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It is said that the one who bears the dust thrown from the hoof of Gaumata on his head, as if taking a bath in the water of the teerth sthalam and getting rid of all sins.

Ved and all other Hindu scriptures venerate the cow. The Vedic dictionary, Nighantu, gives amongst other synonyms of 'Gau' [ or cow] the words 'Aghnya', 'Ahi', and 'Aditi'.

Yaska the vedic decoder and commentator on Nighantu, defines these as-

Aghnya —— the one that ought not to be killed
Ahi —— the one that must not be slaughtered.
Aditi —— the one that ought not to be cut into pieces.

These three names of cow signify that this is an animal which should not to be put to tortures. These words appear frequently throughout the Veda in context of the cow.

But in due course the falsehood of killing cows spread far and wide and they became even more deep rooted when western scholars with their half baked knowledge of Sanskrit transliterated these interpretations of commentaries of Sayanacharya ,

𝑩𝑯𝑨𝑮𝑾𝑨𝑨𝑵 𝑹𝑨𝑴'𝑺 𝑺𝑬𝑪𝑹𝑬𝑻 𝑵𝑨𝑴𝑬 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑹𝑰𝑵𝑮

Sita Maa was now sobing in the Ashok vatika. She forgot about Bhagwan Ram as She was only thinking about death. This moment to Hanumanji felt like years.

कपि करि हृदयँ बिचार दीन्हि मुद्रिका डारि तब।
जनु असोक अंगार दीन्ह हरषि उठि कर गहेउ॥

Hanumanji bowed to Sitaji in His mind and dropped Bhagwan Ram’s ring. Sitaji sprang up with joy and took it in Her hand as though the Ashok tree had thrown a spark.

Sitaji recognised the ring with the name Ram engraved on it. She now remembered Ram and forgot death. She was in a dilemma. My Swamy's ring here? How? The Bhagwan is invincible so no one can attain this ring by conquering Him nor can it be re-made deceitfully.

At that time, Hanumanji began narrating Shri Ram Katha.

रामचंद्र गुन बरनैं लागा। सुनतहिं सीता कर दुख भागा॥
लागीं सुनैं श्रवन मन लाई। आदिहु तें सब कथा सुनाई

When Hanumanji narrates a katha, the listener’s sorrows leave immediately. Sitaji’s sadness disappeared.

She began to listen to the katha intently. When Hanumanji finished, Sitaji asked, “𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒌𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒂 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇?

The mesmerizing Shri Anantha Padmanabhaswamy temple is located in the East fort at Pazhavangadi of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. This is the temple of Bhagwan Shri Vishnu which is an ancient structure that was even visited by Balarama, according to Srimad Bhagavatam. 1/n

This temple also has references in Puranas like Skanda Purana and Padma Purana. According to the ancient scriptures, it was believed to be built over 5000 years ago but has no perfect pieces of evidence. (2/14)

There is a holy tank called Padma Theerdham meaning lotus spring near the temple.

This temple has recently got very famous for its hidden treasures with which it is claimed to be the richest temple in the world. (3/14)

The History Behind This Temple
There used to be a great Vishnu devotee called as Divakar Muni at Aanarthadesa who performed his daily rituals and pujas in a perfect manner without fail. One day, (4/14)

the Muni saw a little boy near his ashram and got so fascinated that he requested the boy to stay with him. The boy agreed on a condition that he should never be insulted. The Muni used to tolerate the childish acts of this boy with patience. (5/14)

An ingenious clock in #Sanskrit which with every hour reminds of 12 fundamentals of ancient #Vedic philosophy arranged as per their numeric value.

-Brahma ब्रह्म is 1

-Ashwini kumar अश्विनीकुमारौ are 2

-Guna गुणा: (Sattva, Rajas & Tamas) are 3

-Vedas वेद: (Rig, Yajur,....

Sam & Atharva) are 4

-Pranas प्राणा: (Prana, Apana, Samana, Udana & Vyana ) are 5

-Rasas रस: (Sweet, acid, salt, bitter, hard & astringent) are 6

-Rishis ऋषि: (Agastya, Atri, Bhardwaja, Gautam, Jamadagni, Vashistha & Vishvamitra) are 7

-Siddhis सिद्धि: (Anima, Mahima,

Garima, Laghima, Prapti, Prakamy, Ishitv & Vashitva) are 8

-Dravya द्रव्यम् (substance) are (Prithvi (earth), Ap (water), Tejas (fire), Vayu (air), Akasha (ether), Kala (time), Dik (space), Atman (soul) & manah (mind)) 9

-Dishas दिक् Cardinal direction (East, West,

North, South, North-East, South-East, North-West, South-West, Zenith & Nadir) are 10

-Rudras रुद्र: (Nirriti, Shambhu, Aparajita, Mrigavyadha, Kapardi, Dahana, Khara, Ahirabradhya, Kapali, Pingala & Senani are 11

-12 Adityas (Vishnu, Aryama, Indra, Varuna, Twasta,

Dhata, Bhaga, Switra, Vivaswaan, Anshuman, Mitra & Poosha) are 12.

Wonderful clock, which teaches us a lot.