🌺आचमन क्या है और इसे तीन बार ही क्यों किया जाता है ?🌺

पूजा, यज्ञ आदि आरंभ करने से पूर्व शुद्धि के लिए मंत्र पढ़ते हुए जल पीना ही आचमन कहलाता है। इससे मन और हृदय की शुद्धि होती है।

धर्मग्रंथों में तीन बार आचमन करने के संबंध में कहा गया है।

प्रथमं यत् पिवति तेन ऋग्वेद प्रीणाति। यद् द्वितीयं तेन यजुर्वेदं प्रीणाति यद् तृतीयं तेन सामवेदं प्रीणाति॥

अर्थात् तीन बार आचमन करने से तीनों वेद यानी-ऋग्वेद,यजुर्वेद,सामवेद प्रसन्न होकर सभी मनोकामनाएं पूर्ण करते हैं।
मनु महाराज के मतानुसार
त्रिराचामेदपः पूर्वम्।
-मनुस्मृति2/60

अर्थात् सबसे पहले तीन बार आचमन करना चाहिए। इससे कंठशोषण दूर होकर, कफ़ निवृत्ति के कारण श्वसन क्रिया में व मंत्रोच्चारण में शुद्धता आती है। इसीलिए प्रत्येक धार्मिक कृत्य के शुरू में और संध्योपासन के मध्य बीच-बीच में अनेक बार तीन की संख्या में आचमन का विधान बनाया गया है।

इसके अलावा यह भी माना जाता है कि इससे कायिक, मानसिक और वाचिक तीनों प्रकार के पापों की निवृत्ति होकर न दिखने वाले फल की प्राप्ति होती है।

अंगूठे के मूल में ब्रह्मतीर्थ, कनिष्ठा के मूल प्रजापत्यतीर्थ, अंगुलियों के अग्रभाग में देवतीर्थ, तर्जनी और अंगूठे के बीच पितृतीर्थ और

हाथ के मध्य भाग में सौम्यतीर्थ होता है, जो देवकर्म में प्रशस्त माना गया है। आचमन हमेशा ब्रह्मतीर्थ से करना चाहिए। आचमन करने से पहले अंगुलियां मिलाकर एकाग्रचित्त यानी एकसाथ करके पवित्र जल से बिना शब्द किए 3 बार आचमन करने से महान फल मिलता है। आचमन हमेशा 3 बार करना चाहिए।

RANI ABBAKKA-THE QUEEN IMMORATALIZED AS 'THE GREAT FEARLESS WARRIOR QUEEN' & STILL FORGOTTEN.

The renowned Indian Coast Guard launched ICGS Rani Abbakka in 2009 at Indian Naval Port of Vizag. It commemorated the valour of a brave Queen named Rani Abbakka, who is not much known.

Queen Abbakka carved a niche for herself as 'The Warrior Queen of Ullal'.Rani Abbakka Chowta was the first Tuluva Queen of Ullal(present day Mangalore) and was crowned by her Uncle Tirumala Raya in 1525 as the Chowta's followed a Matrilineal system of Inheritance.

While inheritance was from female line,the ruler was always a male. Since Tirumal Raya didn't have any children,he chose his niece as a legal Heir.She was married to King Lakshmapa Bangaraja in a Political wedlock,due to which they both remained estranged throughout their lives.

Rani Abbakka Chowta was trained to be a good ruler and administrator right from a very young age. Sword fighting, horse riding, archery, military strategies and political diplomacy were the subjects she was very keen in learning and she learned them with perfection.

Most Portugues sources tell us that Rani Abbakka was a great administrator.She was a Jain herself but she never stopped patronising Hindu temples,arts &literature.Her administration consisted of Muslims&Hindus alike. Diversity of her administration&her army was worth appreciation

SRI YANTRA & ITS SIGNIFICANCE
According to ancient Hindu Scriptures,the Sri Yantra is the symbol of Hindu Tantra,which is based on Hindu philosophy of Kashmir Shaivism.Sri Yantra is the object of devotion in Sri Vidya.
Few of the important Yantras r Ganesh,Meru,Saraswati Yantra.

