Jagannath ji and Dasia Bauri
A famous story of Bhagwan Jagannath ji 🚩
#story

Jagannath ji always hears people who call him of love, affection, and devotion. This is a well known story of Dasiya Bauri an ardent devotee of Jagannath Ji. Dasia was born in a low caste family

He believed that it was his sin of the previous birth, he is born in a low caste, and only by praying to Jagannath will save him from cycle of birth and death.
Once people from his village was going to Jagannath Mandir. Poor Dasiya had nothing to offer other than Coconut.

Village's laughed at this but accepted it. Next morning they were surprised to find shell of coconut where they left the offering. From next year he used to send Mangoes which was accepted by Jagannath Ji. When Dasiya had nothing left with him to feed his family,

Jagannath ji came to dream of King and asked to feed Dasiya.
Bhagwan always hears to his true devotees. In front of him all are equal.
Jai Jagannath 🙏🕉🙏
Credit: From the book I am reading, Tales of Jagannath.

COMING OF KRISHNA TO UDUPI

Once, Devaki told Krishna of her desire to see him as a child since he was with Yashoda in his childhood.
Krishna immediately assumed his child form, played with Devaki, smeared butter on his face and playfully snatched the churn and rope from her.

Rani Rukmini witnessed this scene and got a murti of child Krishna made who was holding a churning rod and rope. When Krishna went back to Vaikuntha, Arjun deposited the murti in Rukminivana. Over time, the murti got covered under mud and clay.
@SriRamya21 @VaishnavKrish14

Centuries later, a ship found this heavy lump of clay and the sailors loaded it on the ship as ballast. While sailing near Udupi, the ship got stuck on a sandbank where Madhavacharya was absorbed in composing Dvadasha-stotra. Seeing the stuck ship, Madhvacharya waved his cloth.

This calmed the stormy seas, and the ship floated free. Madhva then guided the vessel to safety. Eager to show his appreciation, the captain offered Madhva whatever he wanted from the ship’s cargo. Madhva chose the heavy lump. The lump broke in two, revealing Bala Krishna.

Madhava lifted the Murti as if He were a child. He carried the murti to Udupi and bathed it in a lake later known as Madhva-sarovara. He enshrined the murti in the Sri Krishna Matha.
Thus, Bal Krishna came from Dwarka to Udupi.

Mahaganapathy Temple
Edappally, Ernakulam, Kerala 🚩

#keralatemples

ऊँ एकदन्ताय विद्महे वक्रतुण्डाय धीमहि
तन्नो दन्ती प्रचोदयात्।

Edappally Mahaganapathy Temple is the family Kshetram of Edappally Kovilakam or Edappally Swaroopam.

Ganesha, the remover of all difficulties is facing east in the Garbhagriham.

Sthalapuranam says that the Vigneshwara himself appeared before the Edappally Kottaram while performing the Ganapathy Homam and accepted the offerings. Ganapathy Homam is done here daily.

There has been so much hype in India post permanent ban of Donald Trump's handle on Twitter and other SM platforms.

An objective analysis will let you know that why Twitter bias wont matter much in Indian context,nor will it affect any prospect of Namo in 2024 and the hype+

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is nothing but thin air.

Lets start with some data-

USA Population-331 million,active Twitter users-69 million- thats approx '21 percent' of USA population.

Indian Population- 1.38 billion, active Twitter users- 19 million-
approx '1.3 percent' of Indian population.

We +

can clearly see the difference in impact of Twitter-

21 % in USA vs 1.3 % in India.

Secondly,most of the RW has been projecting it as power of Big tech as they could ban the account of the world's most powerful man-POTUS.

Not the case.

All the Big tech platforms could ban him

only after certificate of win was issued to the Democrats and Biden.

Not before that,not even when he used the platform to incite people which led to historic Capitol Hill siege.

They dared to ban an 'OUTGOING 'USA President,not a sitting one as such. RW throughout the world+

doesnt want you to see this aspect so that victim narrative can be forged and tech platforms can be brought under pressure from various quarters,ensuring they remain neutral in future.

They wont dare to go totally against the winning side in India as well.They need the market.
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TIRUPATI LADDU

Also called SriVari laddu. It is offered as Naivedhyam to Sri Venkateswara and prepared within the mandir kitchen (laddu potu) by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams.

It has Geographical indication tag so only Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams can make and sell it.

