#Thread on Manvantaras (मन्वंतर)!

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|| KAMAL MOULANA MASJID IN DHAR |

Firstly, Dhar is a Sanskrit Word. This city was the capital of a prosperous empire in ancient times. Hence it had many temples and Rajprasāda. Most of them now stand as mosques.

There ब्रह्माकृति will make everyone believe that they originated in the form of temples. More than this, the written proof of this, is also available. Sanskrit Language is engraved on stones covered in dust and buried in walls.

An obvious example is that of the monument which is known as Kamal Maula Mosque. A few years ago, when some portion of that building was uprooted and fell down,

then there were stone panels on it, which were filled with pages of Sanskrit plays. It has now been established that the monument named 'Saraswati Kantabharan' was in the form of a unique library of Sanskrit literature.

This library was unique in the sense that the literature that was stored in it was engraved on stone sheets, not on mortal papers. This example should be sufficient to inspire students of history,

#Thread on PanchDev Upasana!

For गृहस्थ Worship of Ganapati, Mahadev, Srihari Vishnu, SuryaDev and Devi  is said to be very fruitful.Presiding Bhagwan (as per their आस्था) should be established in the middle & other deities should be installed in all the four angles or in all the four directions accordingly.

These five Devi/Devtas represent Panchatattva. 

आकाशस्याधिपो विष्णु रग्नेश्चैय महेश्वरी ।
वायोः सूर्यः क्षितेरीशो जीवनस्य गणाधिपः ॥

That is,
1.Srihari Vishnu, the ruler of Akashtattva.
2.Maheshwari Shakti, the presiding deity of the AgniTattva,

3. Surya Dev, the ruler of the Vayu Tattva,
4. Mahadev,the presiding deity of the Prithvi Tattva. and
5.  The ruler of the JalTattva is Ganapati.

This Panchatattvamayi proceeds Creation (सृष्टि)in a safe and gentle form

The scriptures have described these five deities in many forms, and have done that worshiping them collectively is beneficial for every householder.

Their worship is considered necessary even in specific Devopasana, and if they have an inseparable vision from each other, only

#Thread on Panch kedar- five Divine Abodes of Mahadev !

The story of Panch Kedar is back to the Mahabharata period, after the war of Dharma, pandavas wanted to get rid of all their sin of killing their cousins,
brahmins and pitra, thus they left their Rajya in search of Shiva.

But being deeply hearted by the war of Mahabharata Shiva took the form of bull and hide himself .
while searching for Shiva pandavs observe that a bull was grazing over their and Bheema, recognises that bull as Shiva an caught his tail and hind legs

but the bull disappeared into ground and later reappeared as in five parts i.e.arms,humps,face ,hair and head,navel.

1.Kedarnath: a place where divinity meets the spirituality, here humps of the bull appeared.

Rudranath: it offers some of the finest sceneries of the snowy peaks of the Himalayas, here the face of the bull reappered .

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|| AGRA FORT ||

It is one of the important monument in Agra, Agra itself is a Sanskrit word, and was a prosperous capital of Rajput rulers before moguls came to India, the fort was built in the Rajput style.

The architecture of the s Diwan-e-khas and Diwan-e-aam rooms not only has a lot of similarities with the inner parts of the Amber Fort, but it is made according to the Hindu pavilion.

That so-called Great Moguls has ever had this much time nor did they have enough money to build such a valuable fort. The names of its gates are also in the names of Hindus, such as 'Amarsingh Dwar', 'Hathipol Dwar'. At the gates, there were statues of the Ashwārohi and Gajārohi

Rajput Kings.

It is absurd to clarify this, by saying that while fighting valiantly for the protection of the Chittor-fort against his army, Akbar had made statues of the prince in order to praise the Rajput Prince or he was impressed by their valor.

These statues belonged to the erstwhile Rajput kings, and this fort was built centuries before Akbar ascended the throne.

Agra -fort is a sibling of the Red Fort in Delhi. It is very wrong to relate one to Akbar and the other to Shah Jahan.

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BHAKTI MARG ACCORDING TO SHIVAPURAN

There Nothing is more pleasurable than the Path of Bhakti in all the Loka's and in all the four Yuga, whoever dives in this sacred ocean of Ishwara's Bhakti , can definitely attain Mokshā and get relief from BhavaSagara ,

it is more pleasing in the Kali Yuga as compared to others., The reason is the lack of both knowledge and disinterest in humans.

Bhakti is the only path through which we can connect with Ishwara and whoever become hurdle in Ishwara's Devotees with bad intentions he is always

punishable by Ishwara.

The Bhakti which is inspired by Shashtra's and is surrendered to Ishwara by heart selflessly , considered to be श्रेष्ठ , and which is full of Selfishness is always called निम्नकोटी भक्ति .

Both these types of devotion are of two types in terms of नैष्ठि and अनैष्ठि

- there are 6 types of नैष्ठि and
- 1 of अनैष्ठि

There are mainly two types of devotion -

1) सगुण
2) निर्गुण

The nine parts of both Nirguna and Saguna have been described, which is something like this -

● श्रवण - Hearing the Lord's Kirtan by drowning in devotion.

● कीर्तन - Performing bhajan with pure devotion by singing the glory of the Lord.