A Yantra in the Hindu tradition is, literally a device for spiritual advancement.The Sri Yantra is, in fact, the central object of worship in at least one important Hindu cult, but beyond its specific context,the Sri Yantra embodies profound philosophical understandings.

That makes it a powerful source of inspiration.Each design element of the Sri Yantra has special philosophical significance.The dot in the very center is representative of the Source of the universe; this dot,or bindu,is the "singularity" from which all manifest reality emerges.

From one point of view, the design is representative of the evolution of the universe itself from its mysterious beginnings, charting its many levels.
The Sri Yantra in its central portion contains nine triangles.

Four of them point upward &represent unmanifest power of the universe;all that is beyond our sense perceptions.They r thought of as being masculine &represent masculine aspect of divinity. Five downward-pointing triangles represent divine feminine &manifest aspects of the world.

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In the Hindu way of life, this prayer is adopted while sitting on the bed at the time of waking up in the morning:

कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मिः करमध्ये सरस्वति।
करमूले तु गोविन्दः प्रभाते करदर्शनम् ॥
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And how many Hindus really follow this ?

The meaning is very simple: knowledge, power and wealth depend on the work with your hand.

कराग्रे = in the front of the hand i.e. fingers; वसते = lives;

लक्ष्मी = the divinity of prosperity (material and spiritual) [from the word lakShya = goal];

कर-मध्ये सरस्वती = in the middle of the palm; lives the divinity of learning, knowledge;

कर-मूले तू गोविंद: = in the wrist lives the universal guide of righteousness - Krishna.

प्रभाते कर दर्शनम = Every morning ones should looked at all these divine personalities...

...so that with them in your hand thus; you will enlightened day ahead.

For making us sit for some more time the second part of the prayer is added:

समुद्र वसने देवी पर्वत: स्थाना मंडले,
विष्णु पत्नी: नमस्तुभ्यम,
पादा स्पर्शम क्षमास्वमे।।🌺

The meaning is very simple: Oh ! Mother earth, where the mountains are part of your body and you are the wife of Prabhu Mahavishnu, May I perform my pranam to you?

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Bajiprabhu Deshpande was a great Maratha warrior who lead an Army of just 300 maratha warriors against an army of 10,000 plus Adil Shahi forces in the narrow Ghod Kind pass which was later renamed as Paavan Kind by Shivaji Maharaj.

This is his story.

Bajiprabhu Deshpande, born in a Marathi Chandrasainya Kayastha Prabhu family on 1615 CE.The Great Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was deeply impressed by him and appointed him as the military commander of south Maharashtra around the Kohlapur region.

Maratha infantry soldiers were trained to fight with their traditional sword known as Dandpatta, also know as Gauntlet sword in English. The patta has a long straight blade ranging in length from 10 to 44 inches with the gauntlet integrated in the sword as the hand gun.

Both Sivaji Maharaj & Bajiprabhu were master in using dandpatta.Maratha soldiers especially infantrymen used to fight with dandpatta against heavy cavalry.
After killing treacherous Afzal Khan in the battle of Pratapgarh,Marathas were able to capture Panhala fort near Kolhapur.

The marathas under Netaji Palkar then attacked Bijapur but the Bijapur forces resisted the attack.Shivaji maharaj then set their base at Panhala fort.
Under Siddhi Johar,the Adilshahi forces laid siege of the Panhala fort and were able to trap Shivaji Maharaj for almost 5 months.

🌺Bhagwan Vishwakarma: The Architect of the Gods.🌺

Vishwakarma or Vishvakarman (Sanskrit: विश्वकर्मा, means 'all maker').He is a craftsman deity and the divine architect of the gods. In the early texts, the craftsman deity was known as 'Tvastar'.

The word 'Vishwakarma' was originally used as an epithet for any powerful deity.
However, in many later traditions, Vishwakarma became the name of the craftsman god.
He is also the presiding god of all engineers, architects, builders, carpenters, and craftsmen.

He is often stated to be the son of Brahma, but it differs in many other texts. In the Nirukta and Brahmanas he is stated to be the son of Bhuvana. In the Mahabharata and Harivansha, he is the son of Vasu Prabhasa and Yoga-siddha. In the Puranas, he is the son of Vastu.