The Laddu was invented during the reign of the Pallava dynasty. It is even mentioned in inscriptions dating back to the 1480s when it was known as “manoharam”. Originally, it was served in a loose, chunky form. Its present ball form came in 1940s.

About one tonne of besan flour, 10 tonnes of sugar, 700 kg of cashew nuts, 150 kg of cardamom, 300 to 500 litres of ghee, 500 kg of sugar candy and 540 kg of raisins are used daily to make the prasad.
An average of 1.5 lac laddu are prepared daily.
(Cr:lifebeyondnumbers. com)

A few thoughts on Tooter, since it's trending and being discussed.

The landing page makes the indigenous angle quite apparent: "MADE IN INDIA" under the logo and "A Swadeshi social network" as the tagline.

It only accepts a Gmail or Yahoo! email address, for whatever reasons.

Tooter has taken to heart the indigenous angle, even comparing the American Twitter India with the British East India company.

I have no problems with this, for this is a pitch that Tooter has decided to grow.

Tooter is forked from Mastodon, which, to me, has been a sore point.

Mastodon has been around for some time, and if you remember, had become temporarily popular as left-liberals had infested the place.

After some trolling Mastodon went rogue and suspended accounts (yes, mine too).

Inditoot was based on Mastodon then, but was eventually shutdown.

While I agree that Tooter is a fork, and probably not dependent on the whims of Mastodon, the wholly indigenous part becomes simply a marketing pitch.

Someone knowledgeable can explain what a fork carries over and depends on.

Even the app is based on existing Mastodon apps.

Tooter started out on the wrong toot, I mean foot, by creating and verifying accounts of Prof. Vaidya, and making people automatically follow that. In fact, newly created accounts also automatically follow the founder, Nanda.

Prof. Vaidya has now said that he is NOT on Tooter.

#LalBahadurShastri
Source @anujdhar
Today is the day to recall the great tragedy that befell India 52 years ago. For the 1st time in modern world history, a head of government died in a foreign country. Lal Bahadur Shastri’s sudden demise barely two years after his taking over

as the PM shocked D nation so much so that deep down in our collective memory a pain lingers till date.
When Shastri’s body was brought home, his mother, who would die 9 months later, spotted bluish patches on her son. “Mere bitwa ko jahar de diya!” (My son has been poisoned!)

But then, doubts about Shastri’s death had cropped up even in Tashkent. On 11 January, at about 4 am, Ahmed Sattarov, the Russian butler attached to Shastri, was rudely woken up. The butler recalled his nightmare last year in an interview with Russia and India Report:
Early in

the morning, I was woken by an officer of the Ninth Directorate of the KGB (who guarded members of the Politburo and the government), from whom I learned about the death of Lal Bahadur Shastri. The officer said that they suspected the Indian Prime Minister had been poisoned.

They handcuffed me and three other head waiters, of which I was senior, and loaded us into a Chaika automobile. We four had served the most senior officials, and so we immediately came under suspicion.
They brought us to a small town called Bulmen, which is about 30 km from the

Many of you would have been wondering why I am moving away from social media over the weekend. There is very important and conscious reason behind this.
Social media is one of best way to communicate & air our views. We choose to ignore and block people we don’t want to listen.

We tend to resonate and chat with community who resonate with your thoughts.
Have you ever wondered what is happening behind the scenes. Have you ever thought how do these algorithms work behind you and make you glued to their platform.

How do they lure and entice you to do what they want.
These platforms might be free but what they take from you and sell is very precious.
Social media is another kind of addiction where people crave for Like Retweets in twitter or views.

In the whole process you psychologically start having a make belief life in this virtual world. We need to get away from these gadgets and have a break where you can spend quality time with family. This can be a debate or even fight or quarrel because we are losing ourselves

in this SM world. Social media is a dinasaur which makes us completely dumb. This is a great place where we will learn but at times we need to unlearn to learn new. Don’t SMOpioid or social addict. Specially push your family to stay away from gadgets at least 3 to 4 hours a day.

Mukkoti Agastheeswara Temple
Andhra Pradesh🚩🚩
#templesAP

Mukkoti Agastheeshwara Temple is located near Tirumala hill. This is a famous Shiva temple which is situated near the River Kalyani.

