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of “EARTH” according to Indian ancient scriptures

I repeat “Untold Unsung now Unearthed”

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Slightly long thread but you’d be amaze. Go through entire thread carefully.

It is hoped that you have not forgotten that Svayambhuva Manu had a son named Priyavrata. Priyavrata had ten sons. Their names were Agnidhra, Agnivahu, Vapushmana, Dyutimana, Medha, Medhatithi, Bhavya, Savana, Putra and Jyotishmana.

Medha, Agnivahu and Putra had no desire to rule. They were not interested in material pursuits and became hermits.

Priyavrata divided the earth amongst the remaining seven sons. Thus it was that the earth came to be divided into seven regions or dvipas.

Agnidhra ruled over Jambudvip, Medhatithi over Plakshadvip, Vapushman over Shalmalidvip, Jyotishman over Kushadvip, Dyutimana over Krounchadvip, Bhavya over Shakadvip & Savan over Pushkaradvip

Agnidhra, the ruler of Jambudvipa, had nine sons. Their names were Nabhi Kimpurusha, Hari, Ilavrita, Ramya, Hiranyavana, Kuru, Bhadrashva and Ketumala.

Agnidhra divided Jambudvipa into nine regions (varshas) and gave each of his sons a region to rule over.

IMPORTANCE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF GARUDA PURAN.

On the request of Garud, Bhagwan Vishnu, the rider of Garud, described this Puran based in Taksharya Kalp. It has ninteen thousand shlokas.
This book begins with a question and goes on to describe the Shrishti.

Then it describes the Surya puja vidhi, Diksha, Shradha, Nav vyuh puja, Vishnu sahastra naam kirtan and dhyan, Yog, Mrityunjay puja,Mala mantra, Shivarcha, Gopal puja, Trailikya mohan Shridhar puja, Vishnuarcha, Devpuja, Sandhya, Pancham tattva, Durga and Chakra Archana,

Maheshwar puja, Pavitra ropan puja, Murti dhyan, Vaastu maan, Prasaad, Sarvdev pratishtha, Ashtaang Yog, Daan dharm, Prayaschit, Narak description, Chakravyuh, Jyotish, Samudra shastra, Swar gyan, Tirth, Importance of Gaya, Different Manvantars, Pittra's, Varna dharma,

Dravya shudhhi, Samarpan, Vinayak puja, Grah yagya, Ashram, Shouch, Pret shudhi, Niti Shashtra, Vrat katha, Som and Surya vansh, Hari vansh, Bharat akhyan, Ayurveda, Medicine in Ayurveda, Rog nashak kavach, Garud Kavach, Traipur mantra, Prashna, difficulties in vyakaran,

Chhand shastra, Discipline, Snan Vidhi Tarpan, Bali Vaishvadev, Pavarna Karma, Sapindan, Dharmasar, Repentence of sins, Prati sankraman, Karmafal, Yug dharm, Vishnu bhakti, Method of Namaskaar to Hari, Narsingh strotras, Gyanamrit, Vishnuarchan strotras, Principles of Sankhya,

Thrikkur Mahadeva Kshetram
#Thrissur
#Keralatemples 🚩

Thrikkur Mahadeva Temple is located in Thrissur District of Kerala. Garbagriham is within a cave on a hillock. Paramashiva is Swayambhoo here. Upadevas are Parvathi Devi and Ganapathi.

Sthala Puranam says that👇

Prathista of Vigraham was done by Agni Deva. It is also believed that in this temple, Agni resides with Paramashiva. Therefore Ezhunallath is not done on rainy days or cloudy overcast situations.

It is also believed that this temple was first found by a cowherd. A man had been

searching for his cow that went grazing and thus came to this cave. He found the cow in the cave along with the Shivalingam. He immediately informed this to a Namboothiri who started doing poojas. Trikkur Mahadeva Kshetram gives relief to those who are suffering from Asthma and

Other breathing difficulties. Kayar Vazhipaadu(The Rope Offering) is  offered to Paramshiva. Kayar Vazhipadu is said to have divine powers to heal Asthma. Dhaara is also very important here.