Vishwakarma is the father of three daughters named Barhishmati, Samjna and Chitrangada. In other texts Vishvakarma is presented as the husband of Gritachi. When identified with Tvastar, Vishvakarma is also described to be the father of a son named Vishvarupa.

The term Visvakarman was originally used as an epithet for any supreme god and as an attribute of Indra and the Sun. The name Visvakarman occurs five times in the tenth book of the Rigveda.

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A young King of Travancore by the name of Marthanda Varma defeated the dexterous Dutch army in the Battle of Colachel in 1741 and freed the region of Kerala from its aggression.

Europeans started invading our country after the Turks in the 16th century.

European powers like Portugal, Spain,France,Britain & Dutch all started to establish their factories in India. One by one these Europeans entered India and established a firm grip on the trade market. One of them was Dutch who wanted to control the pepper trade of Kerala region.

But their dream was ultimately crushed by a young King of Travancore in the Battle of Colachel in 1741.
Anizham Thirunal Marthanda Varma was born in 1705 at Travancore.His father was Raghava Varma who belonged to the Royal House of Killimanur & his mother was Karthika Thirunal.

He ascended the throne of the Kingdom of Travancore at a very young age of 24 yrs in 1729 when his father died of severe fever. Travancore was very vulnerable at this point of time. To fulfil his ambitions he took over the neighbouring Kingdoms of Attignal and Venad as soon as...

..he sat on Throne.Under the young King Marthanda,the Kingdom of Travancore emerged as a powerful one by which even the western powers were threatened.When Marthanda annexed the region of Kollam and Kayamkulam,the Europeans especially the Dutch got anxious & upset more than ever.

🌺A Very Interesting Comparison🌺

Till some time ago, religion and science were considered to be opposites, but now many similarities are coming out from the conclusions drawn from the analysis of scientists and scholars. But whenever it comes to Bhagwan Shiv, science..

..automatically associates with him.For example,u can understand by comparing Shivling&nuclear reactor itself.
Nuclear reactors and Shivling r often compared among themselves.There r many similarities between the two in appearance. So can these 2 really be considered the same?

It is important to know here that both are related to energy somewhere.There is a rule to flow water continuously on Shivling. Most of the Shivlings are found in the country where there is sufficient reservoir of water, such as rivers, ponds, lakes etc.

Similarly, all the nuclear plants around the world are also built around big rivers or seas.
The water that is used to keep the nuclear reactor cool is not used for any other use. Similarly, the water that is offered on Shivling is also not accepted as prasad.

The complete circumambulation of Shivling is not done. It is forbidden to cross from where the water is coming out. It is believed that this water is charged. Similarly, the water coming out of the nuclear reactor is also kept away from humans.

Did Dwarka really exist?

Yes, it did and it has been proved now. An Account.

Dr. Rao is widely considered the Grandfather of Indian Archaeology and has served the ASI for over 32 years. He is credited with the discovery of a large number of Indus-Saraswati sites including...

...the Port city of Lothal in Gujarat. In his work, the Lost City of Dwarika, Dr. Rao has given scientific details of these discoveries and artefacts.

Dr. SR Rao after his careful research made the following statement,"The findings in Dwarika & archaeological evidence found are compatible with the Mahabharat tradition & remove any lingering doubt about the historicity of Mahabharat.We would say that Krishna definitely existed".

The discovery of the legendary city of Dvaraka which is said to have been founded by Sri Krishna, is an important landmark in the validation of historical relevance of Mahabharata.

It has set at rest the doubts expressed by historians about the historicity of Mahabharata and the very existence of Dvaraka city. It has greatly narrowed the gap of Indian history by establishing the continuity of the Indian civilization from the Vedic age to the present day.

SARASWATI is an ancient river that used to flow in the ancient Vedic Era, although the river does not have any existence today. The Triveni Sangam in Allahabad is a confluence of the three rivers ie Ganga, Jamuna and Saraswati.

