Do you know who is ekadashi bhagwati & Why Ekadashi fast is auspicious:
Know the story behind how Bhagwati Ekadashi came into being:

In satyayuga there was asura named mur who was so powerful that he even tookover the swarglok from indradev and drove the devtas from the...

Swarglok. All devtas were so frustrated since there was no ways to take the swarglok back as the asur was very powerful thus they went to mahadev and told him about the terrible situation they were facing. after listening to them mahadev suggested them to seek help..

From bhagwan vishnu as he is the only one who can help devtas After suggestions devtas went to kshirsagar were bhagwan was residing and devtas started praying to bhagwan for help ,when prabhu saw that devtas are helpless Prabhu asked them to let him know about asura ..

And how powerful he is & where he reside Indradev said that during ancient time an asur was born in the lineage of Brahma Ji. This asur was called Taaljangh. He was very powerful and fearsome. His son was named Mura who was also equally powerful and fearsome and..

He is the one who Defeated all devtas Listening to this bhagwan Vishnu Ji got angry and asked the devtas to take him to the asura Mura .When they reached, Bhagwan saw that all devtas were scared and running away from Mura in 10 different directions when asura saw Bhagwan Vishnu..

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Swami Shraddhanand was one of the Hindu leaders, freedom fighters & Arya samaj sansayi who propogated the teaching of Vedas .He was k!lled by a fanatic name Abdul Rashid on 23rd December 1926.
He played the important role in sudhi (reconversion) in the 1920s.👇
@Jayalko1

Dr Ambedkar called Shraddhanand “the greatest and most sincere champion of the Dalits.

He started a Holy campaign of purifying the converted Hindus. He opened an office at Agra. There were many Rajputs at Agra, Bharatpur, Mathura etc. @DeshBhaktReva

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who had been converted to Islam ; but they wanted to come back to Hinduism. 5 lacs of Rajputs were ready to accept Hinduism. Swami Shraddhanand was leading this campaign. He organised a huge gathering for this purpose and purified those Rajputs. @Dharma_Ramani

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Many villages got purified under His leadership. This mission created a new consciousness, a new energy and enthusiasm among Hindus and the number of Hindu organisations increased. A Muslim woman by name Ajgaribegum from Karachi was initiated into Hinduism. @narayanagl

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This incident created a furore among Muslims and Swamiji was known all over the world. A Muslim fanatic who was member of Tablighi jamat name Abdul Rashid (also the father of Nargis actor & maternal grandfather of Sanjay Dutt) @AnuSatheesh5

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PANCHMUKHI GANESH: SIGNIFICANCE

Panchamukhi or 5-faced Ganesha is a representation of all forces. He is also known as Heramba Ganpati, mostly in Nepal. It means protector of the weak.
The 5 heads signify 5 layers of Atman- the inner self.
@RudraVS @RatanSharda55 @onlyonenetra

In the system of yoga,
there are five koshas or sheaths that are barriers to accessing the true Self: the physical body, the energy body, the mental body, the wisdom body, and the bliss body.  
Each head of Ganpati represents one kosha.
@SriRamya21 @iamkamyabuch @DetheEsha

ANNAMAYA KOSHA- The first head of Ganpati.
This represents the physical/flesh body made of matter like skin, muscles,bones, etc.
@Dauhshanti

PRANAMAYA KOSHA-2nd head of Ganpati.
This is breath or energy body. It includes the movement of blood, lymph and breath through the body.
@JumbuTweeple

MANOMAYA KOSHA-3rd head of Ganpati.
This represents the mental body, central nervous system; where physical sensations turn to emotional sensations.

Paramekkavu Bhagavathy Temple
Thrissur, Kerala.🚩
#temples
Paramekkavu Bhagavathy temple is one of the largest Bhagwathy temple in Kerala.Temple is just opposite to Vadakkunnathan temple and is one among the two temple which participate in famous Thrissur Pooram.

Sthala puranam says that an elder member of Kuruppal Tharavad, an ardent devotee of  Thirumandham kunnu Devi, used to visit there regularly, but due to old age he expressed his inability to visit there anymore to Devi. Leaving the temple with heavy heart,
@SriramKannan77

he took rest under Ilanji tree in Vadakkunnathan ground. To resume journey he tried to lift his umbrella from ground, but it was firmly fixed there. Later a Deva Prashnam was held and it was told that Devi's presence is in the Umbrella.Everyone started praying Bhagwathy there

later Chaitanyam was transferred to the current location.

Vigraham of Paramekkavu Bhagavathy is made of wood with eight arms in sitting posture.
Sri Maha Devyai Namah
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@InfoVedic

Tarapeeth,Birbhum, West Bengal is best known as a Tantra VidyaTemple & its adjoining Maha Smasana (Cremation Ground) which make it special. It is the Sadhana Peeth of Maharshi Vasistha.

Tara Peeth is a Shakti Peeth, where the eye ball of Mata Sati has fallen.

Devi Tara is the fearsome Tanrik aspect of shaktism. It is revered as a siddha peeth which grants enlightment ,Wisdome & happiness.

Maharshi Vasishta worshiped mata shakti in the form of Tara. Despite all his devotion Sage Vasista was unable to have her divine darsan.

Finaly with divine guidance he visit this place & meditated in the cremation ground reciting 300000 Mantras.Maa Tara showed her divine self.Tarapeeth is known for wish filling place.

Temple has two pratima.The stone image depited as a mother is camouflage by 3ft metal pratima.