कुंडली में 12 भाव होते हैं। कैसे ज्योतिष द्वारा रोग के आंकलन करते समय कुंडली के विभिन्न भावों से गणना करते हैं आज इस पर चर्चा करेंगे।
कुण्डली को कालपुरुष की संज्ञा देकर इसमें शरीर के अंगों को स्थापित कर उनसे रोग, रोगेश, रोग को बढ़ाने घटाने वाले ग्रह

रोग की स्थिति में उत्प्रेरक का कार्य करने वाले ग्रह, आयुर्वेदिक/ऐलोपैथी/होमियोपैथी में से कौन कारगर होगा इसका आँकलन, रक्त विकार, रक्त और आपरेशन की स्थिति, कौन सा आंतरिक या बाहरी अंग प्रभावित होगा इत्यादि गणना करने में कुंडली का प्रयोग किया जाता है।

मेडिकल ज्योतिष में आज के समय में Dr. K. S. Charak का नाम निर्विवाद रूप से प्रथम स्थान रखता है। उनकी लिखी कई पुस्तकें आज इस क्षेत्र में नए ज्योतिषों का मार्गदर्शन कर रही हैं।
प्रथम भाव -
इस भाव से हम व्यक्ति की रोगप्रतिरोधक क्षमता, सिर, मष्तिस्क का विचार करते हैं।

द्वितीय भाव-
दाहिना नेत्र, मुख, वाणी, नाक, गर्दन व गले के ऊपरी भाग का विचार होता है।
तृतीय भाव-
अस्थि, गला,कान, हाथ, कंधे व छाती के आंतरिक अंगों का शुरुआती भाग इत्यादि।

चतुर्थ भाव- छाती व इसके आंतरिक अंग, जातक की मानसिक स्थिति/प्रकृति, स्तन आदि की गणना की जाती है

पंचम भाव-
जातक की बुद्धि व उसकी तीव्रता,पीठ, पसलियां,पेट, हृदय की स्थिति आंकलन में प्रयोग होता है।

षष्ठ भाव-
रोग भाव कहा जाता है। कुंडली मे इसके तत्कालिक भाव स्वामी, कालपुरुष कुंडली के स्वामी, दृष्टि संबंध, रोगेश की स्थिति, रोगेश के नक्षत्र औऱ रोगेश व भाव की डिग्री इत्यादि।

SRI MOOKAMBIKA DEVI, KOLLUR (KAR)

There was an Asura, Kaumasura, who was doing penance to please Shiva and get a boon. To prevent him from asking for a boon, Devi Saraswati made him dumb (hence called Mookasur)
Later, Adi Parashakti slayed him and came to be called Mookambika.

It is said that Adi Shankaracharya had a vision in which Devi agreed to follow him provided he did not look back. He kept walking and was assured of her presence due to the sound of anklets. When he reached here in Kollur, he turned back as the sound of anklets had stopped.

So Devi stayed here and merged with the lingam. The place came to be called Mookambika Kshetram.
The linga has integrated on it’s left side MahaKali, Maha Lakshmi and Maha Saraswathi and on the right side- Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.

A swarna rekha (gold line) divides this linga into left and right portion. Adi Shakthi in this Udhbhavlinga form appears only here.
Devi sits in padmasana and has 4 hands.
Adi Shankaracharya installed the Sri Chakra in front of Devi and also composed the Soundarya Lahiri here.

Alathiyur Hanuman Temple
Malappuram, Kerala 🚩
#keralatemples

One of the Powerful Anjaneya Temples in Kerala. Hanuman temple is adjacent to Shri Ramar Sannidhi. Here Hanuman's head is tilted towards the left to hear Shri Rama's words. Shri Rama is entrusting Hanuman👇

Task of locating Mata Sita in Lanka.

Prathishta of Hanuman is done by Sage Vasishta. Eventhough this is Shri Ram Temple, importance is given to Hanuman
Shri Rama shares with Hanuman the Abhignana Vaakhyam, the words that would enable him to gain the confidence of Mata Seetha.

Hanuman stands leaning a little towards the left, showing how he hear Shri Rama's words and also assuring him Your Wish is my Command.
The Vigraham of Hanuman gives us the Strength, Confidence and Bhakthi.
There is a place marked here to show Hanuman’s leap to Lanka over sea.

Devotees run and leap over the stone for better health.Aval Naivedhyam is famous here. Those children who have nightmares are told to pray Alathiyur Hanuman. Mantra 👇

Alathiyur Hanumane
Pedi Swampnam kanarudhe
Pedi Swapnam Kandalo
Val Kondu Thattiyunarthename
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Mahabharat - the great war - 18 days of heroism, deceit, blood and intrigue - now as a mega Twitter thread.

I'll add the events from a few days of the war each day.

Caveats: lots of editorialization, creative liberties and interpretations.

There will also be a lot of asides - especially around war strategy and tactics, the characters and their motivations and non-canon storylines.

Over the years, I've read multiple versions, phenomenal translations and modern retellings. So be prepared for a potpourri.

There are different ways of looking at this war. Was it a family feud? Sure - but whose family? Shantanu's or Satyavati's? Was Vyas essentially telling us his family history? And then Kunti added a twist to this tale. Here's a helpful chart:

Satyavati's two sons from Shantanu both died without children. Vyas - her first son - fathered Dhritarashtra and Pandu (and Vidur).

Pandu never fathered any children. Kunti and Madari gave birth to six demi-gods (Karna and the five Pandavs).

So Satyavati Vs Kunti and Madari.

Or was this a fight between two massive neighbouring kingdoms - the Kurus and the Panchals? While many smaller kingdoms joined the battle, most of the Pandav army (more than half of their 7 divisions) came from the Panchals. King Drupad and his son Shikhandi led two divisions.