Of these three rivers the Legendary Saraswati river is invisible which is believed to flow underground and join the other two rivers from below and the point of confluence is a sacred place for Hindus called Triveni Sangam.

Rig-Veda mentions a mighty, snow-fed river Saraswati on whose banks the literature was supposed to be derived.
Was this then a description of the Paleo Ghaggar,making it the most ancient and holy Saraswati River itself?

These questions are sought to be answered in a paper published in Scientific Reports.
The Saraswati river was revered and considered important for Hindus because it is said that it was on this river's banks,alongwith its tributary Drishadwati,in the Vedic state of Brahmavarta,..

...that Vedic Sanskrit had its genesis and important Vedic scriptures like initial part of Rigveda and several Upanishads were supposed to have been composed by Vedic seers. In the Manusmriti, Brahmavarta is portrayed as the pure centre of Vedic Culture.

शिवरात्रि पर महाकाल मंदिर का नजारा ही अलग होता है। देश के कोने-कोने से श्रद्धालु यहां आते हैं। महादेव की पूजा के साथ ही गौतम बुद्ध की भी उपासना करते हैं।
आइए जानते हैं क्‍या है इसके पीछे की कहानी?

महाकाल मंदिर में विराजते हैं शिव और बुद्ध। दार्जीलिंग की वादियों में ‘होली हिल’ के नाम से प्रसिद्ध स्‍थान पर स्‍थापित है महाकाल मंदिर। यहां हिंदू और बौद्ध धर्म के अनुयायी एक साथ पूजा-अर्चना करते हैं। दो धर्मों को जोड़ने वाला यह अद्भुत मंदिर है।

महाकाल मंदिर में शिव जी और गौतम बुद्ध के अलावा छोटे-छोटे और भी मंदिर हैं। इनमें गणेश जी, काली माता, मां भगवती और हनुमान जी की प्रतिमाएं स्‍थापित हैं। इसके अलावा यहां पर एक गुफा भी है जहां बौद्ध धर्म के अनुयायी प्रार्थना करते हैं।

महाकाल मंदिर में प्रवेश करते ही स्‍वर्ग जैसी अनुभूति होने लगती है। दार्जीलिंग की खूबसूरत वादियों के बीच बसे इस बेहतरीन मंदिर को देखकर लगता है प्रकृति इसपर पूरी तरह मेहरबान है।

यहां प्रवेश द्वार पर लगे घंटें और बौद्ध धर्म के प्रतीक फ्लैग संगीत, धर्म और सुंदरता का अनुपम उदाहरण है।

मंदिर के मध्‍य भाग में बसते हैं भोलेनाथ
महाकाल मंदिर हिंदू ऑर्किटेक्‍चर का बेहतरीन उदारण है। गोलाकार में निर्मित इस मंदिर के मध्‍य भाग में शिवलिंग है।

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The Battle of Hydaspes (326 BC) was one of the world's most fiercest battles ever fought.

The Battle of Hydaspes was fought between Alexander the Great of Macedonia and the great King Porus of Paurava.

On his campaign to conquer Asia, Alexander the Great had captured the Persian Empire. He then set his eyes upon India. His conquest of India, initially, went rather unchallenged. He gained several allies as well. The courageous King Porus, however, refused Alexander’s alliance.

He challenged him to a battle that would, later on, become one of the world’s most fiercest and deadly battles.
King Porus ruled the territory lying in between the rivers of Jhelum and Chenab. It was important for Alexander to defeat Porus in order to continue with his conquest.

Indian King Ambhi, the ruler of Taxila sided with the Greek ruler to fight against Porus. The Battle of Hydaspes took place on the banks of the Hydaspes River (Jhelum) in Punjab, modern-day Pakistan.

Alexander set up his camp near a town on the right bank of the river.

As Alexander’s men advanced towards their goal, King Porus’s army confronted them at a fjord on the Hydaspes River. Numerically, both the forces were almost equal. However, while Alexander had an advantage in terms of cavalry, Porus had the strength of around 200 war elephants.

Nagulapahad Village in Nalgonda distt of Telangana region is famous for many ancient temples. The village is surrounded by Suryapet and Chivvemla Manda in North,Nereducherla Mandal in South and Munagala Mandal in East.

