu.

Mughal General Zulfikar Khan, however, followed them to Gingee laying siege to the Gingee Fort. From 1690-1698,This was the longest siege by a Mughal Army of any Fort which stands testimony to the military and diplomatic credentials of Rani Tarabai.

Importance of chanting #Vishnu #Sahasranama.

Vishnu Sahasranama contains 1008 names of the Bhagawan Shri Vishnu. It was compiled by Sage Veda Vyasa & is a part of #Mahabharata.
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In Mahabharata, it was told by Bhishma Pita Maha on his 'Sharasayya' to Yudhishtthira (Dharma Raja) who wanted to know what is the way to attain Moksha.., who asks..
"ko dharmassarvadharmaanaam bhavatah pramo mataha, kim japan muchyate jantur janmasamsaarabandhanaat ," meaning,+

which is the greatest dharma and by chanting what do we attain Moksha.

Bhishma chants the Vishnu Sahasranama Stothra to Pandavas who were present before him at that time. Vishnu Sahasranaama Sthothram has the power to activate Sahasrara Chakra, cause Atmajnana and Brahmajnana.

To attain #Moksha, one's Sahasrara #Chakra must be fully opened. Daily concentrated reading of Vishnu Sahasra Nama Strothram will activate the #Kundalini and other #Chakras too.

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Every person has a Slokam from Vishnu Sahasranama Sthothra, based on his or her birth star and paadham. On chanting that Slokam everyday, the person attains spiritual and material benefits. To know what is your Slokam you have to follow the method explained here:

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|| Geographical Description ||

of “EARTH” according to Indian ancient scriptures

RT and spread the knowledge.

Next thread would be on || Bharatvarsha || It has an expansion of 9,000 Yojans.

Go through entire thread carefully.

The earth has seven great islands- Jambu, Plaksha, Shaalmali, Kusha, Kronch, Shaakh and Pushkar. These are surrounded by oceans having saline water, sugarcane juice, wine, ghee, curd, milk and sweet water respectively.

Jambudweep is situated at the centre.

At the centre of Jambudweep is golden Sumeru Mountain (Himalayas), which is 84000 Yojans high. Towards the south of Sumeru &Himavaan, Hemkut &Nishad Mountains. Towards its north are Neel &Shringi Mountains. All these mountains are 2000 Yojans high with similar expansion.

Towards the south of Sumeru Mountain, Bharatvarsha is the first landmass followed by Kimpurushvarsha and Harivarsha. In the north of Sumeru Mountain, Ramyak is the first landmass followed by Hiranyamay and Uttarkuruvarsha. All these landmasses have expansion of 9000 Yojans.

At the centre of these landmasses is Ilaavritvarsha that bears Sumeru Mountain. On the four sides of Sumeru Mountain are four smaller mountains that seem to support the massive Sumeru. Among these four mountains, Mandrachal Mountain is in the east and in the south is Gandhmaadan

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha 🙏🏻
A small #thread on my favourite pasuram about Aadhiseshan... Who incarnated as Swamy Ramanuja...

⭐When emperuman goes out on foot, Aadhiseshan will be his umbrella,

⭐When emperumAn desires to sit, Adhiseshan will be his throne,

⭐When emperuman desires to stand, Adhiseshan will be his sandals,

⭐In the expansive milk ocean, when emperuman wants to rest awhile, Adhiseshan becomes his soft mattress that floats,

⭐If emperuman wants to see objects, Adhiseshan will become auspicious lamp,

⭐When emperumAn desires to recline, he will become the pillow,

⭐If emperuman desires in his divine mind to wear a beautiful dress, Adhiseshan will be his yellow silky dress which indicates that emperuman is the supreme entity...

Just as golden bar can be converted into ornaments as we desire, Adhiseshan also transforms into umbrella, throne, sandals, float, lamp, divine dress, pillow etc while carrying out service to emperuman and Piratti.

Founded in the early 18th century, Janakpurdham is a city located in Dhanusha distt of Nepal. Located about 225Km south-east of Kathmandu, Janakpurdham is an important pilgrimage site for Hindus due to its connection with Mata Sita.

