Amalaki Ekadashi

The Ekadashi of the Phalguna month, Shukla Paksha (The waxing phase of the moon) is called Amalaki Ekadashi. In Odisha, it is known as Sarbasammat Ekadasi is celebrated in Jagannath Temple & Lord Vishnu Temple. next day of Amalaki Ekadashi is Govinda Dwadashi.

Significance –

Once happened to be there a king whose names goes “Mandhata” – he once said to Vasishta muni, let me know a holy fast that will benefit me eternally. Muni then replied to him do listen to me and goes on saying that Amalaki Ekadasi is the best.

Who ever observes a fast on this ekadesi day obtains enormous wealth, gets free from effects of Sin & attains liberation.

The Kingdom of Vaidisha –

There was a kingdom named Vaidisha, wherein all the brahmins, kshatriyas, vaishyas, and shudras were equally gifted with Vedic knowledge, great bodily strength, and intelligence. And the king who happened to rule was Pashabinduka a member of dynasty

soma (The Moon). He was religious & truthful. He was better known as Chitraratha – he had a strength of 10000 elephants & was wealthy & also knew vedics thoroughly.

KANIPAKAM VINAYAKA, CHITOOR (AP)
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Kani means wetland and Pakam means flow of water into wetland.
Kanipakam Vinayaka is swayambhu (self-manifested). The murti is in a well which is always full of water.

Once, there were three brothers. Each one had a handicap- Dumb, Deaf and Blind. They had a small piece of land for livelihood. For their field, they drew water from a well. One day, they found that the well had dried up so one of them started digging in the well.

His tool hit something and blood oozed out. They found a swayambhu murti of Ganesha here.
Villagers started offering coconut water which overflew into a channel. Hence the name Kanipakam.

The murti is still growing in size. At present, we see the knees and the abdomen only. The Kavacham (Armour) offered to Vinayaka 50 years ago doesn’t fit today.
Vinayaka is believed to be the upholder of truth. So people come here and swear before him to prove their innocence.

THE ARYAN INVASION THEORY:A BIG FAT LIE.

The supposed Aryan Invasion of the Indian subcontinent was an unsolved puzzle of archaeology which looks like has come to a conclusive solution with the recent archaeological evidence. But let's first recall, What this theory actually is?

The theory states,"The Aryans were one of the tribes of Indo-European speaking,horse riding nomads living in Europe or Central Asia.They invaded the ancient urban civilisation of Indus valley &destroyed their culture around 1700BCE, pushed inhabitants southward &settled there..

..and 1200 yrs after the invasion, descendants of Aryans wrote the classic Indian scriptures called Vedas, in the language 'Sanskrit'".
This baseless theory challenges the very foundation of Indian statehood &it's Vedic culture. Why baseless? Bcoz Aryans as a cultural group..

..Nordic looking,Indus civilisation being destroyed&most certainly not,Germans being descended from them,is all fiction.None of our ancient Vedic scriptures,epics or Purans mention about any Aryan race,invasion or migration.Word'Arya'does not denote a particular race in Sanskrit.

Rather the real meaning of Arya is noble or righteous one. That's why we find the terms Aryaputra,Aryakanya etc in our scriptures.The thing is dat when these barbaric Europeans invaded India,they were so much amazed by the richness of Indian culture &knowledge that they took..

The Holy Rock at Sri Sita Rama Swamivari Devasthanam, Bhadrachalam, AP.

The name 'Bhadrachalam' is derived from 'Bhadragiri' meaning 'the mountain of Bhadra' who was the boon child of Meru and Menaka.

To get the grace of Lord Rama, the saint Bhadra performed penance at the bank of river Godavari in Dandakaranya.

The saint wanted Rama to be seated on his head, but Lord Rama who was in search of his consort Sita gave promise to his Bhakta that his desire would be fulfilled on his way back, after finding Sita and accomplishing the process of punishing the wicked Ravana.

But Lord Rama could not accomplish the promise in Ramavatara, so the sage continued the frightened penance.

Then Sri Mahavishnu manifests himself as Vykunta Rama with Shankh on the right hand & Chakra on the left hand and rushes to his devotee Bhadra along with Sita & Lakshman.