Om Nama Shivaya
🙏🕉🙏

KARTHIGAI DEEPAM: STORY BEHIND THE FESTIVAL

Karthigai Deepam is the festival of lights that is celebrated in Tamil Nadu, Andhrapradesh, Karnataka and Kerela during the month of Karthigai (Nov-Dec).

Tiruvannamalai Mandir is known for Karthigai Deepam festival.

@LostTemple7

Legend says that once Sri Vishnu and Brahma had a fight to know who was the most powerful of the two.
Shiva appeared before them in the form of an enormous pillar of fire. The two decided to find the top and bottom of the pillar.
However, neither of them could find its end.

Shiva, then, appeared as a hill (Arunachala Hill) in Tiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu. The Shivalinga here is Agni linga.
It is believed that small lamps lit during Karthigai are miniature replicas of the fire linga. Every year, thousands of people come to see the Karthigai Deepam.

Lamps called 'agal' are placed in front of Prabhu and in Kolams.

Different patterns of lamps are used - Lakshmi villaku shaped like a woman with folded hands, Kuthu villaku shaped like a five petal flower and the Gajalakshmi villaku—the elephant lamp.

I doubt there are many outside of Norway that know that the Norwegian pop group A-ha was critical in the introduction of electric car incentives in Norway. I certainly didn't. Read on...

In 1989, two members of the group, Morten Harket and Magne Furuholmen were in Switzerland with environmentalist Frederic Hauge, when they came across a hobby-converted Fiat Panda. Stated range: 45 km. They snapped it up and imported it to Norway.

Photo: In Switzerland (Bellona)

On arrival in Norway, the regs didn't accommodate the registration of electric cars so it couldn't legally be driven on the road. Since it had a propane-fuelled heater, just like a motorhome, they registered it as a motorhome.

Moreover, in contrast to petrol cars, diesel cars paid registration fees based on how far they were driven, and our heroes thought this should also apply to electric cars. So the two-seater Swiss-converted Fiat Panda was registered as a diesel motorhome in Norway.

They managed (somehow) to avoid paying the one-off registration fee in 1990, and ever since then electric cars have been exempted this now-substantial fee.
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How does QFS consider the variability in gold prices?

The price of gold does fluctuate, so at a specific snapshot in time, the price of gold will be frozen for the backing of all currencies./1

It is important that all currencies are on par value with all other currencies regardless of the country of origin; be it Dong, Dinar, USD(T), Yuan, Peso, etc. (This is accomplished with the Global Currency Reset)/2

This is to be done by each country, releasing either new currency or adjusting old so that it can be equated to another; Yuan to Dong, USD to Germany Marc, Dinar to Peso, etc./3

Once this freezing takes place, each Kilo of bullion will be assigned a set of currency increments that it will back. The snapshot in time will effectively “freeze in” the value of all currencies as long as the QFS is in place./4

If the price of gold goes up or down, it will not affect the frozen value of one currency against one another, because the value of all currencies will all go up or down together. Keep in mind that this is the only legally valid currency in the entire world./5

Check out what I got today. You can tell it's something weird as fuck just from the box...

So this is a FISK ... thing.
It's a floppy disk fax machine! You can fax floppies to other people who have these things.

Apparently you can connect it to external drives, computers, or printers?

So I'm gonna do more research into this thing and how it works, but while I'm here, some of the other stuff I got today. Some 3.5" floppy disks. Single sided, double density ones! These were some of the very first 3.5" disks and basically nothing used them.

I also got this book: AutoSim, the Marketing Laboratory.
It's some software to help you sell cars, apparently! it was weird and cheap, so I got it. I'll of course image it.

The story of Aare Ona Kakanfo Afonja, and the fall of the great Oyo Empire is absorbing. If you're interested in this beautiful history of pre-colonial south western Nigeria, keep a date with me later tonight. 🙏🏾

The Kakanfo and fall of Oyo Empire.
Thread.
Of the 14 Kakanfos so far, the tenures of three of them who were military commanders considerably impacted the history of, first, the Old Oyo Empire, and by extension, the rest of Yorubaland.

