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The #Pancharama kshetras are 5 #Shiva Temples in #AndhraPradesh that are believed to be made of a single #Atmalinga
During Mahayudh between prabhu #Kartikeya & #Tarkasur, each time the demon was killed, his body would join again. Shri #MahaVishnu told #Kartikeya ji that body
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Tarkasur has an #Atmalinga that needs to be broken into 5 pieces & fixed where they fall by Pooja & building a Temple.
So each piece was worshipped by a Devta & has a unique feature! All shivlinga have scales due to being hit by His Aagneyaastra used to break the Shiva Lingam
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worn by Taraka.
Lingam broke into 5 pieces & was trying to unite by making Omkara nada
Surya Deva by the order of #Vishnu, fixed the pieces & worshipped them by building temples over them.
The pieces stopped their movement & became famous as Panchaarama Kshetras. 3/5 Image
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Civil Judge (Sr. D.), Varanasi Court Ravi Kumar Diwakar, has received a #threat letter allegedly written by one Kashif Ahmed Siddiqui. The judge had ordered sealing of the spot at #Gyanvapi complex where #Shivlinga shaped structure has been found.
#GyanvapiShivling
The letter states:
"Muslim of divided India knows very well that under pressure of nuturere of extremist Hindus, genocidal, Gurjrati #PrimeMinister of divided India, you will declare Gyanvapi mosque as temple and will call Mughals as tyrant robbers."
#GyanvapiSurvey
#gyanvapi
"Organizations like #RSS and all the affiliated Hindu extremist organizations and your #ModiJi have hatched a conspiracy to organize riots in #UP on the lines of Gujarat," it adds.
#Gyanvapi #GyanvapiSurvey
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🚨#SupremeCourt will today hear appeal by Mosque Committee against permission granted for a survey to be conducted at the #Gyanvapi disputed site, after contentions were raised that Hindu Deities reside inside complex, where a mosque now stands #GyanvapiSurvey
On the last date, Supreme Court had said that the area where the Shivlinga was found is to be protected, while adding that religious observances will not be impeded #Gyanvapi
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Hearing begins.
Bench assembles.
Justice Chandrachud: Application under Order 7 Rule 11 is pending before trial court, we can say let them dispose it off, they have filed it and they are entitled to be heard on it. #GyanvapiSurvey #GyanvapiShivling
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The Lingam represents Shiv's creative n destructive power. Invoking the Atharva Veda, #SwamiVivekananda characterised #ShivaLinga as the symbol of the Eternal Brahma.

#Thread
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Swami Vivekananda gave a lecture at the Paris Congress of the History of Religions in 1900 during which he refuted the statements of some Western scholars that referred to #Shivalinga as phallic worship
"It is a description of the infinite beginning and limitless of the Eternal Brahma, and it has been denied as an imaginary invention," he explained. Image
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Supreme Court begins hearing plea against verdict on video survey

#GyanvapiCase live:

#GyanvapiMosque #GyanvapiSurvey
#SupremeCourt #Varanasi

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Supreme Court starts hearing the plea of Anjuman Intezamia Masjid, challenging the order of Varanasi court which ordered a videographic survey of the #GyanvapiMosque complex, which is adjacent to the famous #KashiVishwanathTemple in Varanasi.

#VideoSurvey
Senior advocate Huzefa Ahmadi, appearing for #AnjumanIntezamiaMasjid Committee, starts arguments - says that the prayers filed by the #Hindu side in the #VaranasiCourt categorically speak about changing the character of the structure, which is a #mosque.
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🚨Supreme Court will shortly hear appeal by Mosque Committee against permission granted for a survey to be conducted at the #Gyanvapi disputed site, after contentions were raised that Hindu Deities reside inside complex, where a mosque now stands #GyanvapiSurvey
Yesterday, reports suggested that a Shivling had been found inside the complex, as a result of which a Varanasi court sealed the area. #Gyanvapi
Bench consisting Justices DY Chandrachud & PS Narasimha has assembled #Gyanvapi #GyanvapiEvidence
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Four-headed metal #Mukhalinga from Nepal.
Now in the Berlin-Dahlem Museum Centre.
18th Century.
#ShivLinga
#HinduismAbroad
C. 12th-13th century:: Bronze Statue of Lord Brahma from Cambodia.

Place of Origin: Angkor, Cambodia.
Now in The Walters Art Museum.
#HinduismAbroad
#HinduismInCambodia
Beautiful 16 Ft. tall statue of Goddess Saraswati, deity of knowledge, music, arts, wisdom and learning.

Location: Indonesian Embassy, Washington DC, USA.

#HinduismAbroad
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