The hill place where the Deities were seated on was the head place of Bhadra Achala.
So this shrine was called the Bhadrachalam.

Jai Shri Ram!

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Sri Sanjeevi Rayar Temple located in Ayyangar Kulam,near Kanchipuram,TN

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Ancient but beautiful temple dedicated to Hanuman. This temple is a legendary one. According to the Sthala Puranam of Sanjeevi Rayar temple,it is associated with an episode from Ramayana.

Legend story -Hanuman was flying from Himalayas to Lanka bearing Sanjeevi hill to revive Lakshmana during battle between Rama& Ravana, a piece of the Sanjeevi Parvat fell at this place.Many believe this legendary story & even today that no one here dies of any kind of poisoning.

From historical background of the temple it is known that temple was originally built by a great scholar &administrator Kotikanyadanam Lakshmikumara Tatacharya. Temple itself&village were named following name of great scholar Tatacharya, who was then popularly known as Ayyangar.

He was the royal preceptor of Vijayanagara emperor Venkata Raya who had his capital at Chandragiri in AP.Upon returning from a pilgrimage,robbers tried to attack Tatacharya at this place. Being a great devotee of Hanuman,he instantly composed a poem in Sanskrit praising Hanuman.

The bandits immediately ran away &Tatacharya decided to build a temple dedicated to Anjaneya at that very place.This Sanskrit poem is called Hanumad Vimshati, has been inscribed in Grantha script inside this temple.The huge temple tank called Tatasamudram, in honor of Tatacharya.

Thread on #RealHeroesofIndia

Murlidhar Devidas Amte was the eldest son of Devidas and Laxmibai Amte. His father Devidas was a powerful bureaucrat with the pre-independence British administration and a wealthy landowner in the Wardha district.

Being the first child of an affluent family, Muralidhar was never denied a single thing by his parents since childhood.

His parents lovingly called him ‘Baba’ and the name stuck with him. At a very young age, Baba owned a gun and used to hunt wild boar and deer.

Later, he went on to own an expensive sports car, cushioned with panther skin.

Baba studied law and earned his LLB degree from Law College in Wardha. He set up a law practice in his native town which soon became successful.

One day, he stumbled upon a a bundle of rags which was moving. On closer inspection, he was a human in his last stage of leprosy. Rotting mass of human flesh, only holes instead of nostrils, no trace of fingers or toes.

At first, Baba fled in fear; later, he returned, realizing that the only way to mitigate the fear he felt was to replace it with love. It was a turning point in his life.

He had no idea about leprosy and its treatment.

THE LEGEND OF THE LAKE - DO U KNOW ?

One of the natural glories of India is Chilika, Asia’s largest salt-water lake. Flanked by blue hills and studded with isles and islets, the vast span of this glorious salt water lake spreading over some 1,100 sq. km.

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opens up to the sea, creating an unforgettable sight.

One of the isles has a shrine, dedicated to Kalijai. She is the presiding deity of the lake. All those who ply boats or travel by them pray to her for protection. Once she herself had faced a calamity.

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Indeed, she had been a human being, but a girl with a difference.

Probably she wanted to devote her life to some spiritual cause; she did not wish to lead an ordinary worldly life. However, her parents arranged a match for her.

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Kalijai was taken by a small boat to a village across the lake for the wedding. Midway, the sky became overcast with dark clouds. Strong winds broke out and the swelling waves splashed into the now unsteady boat.

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All the passengers were panicky, but Kalijai sat calm, eyes closed. The wind was followed by heavy downpour. So thick was it that those in the boat could not see one another. Suddenly the boat upturned.

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NAMAKKAL ANJANEYAR, TAMILNADU
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Sri Anjaneya/Hanuman murti at Namakkal is 18ft tall and holds a japmala in hand and sword in waist.
Here, Anjaneya is closely associated with Narasimha and Ma Lakshmi.

Once, Anjaneya was bathing in Gandaki river of Nepal. He found a huge shaligram shaped like Sri Vishnu. He carried it with him. When he was passing over this place, he wished to bathe but shaligram cannot be placed on ground.
He, then, saw Mahalakshmi doing penance.

