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अस्य श्री गायत्री ध्यान श्लोक:
(gAyatri dhyAna shlOka)
• This shloka to meditate personified form of वेदमाता गायत्री was given by Bhagwaan Brahma to Sage yAgnavalkya (याज्ञवल्क्य).

• 14th shloka of गायत्री कवचम् which is taken from वशिष्ठ संहिता, goes as follows..

• मुक्ता-विद्रुम-हेम-नील धवलच्छायैर्मुखस्त्रीक्षणै:।
muktA vidruma hEma nIla dhavalachhAyaiH mukhaistrlkShaNaiH.

• युक्तामिन्दुकला-निबद्धमुकुटां तत्वार्थवर्णात्मिकाम्॥
yuktAmindukalA nibaddha makutAm tatvArtha varNAtmikam.

• गायत्रीं वरदाभयाङ्कुश कशां शुभ्रं कपालं गदाम्।
gAyatrIm vardAbhayANkusha kashAm shubhram kapAlam gadAm.

• शंखं चक्रमथारविन्दयुगलं हस्तैर्वहन्ती भजै॥
shankham chakramathArvinda yugalam hastairvahantIm bhajE.

This shloka describes the form of वेदमाता गायत्री.

• It says, "She has five faces which shine with the colours of a Pearl 'मुक्ता', Coral 'विद्रुम', Gold 'हेम्', Sapphire 'नील्', & a Diamond 'धवलम्'.

• These five faces are symbolic of the five primordial elements called पञ्चमहाभूत:' which makes up the entire existence.

• These are the elements of SPACE, FIRE, WIND, EARTH & WATER.

• All these five faces shine with three eyes 'त्रिक्षणै:'.

A #Thread on SKANDGUPTA VIKRAMADITYA - THE SAVIOUR OF INDIA
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भारत की मिट्टी में एक महान योद्धा स्कन्दगुप्त विक्रमादित्य का जन्म हुआ। जब संसार की सारी प्राचीन सभ्यताओं नें सबसे खूंखार और बर्बर हूणों के सामने घुटने टेक दिए तब हूणों के आतंक का विनाश करने यह महान् योद्धा ..

स्कन्दगुप्त निकल पड़े जिनका पराक्रम पूरे विश्व में अमर हुआ।
परमवीर स्कन्दगुप्त के महाप्रताप को जानने के लिए ये हूण कौन थे, कहां से आए थे और क्या चाहते थे इसको पहले समझना होगा।

हूण एक अमानुष बर्बर जाति के लोग थे जिन्होंने यूनान, मिस्र, ग्रीस और रोम को राख का ढ़ेर बना दिया था। ये इतने बर्बर थे कि बच्चों को चीर फाड़ कर, महिलाओं की दुर्दशा करके, फिर उनको जला कर, भून‌ कर खाते थे।

तीसरी और चौथी इसवी तक हूणों के अत्याचारों से सम्पूर्ण यूरोप थर्रा उठा था और देखते ही देखते समूचा रोमन साम्राज्य भी अतीत का हिस्सा बन गया। खूंखार हूण जब अट्टहास कर के जब रूस की ओर बढ़े तो वोल्गा नदी रूस के लोगों के रक्त से लाल हो उठी।

चीन और मंगोलिया के उत्तर पश्चिमी हिस्सों में जन्में बर्बर हूण प्रजाति की घुसपैठ से महाकाय चीन भी त्राहि त्राहि कर रहा था। हूण सबसे पहले बच्चों को निशाना बनाते थे ताकि अगली पीढ़ी नष्ट हो जाए इसके बाद वो महिलाओं को उठा ले जाते थे और पुरुषों को तड़पा तड़पा कर मारते थे। ..

How devotees saved #JagannathTemple from Cruel Aurangzeb.

Siyaha Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i- Mu‘alla, Julus 24, Jamadi I, 23 / 1st June 1681.

“The Emperor ordered Asad Khan to send hasbu ‘l-hukm to Amir-ul-Umara, the Subedar of Bengal, to demolish the Temple of Jagannath in #Orissa.”

Receving the farman the Officials arrived in Puri to destroy the temple. Odisha was under the mughal rule, however it still had the king of Khurdha known as Gajapati who acted as the protector of the temple.

Now listening this news there was fear, anger, desperation everywhere, everyone was helpless & a plan was carved out.

There was a negotiation with mughal subedar, he was offered a huge amount of money as bribe. Still he knew the consequences of not executing Aurangzeb's order.

However, the bribe amount was huge and Odias were successful in persuading him with the offer and he finally decided to take the risk and somehow convinced Aurangzeb that his order has been carried out.