Shatla puranam says that after marriage of Srinivasa

Rishi Agasthya asks Srinivasa to stay in his Ashram. Srinivasa agreed to Agasthya's request, and decides that, he and Padmavathi will stay for 6 months. We can see Footprints of Bhagwan near riverside next to Agasthya munis ashram.
@LostTemple7

ஹரஹரமஹாதேவா

பாலி (இந்தோனேசியா)

இந்துக்களின் சொர்க பூமி

உலகின் மிகப் பெரிய இஸ்லாமிய நாடான இந்தோனேசியாவில் உள்ள ஒரூ தீவுதான் பாலி (BALI).

இங்கே 93சதவீத மக்கள் இந்துக்கள். 42லட்சம் இந்துக்களின் தாயகமாக பாலி விளங்குகிறது.

ஒருகாலத்தில் ஹிந்துராஜ்யமாக இருந்த இந்தோனேசியாவில், இஸ்லாமிய படையெடுப்பிற்கு பின் பெரும்பான்மையான மக்கள்
முஸ்லிம்களாக மாற்றப்பட்டனர்.

இஸ்லாமியர்கள் மஜாபஹிட் (Majapahit )எனும் கடைசி இந்து மன்னரை வீழ்த்தியபிறகு இந்து மதத்தைவிட்டு மாறாமல் இருந்த மக்கள் பாலி தீவுக்கு குடிபெயர்ந்தனர்

பாலியை பற்றிய சுவாரசியமான தகவல்கள்.

1. இங்கே ஒவ்வொரு மார்ச் மாதத்தில் ஒருநாள் மௌன விரதம் கடைபிடிக்கபடுகிறது.

Nyepi day என சொல்கிறார்கள்.

மார்ச் 12ம்தேதி இந்த மௌனதினம் வருகிறது.

இந்துகளின் பண்டிகைபோன்ற அந்த நாளில் இந்தோனேசியா எங்கும் விடுமுறை அளிக்கபடுகிறது.

காலை 6 மணியிலிருந்து மாலை 6 மணிவரை எந்த போக்குவரத்தும் இருக்காது.

பன்னாட்டு விமானநிலையமான Denpasar (bali) விமான நிலையம்கூட மூடப்பட்டு இருக்கும்.

யாரும் பேசிக்கொள்ள மாட்டார்கள்.

வீட்டில் இருந்தபடியே தியானம் செய்வார்கள்

2.பாலியில் இருக்கும் இந்து கலாச்சாரம் இந்திய ரிஷிகளிடமிருந்து வந்தது தான் பாலி பள்ளிகளில் இன்றும்கூட ரிஷிகளை பற்றிய பாடங்கள் இருக்கின்றன அகஸ்திய, மார்கண்டேய,பரத்வாஜ ரிஷிகளைபற்றி இந்தியாவில் யாருக்கும் தெரியாத நிலையில் ரிஷிகளை பற்றி பாலி குழந்தைகள்கூட தெரிந்துவைத்து இருக்கிறார்கள்

ADI SHANKARACHARYA AND PADMAPADA/SANANDANA

Once while Adi Shankara was in Kasi he saw Sanandana (one of his prime disciples) standing on the other bank of the Ganga. Sanandana was drying Acharya's clothes. Adi Shankara decided to reveal Sanandana's Guru Bhakti to the world.

He asked Sanandana who was on the other bank to bring the dry clothes to him. Sanandana wanted to fulfill his Guru's wish immediately. He could not wait to find a boat to cross the Ganga. So he started walking over the flowing river just as he would walk over plain dry land.

As Sanandana walked over the Ganga, big lotuses sprung up supporting his every step. Keeping his feet on these lotuses, Sanandana walked over the river and reached his Guru. Then Shankara asked Sanandana, "How did you cross the Ganga?”
@SriRamya21 @VaishnavKrish14

He said, "The very thought of you reduces the deep ocean of samsara to shallow knee-deep waters.” Adi Shankara showed him the lotuses and named him Padmapada. He, later, became Acharya of Dwarka Math.

MORAL: If we have full faith in our Prabhu, He takes care of all our needs.

Leaders must inspire. It is essential that a leader performs exceptionally well at a personal level. But that alone is inadequate. He should create synergy and lift his team to a higher plane. 1/n

Take Modi. He ticks all the boxes. Not easy to take a Country of 1.38 Billion people with you

On the Cricket Field Virat Kohli performs exceptionally well at a personal level. But does he inspire his team to perform at a higher level? I have serious doubts. 2/n

Rahul Gandhi neither performs at any level not does he create synergy and lift Congressmen. They are resigned to their fate all the time.