She wanted to see Prabhu as Narasimha, hence the penance. She agreed to hold the shaligram for some specified time. When Anjaneya could not come back within the given time, she placed it down. The shaligram became a huge mountain.
Vishnu appeared as Narasimha before Ma Lakshmi.

Anjaneya also stayed back. His Vigraha is carved out of a single rock.
The major festival here is the fifteen-day Panguni Uthiram celebrated during the Tamil month of Panguni (March – April) when the image of presiding deities are taken around the streets of the mandir.

These days people often use "Vasudaiva Kutumbakam".

The most common meaning thought is " The world is my family".

Used for immigrants, Rohingyas, and several other political contexts.

I always wondered: Would we allow a terrorist/thief/murderer/rapist into our house in the name of Vasudaiva Kutumbakam?

Digging deeper I found a completely new meaning. Thanks to Shri @Sampadananda ji!

This popular phrase in Sanskrit is, in fact, the last part of a full verse, meaning ‘He is mine and the other is not, this is how a narrow-minded person thinks. For the high-minded one this world is but one family.'

In this verse, a narrow-minded person is self-centred.  This is how he always thinks: ‘What I do is right and what others do is wrong. My way of thinking and feeling is true and the way others do is false. I am sincere and others are not as sincere as I am.'

Ultimately it means that ME and MYSELF are right, true, sincere, intelligent, and unbeatable. This is narrow-mindedness and the most widespread disease.

ANCIENT BHARAT WAS CALLED VISHWAGURU, AND IT REALLY DESERVED IT.

India had a well developed education system centuries before the westerners arrived and called us uncivilized. Education was always given a great importance in Indian civilisation since times immemorial.

Ancient India had the Gurukulas and Ashramas as the epicentres of the knowledge and enlightenment. Bigger Gurukulas served as the centres of higher education called universities. Besides these universities, temples also emerged as the major learning centres.

Studying the Holy Scriptures, character building, personality development, responsibilities towards self,family and society,discipline and preservation of the ancient culture and heritage were the key embodiments of education.

This kind of education system made ancient India, a centre of knowledge all over the world. Many foreign students came to India for education and India was called the 'Vishwaguru'.
Takshshila and Nalanda were the two prominent universities of ancient India.

But were these only Universities of ancient India?The answer is 'No'.Let's learn about these gems of our education system that flourished across ancient India & be proud.

NALANDA UNIVERSITY
This was the oldest university of ancient India.Situated in Nalanda distt. of Bihar...

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Anantha Padmanabha Swamy Temple is located on a small hill top in Vikarabad, Hyderabad.
According to Skanda Purana Temple is installed by Rishi Markandeya in Dvapara Yuga. Attracted by peaceful atmosphere of Ananthagiri hills Markandeya Rishi came here for yoga sadhana.

Every day Markandeya used to go to Kasi from Ananthagiri to take a holy bath in river Ganga through a cave due to his yoga sadhana. One day he was not able to go to Kasi as Dwadasi thithi enter the early hours of the morning. Bhagwan gave darshan in
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dream & arranged Ganges to flow to perform a holy bath for Rishi.
According to #Sattology (Truth) Rajarishi Muchukunda after fighting with rakshasas & killing Kalayavana came to Ananthagiri to take rest & went into deep sleep. He got a boon from Devendra that @almightykarthik

who ever spoils the sleep of his can be killed by burning to ashes. The hills & the cave where Muchukunda rested is also located at Mount Girnar in the state of Gujarat.
Kalayavana rakshasa took control of Dwaraka & followed Shri Krishna &
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Balarama to Ananthagiri & spoil the sleep of Muchikunda & was killed. Shri Krishna gave darshan in the form of Sri Anantha Padmanabha Swamy to Muchikunda & blessed Him to take a permanent place in this world in the form of river. Musi river that originates in these hills,

Rain Induction through Vedic Technology !

Can yajnas bring rain ?

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The science of Meteorology can be traced back to Vedic times where Maharshi Parashar declares:

"Vrishti mula krishi hi Sarva Vrishti mulascha jeevanam Tasmadadahu prayatnena Vrishtignyanam Samacharet"

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In his opinion, as Rain (Vrishti ) is the root cause of life, one must study and acquire knowledge of its formation. The same was retold by Varahmihira in his Brihat Samhita.