Two famous temples located in Nagulapahad are Trilingeshwara Aalayam and Veerbhadreshwara Aalayam. These temples were built during the reign of Kakatiya Kings. Kakatiya Kings used their signature style of using black stone to carve beautiful statues in the temple.

Trilingeshwara Alayam and Veerbhadreshwara Alayam resemble strongly in architectural style with the Pillalamarri Temple in Suryapet and Thousand Pillars Temple of Hanamkonda in Warangal distt, as all these temples were built during Kakatiya Period.

Thousand Pillars Temple stands out to be an architectural masterpiece built by the Kakatiyas.Temple was designed by the sculptors from Kakatiyan dynasty and it depicts Chalukyan style architecture. Temple resembles the shape of a star&the pillars have intricate carvings on them.

Built in the 12th century , the temple has 3 shrines dedicated to Lord Shiva,Vishnu and Surya.
Pillamarri Temple of Suryapet in Telangana has a history of 1000 years and is one of the oldest temples if Nalgonda Distt of Telangana State.

🌺The 16 Kalas of Sri Krishn are the divine arts or attributes of Sri Krishn that makes him Purna Avatar – the complete avatar.🌺

But do you know that Prabhu Sri Ram had only 14 Kalas?

And, there is a reason behind it. First let's see what are the 16 Kalas of Sri Krishn?

1. Daya – Compassion
2. Dharjya – Patience
3. Kshama – Forgiveness
4. Nyaya – Justice
5. Nirapeksha – Impartiality
6. Niraskata – Detachment
7. Tapasya – Meditation and Spiritual Powers
8. Aparchitta – Invincibility

9. Danasheel – Beneficience, Bestower of all wealth in the world and nature.
10. Saundarjyamaya – Beauty Incarnate
11. Nrityajna – Best of Dancers
12. Sangitajna – Best of Singers
13. Neetibadi – Embodiment of Honesty
14. Satyabadi – Truth Itself

15. Sarvagnata – Perfect master of all arts, such as poetry, drama, painting etc.
16. Sarvaniyanta – Controller of All.

Sri Ram is complete and absolute; he is the God himself and everything is in him, from him.

However, he is not a complete incarnation as compared to Sri Krishn who is a Poorna Avatar, as he possessed the 14 out of 16 Kalas or qualities in him and 2 were not to be seen. Now there is a reason behind it.

Do You Know?

The Baijnath Mahadev Temple in Agar Malwa,MP is the only Hindu Temple ever rebuilt & renovated by a British Couple in India. It was rebuilt in 1883. Britishers building Churches & converting Hindus is a universal truth.But this couple was different & how, let's see.

The story goes back to 1879 of British India where Lt Col Martin was posted in Agar Malwa area of central India. British Indian army was fighting an intense battle against the Afghans. He was also sent on the frontier in 1879. From there he used to regularly write to his wife.

He used to always keep his wife updated about his well being through his letters. The Battle got further intense and the menacing Afghans were giving a tough time to the Britishers. Soon, the frequency of letters decreased and the letters from Martin slowly stopped coming.

His wife got worried and she had no where to go. Loss of communication with her husband was taking a toll on her health too. One day, while riding a horse she passed by Baijnath Mahadev Temple. The sound of conch and mantras attracted her and she went inside the temple.

The priests of the temple were doing their 'Sandhya Vandan' when they saw this lady coming in all tensed and worried. The priests asked her that what is wrong with her and why is she so sad. Tears rolled down her eyes as she told the priests about her situation.

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The Leaning Tower of Pisa leans at 4 degrees, which is less in comparison to the 9 degree tilt of the Ratneshwar Mahadev Temple. Yet, this Leaning Temple of Varanasi has been lost in anonymity and not known in the world as widely as Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Forget the world, it's not even known in India. This is called the Peak of Hypocrisy.

Ratneshwar temple near Manikarnika Ghat, is also called Kashi Karvat. It means a temple in Kashi, which leans ( karvat) to one side.

The story behind its tilted nature is quite interesting.