@RatanSharda55

#THREAD Chandramouleshwara temple🎪is dedicated to bhagwaan Shiva, entrance
Unkal is an area in the Hubli-Dharwad municipality in #Karnataka. It is estimated to be a 900-year-old temple from the Badami Chalukyan era.Chalukyas built this temple in 11th - 12th century @LostTemple7

It is on old Pune – Bangalore highway NH4, about 3 km north of Hubli city centre. The beautiful, natural, scenic Unkal Lake is located in this area.The Chandramouleshwar temple is dedicated to Bhagwan Shiva. It houses two big Shivalingas.

The main shrine has four entrances in all the four directions. The presiding deity of the shrine, Bhagwan Chandramouleshwar faces east. The other Linga is known as Chaturmukha Linga, literally meaning the four faced Linga.

It was built on the lines of Badami, Aihole and Pattadakal temples. Fables say that the Chalukyans wanted to boast their architectural prowess and wealth to their enemies. To do so, the Chalukyans commissioned anonymous artisans to build this temple overnight.

But, the artisans couldn't complete the work within a night and the temple structure remains incomplete. According to some folklore, the sculptor Jaknacharya and his son built this temple.

A beautiful #Temple, known as Kantaji/#KantajewTemple at Kantanagar is a late-medieval Hindu temple in Dinajpur, Bangladesh/one of the most magnificent religious edifices belonging to the 18th century. 🚩
#Ancient #SanatanDharma #Thread

The temple belongs to the popular Hindu Lord Kanta or #Krishna and this is most popular with the Radha-Krishna cult (assemble of memorable love) in Bengal. 🚩🙏

This beautiful temple is dedicated to #LordKrishna and his wife #Rukmini Built by Maharaja Pran Nath, its construction started in 1704 CE and ended in the reign of his son Raja Ramnath in 1722 CE. 🚩

#SatiSavitri #RealLifeExperiences #BharatDarshana

Bharat Darshana publishes a small monthly magazine which has some very interesting puranic anecdotes and snippets.

When I picked up this month's magazine, I was intrigued by a story which I want to share as below

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This is a real-life incident as narrated by Prof. Krishna Bihari Pandey titled "Sati Savitri"

Sati Savitri is a well known puranic figure from Srimad DeviBhagwatham and Mahabharatha as one of those who fought with Yama to save her husband.

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This story is a modern real-life experience which mimics the puranic account in it's own unique way.

The story occurs in 1975 with Prof and his wife in Delhi with professor working as a researcher in university. Prof's family is in Allahabad in a large joint family

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Once Prof gets to know that his mother is not keeping well. He goes to his native and brings his mother. With dedicated care of his wife, his mother recovers quite remarkably and regains full stamina and strength

Mother-in-law & Daughter-in-law go out for shopping frequently

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Life's going smooth until one day when they receive a telegram that Prof's father is not keeping well.

His mother is distressed about the situation and requests her son to take her to the native. Prof is a little angry due to frequent travels and turns it down

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#Spirituality #Shloka #Shlokas

Master thread of all Spirituality articles - Part of pinned thread

William Carey and Languages

There are multiple references in his various letters where he writes about how various translations are coming along. I will post some of the references here. The reader can draw their own conclusions.

Letter describing his daily routine. He implies that he was attempting to learn multiple languages at that point of time with the help of various locals/natives.

Here we find him mentioning his book on Sanskrit grammar which he hoped to send to England.

A reference to the languages that Carey was somewhat familiar with as per him.

Another reference to Him translating Bible into Sanskrit.

Hello Dear Tweeples!

It’s Siddhars time of the week! Last week I shared story of Guru (Machamuni or Yogi Matsyendranath), this week I bring you information on his Shishya.

#Thread on Gorakanathar Siddhar.

@LostTemple7

His origin story is interesting, though I couldn’t verify it’s authenticity, so not sharing the story here. He’s shishya of Machamuni Siddhar and also learnt from Agasthiya Siddhar.

@HelloNNewman @RajiIndustani @Kishoreciyer1

Unlike other Siddhars, he is depicted as either with a Tiger or seated & wearing Tiger skin. While I couldn’t find any explanation for this. My interpretation is as follows:

Tiger is a predator that lurks around and attacks unexpectedly.

Our 5 indriyas and 5 vikitis also similar to Tiger, they lurk around and attacks our thoughts when we’re least expecting. Gorakkar is said to have mastered these aspects, thus to denote this, he shown with Tiger.

@Itishree001 @VarierSangitha @jananisampath

Gorakanathar or Gorakshnath (as he’s known in the Nath Sampraday) is celebrated Guru in both Northern and Southern part of India. He’s one of the NavNath in Nath Sampraday and also 18 Siddhars of Tamil tradition. During his life, he’s travelled Indian subcontinent extensively +

꧁सनातन संस्कृति꧂

– पूरे विश्व में वैदिक अवशेष

आज से लगभग 5000-6000 वर्ष पूर्व तक यानि महाभारत काल तक ..

पूरे विश्व के भूखंड का नाम "भारत" था
पूरा एशिया "जम्बूद्वीप"
सऊदी अरब की राजधानी से लेकर केरल तक "आर्यवत"

इस बात के प्रमाण आज भी पूरे विश्व मे है ...*1

● ईरान और इराक दोनो में संस्कृत धातु का "इर" शब्द आता है। जैसे इरावती, ऐरावत आदि। वीरान बालू बाले प्रदेश को संस्कृत में "इरणम" कहते है। रण उसी वर्ग का शब्द है। रण वह प्रदेश होता है, जहां रेत के ऊपर थोड़ा जल होता है। इरण में रेत ही रेत ओर जले के अभाव का संकेत होता है। *2