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Thus the word "Vrishti' appearing in many more Vedic Mantras (Chantings) always emphasized that water is an inseparable entity from human life. The word Water appear in Sanskrit literature in many forms - like Ambha, Udaka, Neera, Jala etc. clarifying about its origin.

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Yajna is required for fulfillment of certain desire backed by willingness and ability to perform. Ancient scholars viewed all the resources around the living creaturés as natural (Prakriti) gifted by Devas / Devatas (Deities).

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கர்ம வினைகள் நீக்கும் தானங்கள் !!!

அமாவாசை திருநாளில் தானங்கள் செய்வோம். நமது கர்மவினைகளை தூள் தூளாக்குவோம்.

பொருட்கள் - தானம் செய்வதால் ஏற்படும் பலன்கள்

அன்னம் - வறுமையும், கடனும் நீங்கும்

துணி - ஆயுள் அதிகமாகும்

தேன் - புத்திர பாக்கியம் உண்டாகும்

தீபம் - கண்பார்வை தெளிவாகும்

அரிசி - பாவங்களை போக்கும்

நெய் - நோய்களை போக்கும்

பால் - துக்கம் நீங்கும்

தயிர் - இந்திரிய சுகம் பெருகும்

பழங்கள் - புத்தியும், சித்தியும் உண்டாகும்

தங்கம் - குடும்ப தோஷங்களை நீக்கும்

வெள்ளி - மனக்கவலை நீங்கும்

பசு - ரிஷி, தேவர், பிதுர் கடன்கள் அகலும்

தேங்காய் - நினைத்த காரியம் வெற்றியாகும்

நெல்லிக்கனி - ஞானம் உண்டாகும்

பூமி தானம் - ஈஸ்வர தரிசனம் உண்டாகும்

மேற்கண்ட அட்டவணையில் குறிப்பிட்டுள்ள பொருட்களை தானம் செய்வது சிறப்பு.

RANI NAIKI DEVI AND THE BATTLE OF KASAHRADA

Mohammad Ghori, the young Ghurid Prince conquered Ghaznavids in Afghanistan in the year 1173 CE. He conducted some successful raids into the Indian territory, which even Mahmud Ghazni & the Persians couldn't do.

First&foremost,Ghori invaded states of Multan &Uch in India.After this he turned to southern states of Gujarat &Rajputana.Everybody knows this about Ghori,but what most pple r unaware of is the defeat he suffered at hands of Chalukyan Queen Naiki Devi in 1178 Battle of Kasahrada.

When he marched southwards, his first target was the prosperous fortified town of Anhilwara Patan.
It was the capital of Chalukyas(also known as Solankis of Gujarat) which was established by Vanraj of Chapotkata Dynasty in 8th century.

American historian Tertius Chandler states that it was the 10th largest city in the world at that time. The history of Chalukyas has been written by many historians, but the valour of the Great Queen Naiki Devi remains unsung.

Born to the Kadamba King Paramardin of Goa,Naiki Devi was well trained in sword fighting, horse riding, strategy & every other subject of Statesmanship. She was married to King Ajaypala of Gujarat who sat on throne in 1171CE. Unfortunately,the King died within 4 yrs of his rule.

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Why Kerala State is called "God's Own Country"?
Younger generation will not know & older generation might have forgotten the History behind this.
When India got Independence on 15th August 1947, the Travancore Kingdom didn’t join the Indian Union Govt.

Diwan of Trivancore Kingdom announced in June,1947 that the Trivancore Kingdom will be a separate country by itself.
During that period, the Trivancore Kingdom was well developed with Public Transport, Telephone Network, & Heavy Engineering Industries. The King took over

all the expenses of the University. Above all, all Hindus were allowed to enter into all the Temples, without any bias on the caste, which was prevalent throughout India that point in time. When the talks were on between the Indian representatives & King Chithirai Thirunal

Balarama Varma, to make Trivancore Kingdom as part of Indian Union, the King said, "this land doesn't belong to me, belongs to Bhagwan Padmanabhaswamy & I am only the Custodian. If Bhagwan Ananthan asks me to do, I will oblige". The Indian authorities didn't believe this &

considered King's statement was just to dodge the issue. But the Travancore authorities showed a Palm_Leaf written on 20th January, 1750 signed by the then Trivancore King Anizhom Thirunal Marthanda Varma in favor of the Bhagwan Padmanabhaswamy that the entire Trivancore Kingdom

@SriramKannan77 Hi! There you go! Original tweet by @Satyamev1310: "Andaman Cellular Jail and S@varkar

What Vinayak S@varkar faced?