A replica of lord Jagannath was created and it was sent to Aurangzeb's court in Delhi to mislead him.
The temple was closed permanently. All the rituals were stopped. The pilgrimage was stopped. A rumor was spread that jagannath temple and the idol has been destroyed.

Can you imagine the "number" of Temples that were destroyed to build Mosjids in #Maharashtra ?

I'll give you a list of them district wise, see for yourself!

NEVER FORGET, NEVER FORGIVE!

I #Ahmadnagar District

1 Amba Jogi, Fort Temple materials used

2 Bhingar, Mulla Masjid (1367-68) Temple site

3 Gogha
i Idgãh (1395) Temple site
ii Morakhwada Masjid (1630) Temple site

4 Jambukhed, Jãmi Masjid (1687-88) Temple site

5 Madhi, Dargãh of Ramzãn Shãh Mahî Sawãr Temple site
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II #Akola District

1 Akot, Jãmi Masjid (1667) Temple site

2 Balapur, Masjid (1717-18) Temple site

3 Basim, Kãkî Shãh-kî-Masjid Temple site

4 Jamod
i Masjid Temple site
ii Dargãh of Pîr Paulãd Shãh Temple site

5 Karanj
i Astãn Masjid (1659) Temple site
ii Masjid (1669-70) Temple site
iii Masjid (1698-99) Temple site

6 Manglurpir
i Qadîmî Masjid Temple materials used
ii Dargãh of Pîr Hayãt Qalandar (d. 1253) Temple site
iii Dargãh of Sanam Sãhib Temple site

7 Narnala
i Jãmi Masjid (1509) Temple site
ii Ãlamgîrî Masjid Temple site

8 Patur, Dargãh of Abdul Azîz alias Shykh Bãbû Chishtî (d 1388) Temple site

9 Uprai, Dargãh of Shãh Dãwal Temple site
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III #Amravati District

1 Amner, Masjid &Mazãr of Lãl Khãn (1691-92) Temple site

#RememberingNehru 🤡

PM #Nehru GIFTED the Kabo Valley (Manipur, 11,000+ sq. km.) to Burma.

Was it his ancestral property, to

Burma paid a monthly lease for the Kabo Valley until 1949. After that, with Nehru's consent, it stopped paying & annexed the valley.

Nehru did not take Parliament's consent for this act. Congress-dominated Parliament did not intervene, nor did later governments.

PM Nehru GIFTED the Coco Islands (Andamans) to #Burma. The Burmese gave them to #CHINA to spy on India.

Chinese airstrip & spy station on Coco Island which PM Nehru GIFTED to

#Nepal had offered to merge with India after independence. PM Jawaharlal Nehru refused.

Secular #Nehru tried to prevent Sardar Patel from liberating #Hyderabad from murderous Nizam.

Called him a "complete communalist".

#JANENDRA_YASHODHARMAN (532 A.D.) the King of MALWA ~ #A_Forgotten_Hero

गुप्तों के पतन तथा हूणों के आक्रमण काल में मालवा में जनेन्द्र यशोधर्मन नामक प्रतापी एवं वीर सम्राट का अभ्युदय हुआ। उसने हूण सम्राट मिहिरकुल को पराजित कर हूणों से भारत की रक्षा की।

मन्दसौर स्तंभ लेख ५३३ ई० में यशोधर्मन का वर्णन इस प्रकार किया गया है...

"ये भुक्ता गुप्तनाथैर्न सकलवसुधाक्रान्त दृष्टप्रतापैर्नाज्ञाहूणाधिपानां क्षितिपति मुकुटध्यासिनीयान्प्रविष्टा।
आलौहित्यापकंठात्लवनगहनोपत्यकादा महेन्द्रादागंगाश्र्लिष्टसानोस्तुहिनशिखरिण पश्र्चिमादापयोधे।"

अपने राज्य की सीमाओं को लांघ...उन देशों की विजय की जिन्हें गुप्तों तक ने न भोगा था... और उसनेे ऐसे देशों पर भी आक्रमण किये जिनमें हूण तक प्रवेश न कर सके थे।

लौहित्य (ब्रह्मपुत्र) से महेंद्र पर्वत तथा हिमालय से पश्चिमी सागर तक के सारे राजा उसकी अर्चना करते थे। मिहिरकुल नें भी जिसने भगवान शिव को छोड़ कर किसी के सामने सिर नहीं झुकाया था, उसके चरणों का मस्तक से स्पर्श कर अभ्यर्थना की थी।

List of Temples destroyed to build Mosjids in United Andhra Pradesh.

The data was collected before the division of the state hence regions of AP & TS are listed together in the book.

I separated it, according to the present division of districts.

Also read this before starting, pg 49.

In simple words: As this is a primary survey more moslim monuments await examination.

