THE EPITOME OF COURAGE, VALOUR AND SACRIFICE:RANI DURGAVATI

I am sure,many of us don't even know who Rani #Durgavati was 'coz our #History textbooks don't tell us this. Today, let us learn something about this great warrior queen.

Rani Durgavati was a #Gondwana Queen who fought 51 battles, out of them 3 were against Mughals and she never lost. She was an exemplary woman who got married at 18 and was widowed at 24. At 24, she became Queen of a vast kingdom of mainly tribal people and fought 51 gallant wars.
She was a great war tactician &an exemplary young ruler who never lost any battle.She was born on Oct 5th,1524 in the family of Gurjar Chandela's Rajput ruler Keerat Pal Singh in fort of Kalinjar,Banda,UP. Her family built #Khajuraho temples which r a #UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE
She was married to Gondi King Dalpati Shah in 1542.This brought an alliance between the Gonda family &the Chandelas of Bundelkhand so that they could resist the onslaught of Sher Shah Suri who attacked Kalinjar in 1545.
Same year Durgavati gave birth to Vir Narayan, her only son.
After the death of her husband in 1548, she reluctantly took up throne on the insistence of her ministers who were aware of her abilities &wanted the Kingdom to remain independent.She was only 24 and took up the reign on behalf of her son who was only 5 by that time.
She was a very benevolent Queen, a good Administrator and a valiant fighter. She led her armies of 70000 people with 2500 elephants being a very able horse &elephant rider. Rani was not only good in battle but also in the fields managing the cultivation of around 23000 villages.
She was victorious against the mighty armies of Surs of Delhi,Baz Bahadur of Malwa, Afghans of Bengal & Akbar. Akbar was so impressed with her battles that he wanted to meet her &wanted her to serve the Mughal Empire but she refused.
Akbar became furious &ordered his finest General Asaf Khan to mount an invasion of Gondwana and bring Rani back alive to his court. He sent an additional 6 major commanders as he knew that defeating her wouldn't be an easy task.
Asaf Khan attacked &started to plunder borders of her Kingdom. He sent spies to investigate her revenues &expenditures.
Rani's men had pointed out their army was no match to mighty army of Akbar but Durgavati maintained that it was better to die fighting than to surrender & live.
#Durgavati had heard that Akbar's army was at Damoh so she decided to move to Narai Nala with steep hills on sides and rivers Gaur &Narmada with only a narrow passage of entry to the area as she thought it would be difficult for Akbar's army to enter.
It was an unequal battle with their modern weapons & trained soldiers against her untrained few soldiers. When the Mughal army arrived, she fought hard battle in which her Faujdar Arjun Das died, so she decided to lead herself.
As enemy entered the valley, soldiers attacked &many were killed but Rani was victorious in this battle.She had successfully chased the Mughal army out.

Two years later,Asad Khan decided to attack again.Rani wanted to attack on same night but her Generals were not in agreement.
By morning, Rani rode out on her elephant Sarman to join the battle with her son Vir Narayan who was able to move Mughal army back 3 times before being injured &at the request of Rani was moved out to a safe place in Chauragarh. Rani continued to fight but was hit by two arrows.
Although, she pulled the arrows out but she knew that she won't be able to continue &asked her Mahawat to kill her but he refused to do so. At this point, she took the dagger herself and pierced her heart with it rather than surrendering to Akbar's army.
Jabalpur University of #MadhyaPradesh has been renamed in her honour as Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyala. There is also a stamp in her honour and a train named Durgavati Express from Jabalpur to #Jammu Tawi.
Over 500 yrs ago,Rani #Durgavati showed how a young women had the courage to fight against the might of #Akbar & many other invaders as many as 51 times and at the same time be generous & kind to the people of her Kingdom.

She is a rare example of determination,bravery &valour.

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⚜️हमारे शास्त्रों के अनुसार पूजा अर्चना में क्या-क्या कार्य वर्जित हैं, आइए जानें:-⚜️

🌺1) गणेश जी को तुलसी न चढ़ाएं।

🌺2) देवी पर दुर्वा न चढ़ाएं।

🌺3) शिव लिंग पर केतकी फूल न चढ़ाएं।

🌺4) विष्णु को तिलक में अक्षत न चढ़ाएं।

🌺5) दो शंख एक समान पूजा घर में न रखें।


🌺6)मंदिर में तीन गणेश मूर्ति न रखें।

🌺7)तुलसी पत्र चबाकर न खाएं।

🌺8)द्वार पर जूते चप्पल उल्टे न रखें।

🌺9)दर्शन करके वापस लौटते समय घंटा न बजाएं।

🌺10)एक हाथ से आरती नहीं लेनी चाहिए।

🌺11)ब्राह्मण को बिना आसन बैठाना नहीं चाहिए।

🌺12) स्त्री द्वारा दंडवत प्रणाम वर्जित है।


🌺13) बिना दक्षिणा ज्योतिषी से प्रश्न नहीं पूछना चाहिए।

🌺14) घर में पूजा करने के लिए अंगूठे से बड़ा शिवलिंग न रखें।

🌺15) तुलसी पेड़ में शिवलिंग किसी भी स्थान पर न हो।

🌺16) गर्भवती महिला को शिवलिंग स्पर्श नहीं करना है।

🌺17) स्त्री द्वारा मंदिर में नारियल नहीं फोडना है।


🌺18) रजस्वला स्त्री का मंदिर प्रवेश वर्जित है।

🌺19) परिवार में सूतक हो तो पूजा प्रतिमा स्पर्श न करें।

🌺20) शिव जी की पूरी परिक्रमा नहीं की जाती।

🌺21) शिव लिंग से बहते जल को लांघना नहीं चाहिए।

🌺22)एक हाथ से प्रणाम न करें।

🌺23)दूसरे के दीपक से अपना दीपक जलाना नहीं चाहिए।


🌺24)चरणामृत लेते समय दायें हाथ के नीचे एक नैपकीन रखें ताकि एक बूंद भी नीचे न गिरे।

🌺25) चरणामृत पीकर हाथों को सिर या शिखा पर न पोछें बल्कि आंखों पर लगायें शिखा पर गायत्री का निवास होता है उसे अपवित्र न करें।

🌺26) देवताओं को लोभान या लोभान की अगरबत्ती का धूप न करें।

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