There is a legend surrounding the origin of this temple, which states that it was built by a certain servant of Raja Man Singh for his mother, named Ratna Bai. Once the temple was built, the man proudly declared that he had paid the debt to his mother.

Much to his shock, as soon as these words escaped his lips, the temple started tilting backwards (north-west) to show that the debt to one’s mother can never be paid. The sanctum sanctorum of this shrine remains under Ganga water for most of the year.

Reportedly,Ratneshwar Mahadev Temple has a higher tilt than Italy’s famous Leaning Tower of Pisa built in1173. As the story behind the tilted nature of this Italian monument goes,the ground to its one side had started sinking under the weight of the stones after its construction.

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Bhaskaracharya's daughter Lilavati was one of the first eminent women mathematicians of India.

Bhaskaracharya was one of the best mathematicians on the face of earth. He had profound knowledge in the field of mathematics and astrology.

He lived with his wife on the banks of a beautiful lotus pond somewhere in South India, in a region which is believed to be to the South of Bombay (now Mumbai). Bhaskara's wife delivered a baby girl who came to be known as Lilavati. Lilavati was a very beautiful child.

She was both intelligent and good looking which was a rare combination.
Bhaskara was apprehensive about his daughter's inquisitiveness and curiosity. The little girl asked her father many questions and gained a lot of knowledge this way.

As she grew up, Bhaskara decided to get Lilavati married. In the process, Bhaskara perused Lilavati's horoscope. He was shocked when he found out that Lilavati would not have a happy married life if she did not get married at a particular auspicious time.

He did not tell Lilavati about this, as he despised hurting his daughter. He made all arrangements to make sure that Lilavati would get married at the auspicious time.

What is wrong about Bharat becoming a Hindu Rashtra?

Bharatvarsh is a 5000 yrs old civilization &its the original homeland of Hindus,where about 95%of all Hindus in the world live. Its the birthplace of Sanatan Dharma then why should Bharat not recognise its true identity?

Why should Bharat not recognise its true identity of Hindu Rashtra?
Hinduism is the third largest religion in the world after Christianity & Islam but it's demographics are not the same. Xtianity and Islam are spread world wide, whereas Hinduism is geographically concentrated.

97% of all Hindus live in only India, Mauritius & Nepal. Out of it 95% of world's hindus live in India alone whereas only 1.6% of Muslims remain in Arabia. You can see that Muslims are spreading exponentially everywhere other than their birth place ie Arabia.

Wheras the left-liberals have no problem with 53 Muslim countries,out of which Islam is the official religion in 27 & 100 plus Xtian countries,out of which Xtianity is the official religion in 15,but when we talk about India becoming Hindu Rashtra,their secularism is endangered.

All faiths(Parsis, Jains, Sikhs ,Muslims,Xtians etc.)have flourished in India bcoz Hindus r not intolerant towards another religions.There is no concept of conversion in Hinduism.There r Xtian&Muslim nations in the world, who raise voice on Human rights&Muslim Xtian persecutions.

Do you know?

The constitution of India is the longest written constitution of any sovereign country in the world and it was written by a man named Prem Behari Narain Raizada in his own handwriting.

The constitution has always been associated with Dr Ambedkar,chairman of the drafting committee,who was its architect,but very little is known about the man who penned it down.

The first draft of Indian Constitution was completed on 26th Nov 1949 is no less than a masterpiece.

While Nandalal Bose and his students designed the borders of every page and adorned it with beautiful art pieces, it was the singlehanded effort of Prem Behari Narain Raizada (Saxena) that brought the primary contents and the preamble to the Constitution, to life.

Shri Prem Behari was born on 17 December 1901, in a family of traditional calligraphists. He lost his parents when he was very young and was brought up by his grandfather Master Ram Parshadji Saxena and uncle Mahashya Chatur Behari Narayan Saxena.

Prem Behari’s grandfather was a scholar in Persian & English. He even taught Persian to British officials.
When the draft of the Constitution was ready to be printed,the then PM Jawaharlal Nehru approached Shri Behari with the proposal of handwriting it in a flowing italic style.