1. Each cell ...". See You soon! 👉

Andaman Cellular Jail and S@varkar

What Vinayak S@varkar faced?

1. Each cell measured 13'6" by 7'6" with a very small ventilator.

2. There was a distinction made between Hindu and non-Hindu prisoners.

3. The Janeu of the Hindu prisoners was cut off whereas M prisoners were allowed to sport their beards.

4. The prisoners were released only for some time in the morning, afternoon and evening (just three times a day) to answer their nature calls. Locked at 7 pm till 7 am.

5. For the 12 hours of night they were given a small clay pot to relieve themselves.

6. The food given in the jail often caused diarrhoea and hence many prisoners defecated on the floors of their cells. One had to sleep in the same cell with excreta floating.

7. The sweeper threw tantrums to clean the cell and agreed only if he were offered tobacco.

8. Each prisoner was given 3.5 gram of salt per day. Sometimes kerosene oil was mixed with the breakfast of rice kanji/ganji, which caused diarrhoea.

9. For torture, they were handcuffed and made to stand from 7 am to 11 am and thn from 12 pm to 5 pm. The feet were chained too. This punishment sometimes lasted for several months. If one couldn't control nature's call during this period, he was punished more.

Beautiful Story of Shri Krishna
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Once there lived a Priest who recite glories of Shri Krishna. One day he was reciting Srimad Bhagavatam in a house
A thief entered and hid himself waiting for the perfect time to steal and he heard Srimad Bhaghavatam

He was explaining ornaments worn by little Krishna. He described the various ornaments Yasodha mata decorated on Krishna. Thief, excited thought that should meet little Krishna and steal all ornaments. He followed the priest and asked him about the boy, he explained in the story.

Priest replied, In the town of Vrindavan, on the banks of Yamuna river, you will see him. Thief believed him and set out for Vrindavana. He climbed up a tree and waited for the boy to arrive

He heard a melody of the flute and saw a boy coming. The moment he saw beautiful Krishna

he forgot himself and then held Krishna's hand. Krishna reminded the thief the purpose of his coming and said to take his ornaments and instructed him to check his bag. To the surprise of the thief he found a bag full of ornaments on his shoulder. He brought it to the priest's

house and told him what happened.
Priest prayed to Krishna with as why he didn't get Bhagwan darshan.

At that time he heard a sound that said “You are reading Srimad Bhagavatam just as another story whereas the thief actually believed what you told about me

Time to know about another Unsung Freedom Fighter – USHA MEHTA.
Usha grew up highly influenced by Gandhi and became one of his followers. She made an early decision to remain celibate for life and took up a Spartan lifestyle, wearing only Khadi clothes and keeping away from

luxuries of all types.
Born on March 25, 1920, in Saras, near Surat, Usha was just eight years old when she took part in her first protest. It was against Simon Commission and "The first slogan I shouted against the British was 'Simon Go Back'," she said in an interview in

Naveen Joshi's book, Freedom Fighters Remembered.
She took part in all sorts of civil disobedience campaigns - from picketing and protests to spinning cotton as a way of rejecting British imports.
"There was no need for any inspiration. The whole atmosphere was so charged that

no-one was left untouched," she once said in an interview.
In 1933, after her father retired as a judge, the family moved to Bombay, now Mumbai.
Usha also resumed her education while in Bombay. In 1939, she graduated in philosophy with a first-class degree and began to study law

Meanwhile on 09th August 1942, the call for QUIT INDIA was made…
Usha Mehta told her father that her education would have to wait and left her home to contribute to the freedom movement. She disappeared for nearly a fortnight, and when she resurfaced, she had helped set up an