More names can be expected 🤐

Source: Hindu Temples: What happened to them by Sita Ram Goel, Vol-l.

I #Osmanabad District (Presently in #Maharashtra)

Ausa, Jãmi Masjid (1680-81) Temple site.
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#TELANGANA REGION

I #Adilabad District

Mahur, Masjid in the Fort on the hill. Temple site.
**

II #Hyderabad District

1 Chikalgoda, Masjid (1610) Temple site

2 Dargãh of Shãh Walî (1601-02) Temple site

3 Golconda

i Jãmi Masjid on Bãlã Hissãr. Temple site.

ii Tãrãmatî Masjid. Temple site.

4 Hyderabad

i Dargãh of Shãh Mûsã Qãdirî. Temple site.

ii Masjid on the Pirulkonda Hill (1690) Temple site

iii Tolî Masjid (1671) Temple materials used

iv Dargãh of Miãn Mishk (d. 1680) Temple site

v Dargãh of Mumin Chup in Aliyãbãd (1322-23) Temple site

Inter-Religious (Interfaith) marriages in India.

The study suggests that 2.21% of all married women between the age of 15-49 had married outside their religion.

The proportion of inter-religious marriages in different age groups.

1. Women of the young age group 15-19 -- 2.8% (Highest)

2. In the age group 20-24 -- 2.3%

3. in the age group 25-29 -- 2%

4. Above the age of 30 -- 1.9%

Interreligious marriages in

1. Urban Areas 2.9%

2. Rural Areas 1.8%

Interreligious marriages State wise data

1. Punjab 7.8% (Highest)
2. Jharkhand 5.7%
3. Andhra Pradesh 4.9%
4. Rajasthan 0.7%
5. Chhattisgarh 0.6%
6. West Bengal 0.3% (Lowest)

The survey was conducted in 41,554 households in 1503 villages and 971 urban neighborhoods across India. It was jointly organised by researchers from the University of Maryland and the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), New Delhi.

Source:

Students and faculty of the Central Government-run International Institute for Population Sciences had presented a paper on interfaith marriages in India in 2013.

Story of the very first Biological Warfare.

Story of a mentally sick I$l@mist Jeh@di who killed almost 50-60% population of #Europe.

Jani Beg Khan was the Muslim commander of the Mongol Army that invaded and besieged the #Italian town of Caffa in 1343-45.

The siege failed to succeed as Jani Beg’s army began suffering from a disease. Jani Beg ordered his troops to catapult over the corpses of his infected troops across the walls into the #Christian town. Called it “#Jihad”.

Within days, this led to a huge stench inside the town and inhabitants began suffering from diseases.

The inhabitants fled, taking with them the disease to Sicily and other parts of Europe.

What they introduced into #Europe was a #Plague known as “#Black_Death” which wiped out 30-60% of Europe’s population.

A contemporary witness de Mussis describes the entire episode:

Happy Birthday sir @RahulGandhi #HappyBirthdayRahulGandhiJi #PappuDivas

Here's a little throwback to RG's memorable yet less famous foreign trips.

Here's he who once got arrested at Boston Airport for carrying drugs & unaccounted cash on 30 Sep 2001.

Then this, he himself doesn't know when did he get his ‘M.Phil degree’, he stated that he took this degree in 1995 in his election nomination (Amethi) but his certificate shows the academic year 2004-05.

Not alone the dates, he mentions an incorrect course name too.
#PappuDivas

Another point to note is the Required pass % is 60% & he got 58% in one subject so how did he actually manage to get this degree?

A question that only Raul Vinci can answer!

And Raul Vinci?

This is a pseudonym given by the British authorities to him, it is a common practice towards the VVIP students enrolled at British educational

On 21 Aug 2003 this company was established where Rahul Gandhi became a director (65% share) & Ulrik McKnight (35% share).

How old do you think the idea of having "tiles in houses" could be?

I thought maybe 60 or 70 yrs before coming across something interesting!

#HarappanCivilisation

The Harappan cities, one of the earliest known urban culture of the Indian subcontinent, had a civilized way of living - dating back to 2600 BC!

Every house of Harappan cities had a courtyard and 6-7 rooms on 3 sides, few houses had wells, one house had stairs leading to roof top and one house had floor built of burnt 'tiles decorated with geometrical designs'.

In 1969, archaeologist BK Thapar excavated at Kalibangan (Rajasthan, India). They dug out a settlement which dates back to 2600 BC.

He was shocked when he saw the 4500 year old houses had tiled floors. And the tiled floors were painted with a design.

He said, "This is exactly the design on the floor of my own house".

If you think the west has taught us modernisation, civilisation or 'way of living' then you're wrong! Wake up!!

#InternationalDayOfYoga

What is Yoga?