Jaanki Mandir , Janakpur

Janakpurdham is known for its famous Janki Temple which is dedicated to Goddess Sita.Mata Sita is believed to be found here at Janakpurdham while ploughing the fields in a vessel underground, for this reason she is also called Dharti Putri.

Janakpurdham is also a place where the historical event of 'Sita Swayamvar' happened. Prabhu Ram broke the mighty 'Shivadhanush' and married Mata Sita.

Mithila culture originated from Janakpur. In ancient times, Janakpur was the capital of Kingdom of Mithila which was ruled by a righteous King named Janak and hence the name Janakpurdham.

Janakpur is also called the city of ponds. It has more than 70 ponds which are considered sacred by the Hindus. Some of the ponds are Dhanush Sagar, Ganga Sagar, Angraj Kund, Ratna Sagar, Agni Kunda etc which add to the beauty and divinity of Janakpurdham.

Literary Works of Sri Ramanuja;
🌺SRI BHASHYA:
Commentary on the brahma sutras of veda vyasa.The only commentary that follows the earlier ones of Bodhayana,Dravida,Guhadeva,Tanka and Bharuchi.

🌺VEDANTHA SANGRAHA:
First work of sri ramanuja.Delivered in the presence of sri venkateshwara a top tirumala.Contains the meanings of some conflicting passages from upanishads

🌺VEDANTA DEEPA:
Another commentary like sri bhashya.This work throws light on some important concepts required to understand brahma sutras.

🌺VEDANTA SAARA:
This work is considered a condensed version of sri bhashya and is also some secret meanings required to understand the brahma sutras.
🌺BHAGAVAD GITA BHASHYA:
The famous bhagavad gita of lord krishna.

This unique work reproduces all the words in the original verses.

Swami Ramanujar:
Important personalities in Sri Ramanujas Life :
🌸ASURI KESHAVA SOMAYAJI-Father of Sri Ramanujar .Asuri keshava somayaji was a learned brahmana living in sriperumbudur.

🌸KANTHIMATHI-Mother of Sri Ramanuja. Kanthimathi was the sister of sri periya thirumalai nambi .
🌸SRI YAMUNACHARYA-Acharya of Sri Ramanuja.Also known as Alavandar.
🌸THIRUKOKOSHTIYUR NAMBI-Also known as Ghosti Purna.He instructed the Rahasya Traya to Sri Ramanujar.

He lived in thirukoshtiyur.
🌸THIRUKKACHI NAMBI-Kanchi purna was born in puvirunthavalli near kanchipuram and met the young ramanuja at an important time.He did the service of Lord Varadha.

🌸THIRUVARANGA PERUMAL ARAIYAR-Important acharya lived in srirangam and rendered the service of playing music for lord Sriranganatha.

🌸PERIYA THIRUMALAI NAMBI-He was the maternal uncle of Sri Ramanuja.He taught sri ramanuja about the epic of sri ramayana and other ithihaas and puranas.Served sri venkateswara at tirumala.

Do you know?

The Golden Shine on the artificial jewellery of modern times is a gift by Nagarjuna.

Now,u might be wondering,who is Nagarjuna?

Nagarjuna was the name of an ancient Indian scholar&scientist whose name is associated with the fields of Alchemy,Chemistry& Metallurgy.

He conducted a number of alchemic and Metallurgical experiments directed towards transforming base elements into Gold.
According to Eduard Sachau's Alberuni's India, Nagarjuna was termed as a Metallurgist who was born 100 yrs before Alberuni's time, who was born in 973 CE.

According to some records Nagarjuna was born in 9th century CE near Somnath,Gujarat and according to some Tibetan & Chinese sources he was born in Vidarbha,Maharashtra from where he later migrated to Deccan region.

Edward Schau quotes in his book,'They have a science similar to Alchemy and Nagarjuna is famous for this science which they call as 'Rasayana'.

Nagarjuna's book 'Rasaratnakara' is one of the earliest documented texts on Alchemy,Chemistry & Metallurgy in Sanskrit.Nagarjuna successfully discovered through his experiments the alchemy of transmutation of base metals into Gold.This was not real gold but a gold like substance.