I had an exceptional Regional Manager who was brilliant in his work, and guided and motivated us. One would die for him. 3/n

I was once taking classes in 8th floor when I overheard a conversation between two of my students. One was chiding the other for showing undue respect to me. 4/n

Second student told him that "If Sir asked me to jump from this floor, I shall do so unhesitatingly, knowing that he would not ask me if he had not taken enough precautions in the first place".

It was one of the greatest moment of my life as a Teacher 5/n

BHRIGU’s CURSE ON VISHNU AND SHUKRACHARYA’s TAPASYA

Devas and Danavas were always at war with each other
So, Shukracharya (Danava Guru) decided to learn Sanjivani mantra from Mahadev to protect the Danavas.
He asked the Danavas to take shelter in his father, Bhrigu’s ashrama.

At that time, Bhrigu was not in the Ashram. So his wife Khyati protected Danavas. With her mantras, she made Indra and the Devas immobile. Vishnu, then, absorbed the Devas into his physique. When Mata Khyati retaliated, Vishnu used Sudarshan chakra to cut-off her head.

When Bhrigu returned, he was angered by this adharma and cursed Vishnu that he would have to be born 10 times from a female body. He later revived Khyati through his shakti.
Meanwhile, Shukracharya was doing extreme tapasya to please Mahadev.
@vedvyazz @DubeyYash1911

He hung upside down from a tree and survived only by inhaling the smoke coming from burnt leaves. Indra sent his daughter Jayanti to disrupt him. She added chillies to the burnt leaves but Shukracharya continued his tapasya. Shiva then appeared and gave him Sanjeevani mantra.

Ashamed Jayanti begged for forgiveness and desired to serve Shukracharya. He then agreed to marry her.
In this way, the daughter of Indra-the greatest enemy of Asuras became their Guru Mata.
@SriRamya21 @iamkamyabuch

Ameda Temple
Ernakulam, Kerala 🚩
#keralatemples

Ameda Ksetram is located in the banks of Vembanad Lake. Temple is very unique and Powerful Sarpa Kavu.
Parashurama did Prathishta here. Vilakku which was lighted by Parasurama is still seen inside the temple.

The oil from this lamp is given to bhakthas for recovering from illness.

Sthala puranam says that, Once, when Parashurama was travelling through Kerala, he reached this place. As it was evening, he stepped into the Lake for Sandhya Vandanam
At that Sapthamathrukkal 👇

(Brahmini, maheshwari, kowmari, vaishnavi, varahi, indirani and chamundi) were travelling there on a tortoise through the water. The tortoise was unable to move, because the Water had made its way for Parashurama. The place where the tortoise became Still came to be known as 👇

Aama Ni Nidayam' ( Aama means tortoise) and later become ‘Ameda’. Parashurama came to know about the journey of Sapthamathrukkal. Thus, he did Prathishta for the Sapthamathrukkal here.
7 forms of Aadi Parashakthi are Sapthamathrukkal. Veerabhadra and Ganesha have Sannidhi here.

The main Garbhagriham in the temple is the Sapthamathrukkal. There are Sannidhi to Nagas, Nagayakshi and Vishnu too. Sarparadhana or snake worship is done here. Naga Panchami is famous here. Those who have Naga Dosham come here and get relieved of their Doshas.
🕉🙏🕉

Our modern world embraces the lie, the lie of our history, the lie of our present. The lie feeds power of those who seek to control humanity through control of countries & economies.
Money, power & religion are the root perpetuators of the lie, all are mechanisms of control.

The lie is perpetuated through political ideology, religion or both. The lie is pushed to control humanity so that power & wealth solely remains in the hands of the few, at the expense of the many. Be they oligarchs, plutocrats or religious theocrats, they all seek control.

As the lie becomes the accepted norm, those propagating the lie seat their power & control over humanity. We see this in crony-capitalist western nations, socialist regimes, communist nations & religious theocracies like the many Islamic nations of our world.

In all of these formats, power & wealth is concentrated in the hands of the few no matter it be obtained through control derived from political or religious ideology. It matters not the method, all support the lie. It is human nature in a world ruled by Adharma.

This is why Media lies, be it in a crony-capitalist oligarchy/plutocracy like western nations, a socialist/communist nation, or a religious theocracy like our many Islamic States. Media lies to maintain the control of the few and they do not want you to question their authority.