The three Kakanfos were Afonja of Ilorin, Kurunmi of Ijaye, and Obadoke Latoosa of Ibadan. The last two of the 14, who were civilians and honorary holders of the title nevertheless impacted the history of Yorubaland, and also the entire Nigerian nation.

Aare-Ona-Kakanfo Afonja:
In the mid-1700s, around 1750 and thereabouts, a powerful Oyo warrior was growing in stature; a man called Afonja. His father was Laderin. Laderin himself was the son of Alugbin, who himself was the son of Pasin.

Alaafin Majeogbe ruled Oyo from 1754 to 1770, and was succeeded by Alaafin Abiodun same year. Abiodun was on the throne for about 19 years, until 1789 when he was murdered by his own son, Aole.
Aole became Alaafin, and ruled from 1789 to 1796.

BANNARI AMMAN, SATHYAMANGALAM (TN)
#bharatmandir #navratri2021

Bannari Amman Kshetram is dedicated to Mariamman, known as the goddess of Rain. This divine place is located at the foothill of Thimbam.

Bannari Amman is a form of Shakti. The murti is swayambhu (self-manifested).

Some 300 years ago, cowherds used to leave cattle here for grazing. One day, a cow was seen shedding her milk under a Vengai tree. Next day also, the cow did the same thing. Villagers removed the thickly grown grass and found a sand-hill and Swayambu Linga near it.
@GunduHuDuGa

It is believed that a deity protected traders from Kerala who travelled through this place to Mysore. Fascinated by the beautiful surroundings, she decided to stay here to protect devotees. A shrine was built and Bannari Mariamman is worshipped here since then.

Bannari Amman is the only shrine that faces the south direction. Instead of Vibhuti and Kumkuma, Bannari soil is given to the devotees. The Kundam festival (fire walk on heated charcoal) is most famous here.

Bannari Amman Temple
Erode

Bannari Amman Temple is located in Sathyamangalam, Erode Dt of Tamil Nadu. Devi is worshipped here as Mariamman a form of Ma Durga, one of the powerful Devi temple in TamilNadu.
@LostTemple7

This place called as Dhandanayakkan
was once used as a place for grazing Cows. Cows fed the grass here and were taken for milking. One such cow didn't allow the owner for milking nor did it allowed calf to go near. Cowboy developed doubts and decided to watch that cow.

When all other Cows went for grazing this one went alone near a Vengai tree and stood beneath it. Milk began to flow from automatically. The cow repeated this everyday & the villagers went to see the place and found an anthill. When villagers removed the anthill they found out

Swayambhu Vigraham of Mariamman here. Thus temple was constructed here. Dhandanayakkan forest was called Bannari from which, this name Bannari came. Bannari soil is given as prasadam.

Om Shakthi
Jai Maa
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SRI JAGANNATH AND GITA PANDA

Once, Arjun Mishra, a panda (पंडा) lived in Jagannath Puri. He spent most of his time reading Bhagavad Gita daily which made people call him Gita Panda.
Though he was very poor, he accepted all hardships as Prabhu’s prasadam.
@Shawshanko

Once, rains lashed Puri for an entire week and Gita Panda could not go out for begging. His family was forced to fast but Gita Panda was happy. He felt that now he would get more time to read Bhagavad Gita.
When his wife complained, he quoted a verse from Gita on having faith.

His wife was furious. She opened the book and scratched 3 lines through the verse.
Sometime later, Gita Panda went to sleep. His wife heard a knock on the door and found 2 beautiful boys- one fair and the other dark. They had a lot of foodstuff and gave all of that to her.

She was very happy and asked them to wait till she cooked so that they too could eat. The dark-skinned boy told her that they could not eat as his tongue had been cut in 3 places.
When they went away, she told the incident to Gita Panda who immediately understood everything.

The scratching of verse in the book had hurt Prabhu’s lotus mouth.
Realising that Prabhu always answers true devotion, she asked for forgiveness. Both, then, went to Puri Mandir with the prasadam
Sure enough, they saw Jagannath had 3 spots on his lips that day.

Narayan Hari🙏🏻

The significance of "Chhera Pahara" - at the Rath Yatra Festival, Puri, Odisha.

