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Karni Mata Mandir, Deshnoke, Bikaner, Rajasthan...

Karni Mata Mandir is located in Deshnoke, Bikaner, Rajasthan. Karni Mata is considered to be the incarnation of Jagdamba Mata. According to some legends, Karni Mata is considered to be the form of Hinglaj Devi.
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Karni Mata is the Kuldevi of the Bikaner royal family. It is said that the princely states of Bikaner and Jodhpur were established with her blessings. Rats living in the Karni Mata Mandir are considered to be the children of Karni Mata. According to the legend of Karni Mata.

Once, Karni Mata's step-son (her sister Gulab and her husband's son) drowned while trying to drink water in Kapil Sarovar located in Kolayat. When Karni Mata came to know about this, she prayed to Yamdev, the god of death, to revive her son.

At first, Yamraj refused, but later he was forced to revive him in the form of a mouse. There are more than 20,000 rats present in this Mandir. The rats living here are called Kaba. The prasad offered to the Karni Mata is first eaten by rats and then it is distributed.

The number of rats can be measured from the fact that to reach the main Mandir, You have to walk by dragging your feet. If a mouse comes under your foot and gets injured. So it is considered inauspicious.

#Thread Two divine forms of Khatu Shyam ji...

On the day of Amavasya, devotees get the darshan of Shyam Baba in Shyam varan (black color). In ordinary days, the form of Baba is saffron. The reason for this is a custom. The real head of Shyam Baba which had appeared from Shyam Kund is of Shyam varan.

Every day Shyam Baba's grand Shringar is done by Pujaris. The main part of Shyam Baba's shringar is Tilak. This Shringar is done by the members of Nij Mandir sevaks. The sevaks of the Nij Mandir do sandalwood tilak to Baba everyday in the auspicious time.

This Divine Tilak is applied from the forehead to the nose. When Baba is given a bath by sevaks, this tilak comes off. Then in the auspicious time, the sevaks again apply tilak to Baba.

There is no auspicious time on the Amavasya. Because of this, tilak is not done on that day. That's why devotees have darshan of Shyam Baba on the Amavasya only in the actual real form (Shyam Swaroop). Baba's tilak is done on Amavasya only on the day of Deepawali.

Hatya Mata Mandir, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh...

Mahamaya Devi Kot Mandir is located in Pangna village in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. In the Premises of the Mahamaya Devi Kot Mandir, there is a small Mandir of Hatya Mata which opens only once a year.

Suket State was one of the Princely states of Bharat during the period of the British Raj. Suket was later declared as Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh. At that time, Maharaja Ramsen was the king of Suket.

The king had a daughter, Rajkumari Chandravati who was a biggest devotee of Mahadev and Maa Parvati. Once Rajkumari Chandravati was playing with her friends, While playing, a friend of Chandravati was guise as a male.

The Raj Purohit passed from that place. He felt that Rajkumari Chandravati was playing with an unknown Boy. Raj Purohit immediately went to the Maharaj and told the whole thing which made the Maharaj Ramsen angry.

Maharaj Ramsen immediately sent Chandravati to the winter capital, Pangna. Chandravati considered her insult and took a shocking step to prove herself Pavitra. Chandravati grinded the pois0nous seed named Rati on a rock and ate it.

#Thread "Atikaya" Ravan's powerful and elusive son...

Atikaya was the son of Ravan's second wife Dhanyamalini. He was considered very powerful and elusive. His body was as huge as a mountain. Like his father Ravan, he was a great devotee of Mahadev.

According to some legends Mahadev had taught archery to Atikaya. Due to which he had become a great archer.He did severe penance of Brahma ji. Pleased with Atikaya's penance, Brahma ji gave him a divine chariot and many astras.

He had also received an impenetrable armor from Brahma ji. Atikaya caused heavy destruct!on in the vanar sena. He started defeating great warriors.Then he had a fierce battle with Lakshman ji. Both of them started att@ck!ng each other with divine weap0ns.

Lakshman ji att@cked the Atikaya with a Agni Astra. But Atikaya failed this att@ck with his Varunastra.Vayu Dev told Lakshman ji that you should att@ck the Atikaya with the Brahmastra.

#Thread The place from where Abhimanyu penetrated the Chakravyuh...

The Chakravyuh means such a formation of soldiers, from which no warrior can easily get out. Several thousand soldiers concurrently make such a circle for a distance of various kilometers.

On seeing this Chakravyuh, there is a way to go inside it, but the way to get out is not visible. This will be possible only if someone looks very carefully from the sky because this Chakravyuh keeps on spiralling.

Being encircled by enemy soldiers from all sides, any warrior could be easily defeated. In Mahabharat, only Shri Krishna, Arjun, and Abhimanyu knew how to penetrate the Chakravyuh.

It is said that Dronacharya generated the Chakravyuh. Any new warrior enters the open part of this formation and strikes one of the soldiers. But the work has to be done very fast because, within a moment, the d€ad soldier is replaced by another.

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#AdiShankaracharya Swami Jayanti, 2022.
If today I'm identified as a true Sanatani Lad, that's only because of my Adi Guru, Sri Shankaracharya Maharaj, the establisher of Sarvapuratan Sanatan Dharma and Sanskritization.
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The Jayanti of Adi Shankaracharya falls on the Panchami Tithi during the Shukla Paksha in the month of Baishakha. He was born in Kalady of Kerala state in 788 CE. He has played a major role in the revival of Sanatan Dharma and Hindu Philosophy.
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He was born to parents who were ardent worshippers of Bhagvan Shiva, Adi Shankaracharya was a prominent Vedic scholar and a teacher who was known for his work on the development of Hindu Concept all over the world. His journey in Sanyas began with his mother's crocodile
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incident in which she believed that Adi Shankara was not an ordinary person. He was popular for his work which presents the harmonising reading of Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas & Sastras. Adi Shankaracharya also liberated knowledge of the self at its core by synthesising the
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Advaita Vedanta teachings of his time. He has established the Char dham (North- Badrinath Dham, East - Shree Jagannath Dham, West -Dwaraka Dham, South -Rameswaram Dham)
The Char Dhams are a set of four pilgrimage sites in India and visiting these sites help achieve the moksha.

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Loc: Maha Varahi Peetham at Vellore

Ugra Narasimhar at Padmanabhaswamy Temple is so powerful & ferocious that many had heard loud roar in night. To keep him calm Sundara Kandam parayanam is done there.

Mother of Time, Maa Kaali.
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ॐ उग्रं वीरं महाविष्णुं ज्वलन्तं सर्वतोमुखम् ।
नृसिंहं भीषणं भद्रं मृत्युमृत्युं नमाम्यहम् ॥

हे क्रुद्ध एवं शूर-वीर महाविष्णु, आपकी ज्वाला एवं ताप चारों दिशाओं में फैली हुई है।
हे नरसिंहदेव प्रभु, आपका चेहरा सर्वव्यापी है, तुम मृत्यु के भी यम हो और मैं आपके समक्ष आत्मसमर्पण करता हूँ।