THREAD: 10 significant lies you're told about the world.

On startups, writing, and your career:

People don't have short attention spans:

• They finish 3 hour Joe Rogan episodes.
• They binge 14 hour shows.

They have short *consideration spans:* they must be hooked quickly.

Point: Don't fear making great, in-depth content. But, ensure your first minute is incredible.

In observing friends who’ve sold startups and made millions:

After a year, they’re back to toying with their old side projects.

They used their money to buy a nice home and eat well.

That’s it. They’re otherwise back to who they were.

Point: Aim to be fulfilled, not rich.

Reading many books is the most socially accepted vanity metric for adults.

You get zero kudos for reading 100 books a year.

You get massive kudos for learning efficiently and making interesting things.

Bloggers who post frequently (2x/wk) are rarely worth reading consistently.

I read for insights. And no writer can generate profound insights on a fixed schedule.

I aggregate writers who publish sporadically. When they post, they truly have something to say.

This tweet may slightly be off tangent and there may be outage; that doesn't mean one can't express what one feels about issue(s).. I've divided it into 3 parts - part 1 is about the outage at twitter - on them blocking Donald Trump- of these I'm astonished at some big handles ..

2. How many of them have read the rules/regulations as expressed by twitter - whether it's legally tenable to the law of the land is a different question - Trump himself , when his personal account got suspended used the id of Potus - all his noise could've been made in that id .

He fell into the trap well laid by the opposition , because he used his emotional quotient rather than his wisdom. Period. There's no reason claiming otherwise or using it as a comparative narrative - Eos; moreover, the unity among luteyns and the left , obnoxious they're, the RW

lacks it - RW fights among themselves and more the popular you're (I'm sticking to that definition by twitter standards), to me they're just another user of SM. The kind of reporting they do , and the alogrithm built in, suits them, do the RW ever done that on a single account ?

NO being the answer - why are we cribbing ? Part 2 is even more sensitive - look at the peacefuls, look at the white coats, do the warring Hindus - do we have the unity - we don't - when the cause is common, whether it be temples or any social issue, including the #DikkiSonas,

Face Book News.. பிடித்தது
இன்று அண்ணன் கல்யாண
ராமன் அவர்களது பதிவு ஒன்றைப் பார்த்தேன்-

அதாவது கருணாநிதியின் தகப்பனார் பெயர் முத்துவேலர் என்று நம்மை நம்ப
வைத்திருக்கிறார்கள், உண்மையில் அப்படி ஒரு நபரே கிடையாது என்பதும்.🇮🇳.. /1 @itskJayaprakash @sparjaga @Rajeswa46144005 @srjk22

அந்தக் காலத்தில் தாசி குலத்தில் வந்தவர்கள் ஆண் குழந்தை பிறந்தால் அதற்கு நடு வகிடு எடுத்துச் சீவி அழகு பார்ப்பார்க்கள் என்பதும் உண்மை -
எனக்கு சென்னையில் ஒரு பழைய தி.மு.க பிரமுகராக வலம் வந்த பின்பு ம.தி.மு.கவிற்குச் சென்ற நண்பர் ஒருவர் இருக்கிறார்./2
@SurendarSree @VelloreVetriVel

அவருக்கு கருணாநிதி குடும்பத்தின் பல ரகசியங்கள் தெரியும் -
மு.க.முத்து ஏன் MGR போலவே இருக்கிறார்?ஸ்டாலின் ஏன் அன்பழகன் போலவே இருக்கிறார் போன்ற பல ரகசியங்களை எனக்குச் சொன்னவர் அவர்தான்-
அது மட்டுமல்ல நத்தம் OP. ராமன் மனைவிக்கு என்னவாயிற்று?, OP.ராமனின் கொழுந்தியாவின் கதி என்ன?.. /3

திண்டுக்கல் மாவட்டத்தில் அண்ணாதுரை மீது கற்பழிப்பு வழக்கு பதிவு உட்பட, மிசா கசமுசா கைது, ஸ்டாலின் காதலித்த பிராமணப் பெண் உமாவிற்கு நேர்ந்த கதி, பாத்திமா பாபு விற்கு நிகழ்ந்த கொடூரம் முதற்கொண்டு ஒவ்வொன்றையும் புட்டுப்புட்டு வைப்பவர் அவர்.. /4 @hemaquotes @sukuajith @ssbalu6465