Nirukta Scripture says, युज्यते असौ योग:।

Which means, "One which connects us is YOGA."

• Now the question arises, what connects us with what?

✓ Yoga connects the Soul with the Divine.

Maharishi Panini says that we can define YOGA in three ways:

युज् समाधौ।
That means "Yoga is Samadhi"

युजिर् योगे।
That means "Yoga connects (The Soul with the Divine)"

युज् संयमने।
That means "Yoga gives Restraint"

According to Sanskrit dictionary ‘The Amarkosh’,

योग: संनहन उपाय ध्यान संगति युक्तिषु।

That means "The YOGA is used in the sense of Preparation, Remedy, Association & Tactic."

• Now the question arises that what preparation?

✓ Preparation for our physical development

✓ Preparation for our Mental Development

✓ Preparation to raise our Emotional Quotient

✓ Preparation to raise our Spiritual Quotient

"THE ONE THING WHICH DOES ALL THESE WORKS TO THE SOUL IS CALLED 'YOGA'."

#YogaIsHindu

#YogaDay2021

Lastly,

Maharishi Patanjali says,

योगश्र्च्तवृत्तिनिरोध:।

That means "YOGA is the process by which the Attitude of Mind becomes Calm."

I'm sorry if there are any errors, might've occurred unintentionally. Since I am not an expert in scriptures 🙏

#PracticeYoga #YogaIsHindu

This is the picture of world’s first known modern plastic surgery. It is also the picture of world’s first known modern nose surgery. It was performed by a traditional Indian surgeon named Kumar.

The person in this picture was known as Cowasji.

He was a Maratha bullock driver. He had been imprisoned by Tipu Sultan and his nose was cut off in prison. His nose was later restored by a traditional Surgeon named Kumar using “ancient Indian methods” in 1794 CE.

A Britisher named Lucas observed in action the traditional Indian surgery of Cowasji and documented every detail.
These details were then accessed by a scientist named Joseph Constantine Carpue. Using these techniques, he performed world’s first “modern Rhinoplasty” 20 yrs later.

Joseph Constantine Carpue is widely known as the father of Plastic Surgery. But in his book “An account of two successful operations”, he acknowledges it was performed by “Indians from time immemorial”.

He learnt it through his friends who “copied from Hindu practitioners” in his own words. Nasal reconstructions had been practiced as a relatively routine procedure in India for centuries. The procedures are described in two well-known early Indian medical works like
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Ambedkar’s hatered for #Hindus

“You #Malyalis have done the greatest harm to this country. You sent #SHANKARACHARYA a dedicated expert at logic, on a walking tour (padayatra) to the north to drive away #BUDDHISM from this country.”

- B R AMBEDKAR

AMBEDKAR didn’t even think twice before dishonoring Bhagwaan Shree Ram & building false narrative.

He said, "Maharishi Bharadwaj assembled a few fattened calves for Shri Ram to be slaughtered for feast. So Ram & Laxman were fed with Calve’s Flesh (Veal)."

Valmiki Ramayana doesn’t have any verse as he claimed.

In Ayodhya Kand, Maharshi Valmiki says that, "Maharishi Bharadwaj offered different types of fruits (Kand, Mool), Juices, etc. to Bhagwaan Shree Ram."

So y'all can imagine the level of hatered #Ambedkar had for #Hindus

ASIA'S OLDEST LIGHTHOUSE!

This is the #Olakaneeshvara_Temple in Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, built by Pallava king Mahendravarman in 630 CE.

Apart from being a Shiva temple, it also used to emit light and serve as navigational aid for ships in the sea.

Oil was used to kindle up a huge pot which was placed on the square platform at the top of cave temple. It was kept kindled all night.

The burning pot emitted a lot of light in the night time skies. As such, this is the oldest lighthouse in all of Asia.

Source: The archaeology of Seafaring in ancient South Asia.

Our ancestors were knowledgeable and skilled, nothing was/ is a blind belief. It's just that we forgot to recognise their efforts.

Hara Hara Mahadev 🙏

Remember Gandhi asked Sardar Patel to make way for Nehru for the Prime Minister post?

Well, later on Gandhi wanted Nehru to step down because of the violence happening in Delhi, & since Sardar Patel was a peasant, wanted him as the Prime Minister for the nation's well being!

Why this sudden change?

Because Gandhi by now had realised where the INC was heading, had also seen the behavioural change in Nehru! He had also refered Nehru as 'Militant', hence wanted a leader like Patel for India.

Read the underlined text.

And not alone this, Gandhi in his will said that #Congress is a Propaganda Machinery hence must be disbanded!

Source of the 1st two pictures: The life and legacy of Mahatma Gandhi (2001), by American Indologist Stanley Wolpert.