Om Namo Narayanaya

There are very few temples dedicated to Matsya Avatara one such is Nagalapuram Veda narayana swami perumal temple

As you can see Sri Mahavishnu is in matsya roopi with fins(instead of ears) and holds sudrashana Chakra in prayoga(ready to release)

According to Matsya Purana
Devataa one day is one kalpa, one day at the end of kalpa Brahma deva felt sleepy and vedas slipped out of his mouth due to involuntary yawning a demon named somakudu stole the vedas from brahma. Vedas are necessary for creation.

As we know Pralayam occurs at the end of every Kalpa and creation is again started by Lord Brahma, it was necessary to collect all the plants, seeds, animals so that they would continue to exist in the new creation
Devatas prayed Lord Vishnu to get the Vedas back from the Demon

King Satyavrata a devotee of Sri maha vishnu who was later know as Manu was offering water during Sandhya vandanam
Sri Maha Vishnu in the form of a small fish came into his hands and pleaded to save its life. He drops it in his Kamandalam.

Over night the fish became too big to be in Kamandalam. By the request of the fish he moved it in to another big bowl, but soon fish became too big for the vessel also. Then Satyavrata then left the fish in a pond but in no time the fish grew as large as pond.

'Treasure Gods' - Sangha Nidhi' and 'Padma Nidhi', Tirumala, Tirupati.

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These are the two guards guarding the Wealth and Treasure of Lord Sri Venkateswara.

They are representatives of two treasures of Kubera, the God of Wealth.

One guard who is holding shangam (conch) on both the hands is known as Shanka Nidhi ('nidhi' means wealth).

On the other side, the guard who is holding Lotus flowers on both the hands is known as Padma nidhi.

Shangu is from the ocean which includes all types of wealth like pearls and corals.

Why shagam in his hand? Because shangam only gives the sound of 'omkaram'.

'Padmam' is the symbol of water sources in land like river, lakes, tanks etc. which is very important for all living beings.

As per the tradition, these guards are installed at the third entrance of the temple.

One enters the holy shrine after saluting the first protection threshold - Sankha Nidhi and Padma Nidhi.

Rare Vintage Painting of Lord Sri Bhu Varaha (1790).

Varaha (in Sanskrit : वराह)
is the third Avatar of Lord Vishnu, in the form of a Boar.

He appeared in order to defeat Hiranyaksha, a demon who had taken the Earth and carried it to the bottom of what is described as the cosmic ocean in the story.

The battle between Varaha and Hiranyaksha is believed to have lasted for a thousand years, which the former finally won.

Varaha carried the Earth out of the ocean between His tusks and restored it to its place in the Universe.

Vishnu married Prithvi (Bhudevi) in this avatar.

Varaha is depicted in art as either purely animal or as being anthropomorphic, having a boar's head on a man's body.

In the latter form He has four arms, two of which hold the wheel and conch-shell while the other two hold a mace, sword or lotus or make a gesture (or "mudra") of blessing.

The Earth is held between the boar's tusks.

Remembering the only 5-star general of IAF - Marshal of the 🇮🇳Air Force (MIAF) Arjan Singh on his birth anniversary 🙏

Born on April 15, 1919, in Lyallpur, Punjab, MIAF Arjan Singh was the only Indian Air Force (IAF) officer to be promoted to 5-star rank

On 15 Aug 1947, he had the unique honour of leading the flypast of over a hundred IAF aircraft over the Red Fort.

Over the years, he was promoted to Wing Commander, Air Commodore and Air Vice Marshal. During this time, Arjan Singh displayed great commitment in his work.

Arjan Singh’s crucial testing time came in 1965 when the Indian subcontinent was plunged into war.

When Pakistan declared the launch of Operation Grand Slam, Arjan Singh was called into the Defense Minister’s office, where he was requested to provide air support.

He promised the Defense Minister that he would get the forces ready in an hour and true to his word, he attacked the Pakistani forces in an hour.

Arjan Singh thwarted Ayub Khan’s plans to capture Kashmir by leading the Air Force with great valor and confidence.

In fact, Arjan Singh became the first Air Chief Marshal of the IAF. In 2002, Arjan Singh was awarded the rank of the Marshal of the Air Force by the Indian government, making him the first and the only five-star rank officer in the Indian Air Force.