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There is a saying "rathe ca vamanam dhrstva punar janma na vidyate" which means that a person who sees Lord Jagannath on the Chariot on the auspicious day of Puri Rath Yatra attains Moksha (salvation from the Birth-Death cycle)

Rath Yatra is celebrated every year on the occasion of Ashad Shukla Dwitiya that falls between the months of June-July.

This is the only time when Lord Jagannath and his siblings, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra, are brought out onto the Bada Danda (main street of Puri) and travel (3 km) to the Shri Gundicha Temple (the Mausima Temple) in huge chariots.

Also known as Shri Gundicha yatra or Car festival, it is celebrated to commemorate the annual visit of Lord Jagannath triad to their aunt's house, where they enjoy nine-day stay and are served with sweet pancakes.

1) Looks like Trump KNEW what the coup plotters were plotting on the 6th, so he arrived an hour late to the stage, and talked longer than he intended, before he asked MAGA to walk peacefully down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol.

He also didn't walk WITH them as he promised.

Vidura neeti & Chanakya neeti – It is a comprehensive book of advice to one & all though it’s taken as a dialogue between the Vidura & King Dhritarashtra. As the story in the epic goes, Pandavas claimed their rightful land from their cousins Kauravas on completion of their exile.

King Dhritharashatra sought Vidura’s direction. This collection called as Vidura neethi contains profound insights which he shares with the king while admonishing him to return the kingdom to the Pandavas. 1/11

This would be just and fair. The message and instructions are very useful and meaningful even today. Since it is part of the famous epic Mahabharatha, the text dates back to three thousand years BC.

Much of the stories, narrations, teachings and lessons from this epic though not well documented yet have survived to the test of time. 2 /11

The questions that rose in the mind of the king then are not different today which rises in any ordinary mortal. Strangely the answers given by Mahatma Vidur continue to enlighten us albeit centuries have passed.

Description of Crowning ceremony of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

The throne was designed by one Ramaji Datto Chitre of Kolhapur.

Shivaji's court at the time of his coronation has been described as

1. Shivaji arrived in the court (wearing gold toda around the suruwar around the legs, jewellery around the neck a kavda necklace-over the angarkhaa, kambarpatta,...)

2. He holded in his right hand weilding a golden bow and his left hand held a golden Vishnu idol

3. The ashta pradhans (Moropant Pingale held a gold kalash with perforations, Hambirao Mohite held a silver kalash, etc) flanked the throne.

4. On the right side stood Balaji Avji Chitnis and on the left side stood Nilopant Farasvis. Madari Mehtar (who was given the title Takht

Firosh, caretaker of the throne)

5. One sardar Vishwasrao Gaikwad held Bhavani the bejewelled sword of the king.

6. Gagabhat held the royal umbrella over the king.

7. The men around the throne weilded the royal sceptres-insignias (gold chavri, morchel ,gold spear with a weighing scale symbolising even justice and fair commerce, gold spear with fish head symbolising control over seas, gold spears with horse head symbolising a powerful

Tamboola - Brings Turning Point in Life

People who offer Tamboola daily to Devis swarupas are blessed with apaara ashta aishwaryas and beyond.

Maa Lalitha Tripurasundari is seen doing Nitya Taamboola Charvana.

"Tamboola Poorita Mukhi, Daadimi Kusuma Prabha"

This nama from Lalitha sahasra describe Maa lalitha parmeshwari as one who has her mouth with Tamboola rasa and looks like one who shines in the hue of pomegranate flowers.

It is said suvasini sthree and kanyas should do Tamboola charvana daily to gain aishwaryas, hve a great health, be always energetic and happy. Men also do it to get a clarity in thoughts and also peaceful mind and bliss.

People who think we are lacking that spark in life should try this and see the benefits themselves. All you need are

Nagavalli Paan
Mishri
Elaichi
Jaiphal
Supari Full
Lavang
Javvadi
Madhu (Honey)
Gulaab Petals / Gulkand
Kesar

People can add all fragrant things additionally

If you dont have all of it, do it with what best is available at home. Maa wants the samarpan and prem. In a family count the number of people and offer that many of the paan to the goddess.