#PanajiTales - Since pandemic is not letting me travel, I walk around my city discovering something new every day. Starting this thread with Varada Ganapati temple in the #Panaji Mahalakshmi temple complex. #travel#backyardtravel
Lanes of flower sellers in Panaji Municipal market.
#3 Stone anchors from the ancient sites of Dwarka, Bet Dwarka & Somnath discovered during underwater excavations by NIO & now at their office in #Panaji . Remanants of the maritime history of India.
#5 #PanajiTales Mahalakshmi at Taleigao. 200+ year old Mahalakshmi temple at Panaji was originally located in Taleigao & my search for it led me to this temple. Is it the original temple? I don't know but the probability is high.
#8 Murti of Bhagwan Mahavir in a forest park named after on the banks of Mhadhei in #Panaji represents the Jain Heritage of #Goa. #travel#PanajiTales
#9 Carrying the weight of fishing. It's a pleasure to watch them fishing on the beach every evening, but it took years to figure out that most of them are migrant workers from UP & Bihar.
DELHI WE HARDLY KNOW - a thread based on the book ' Delhi - City of Yoginis (amzn.to/2kR2bXS) '. Read it 10 years ago and again now. Sharing some snippets. You can read my earlier review here - anureviews.com/delhi-city-of-…
Delhi was once called Yoginipur, it is one of the 11 names of the city mentioned in scriptures. One Yogini temple survives in the city - Yogmaya Temple behind Qutub Minar - inditales.com/ancient-yogmay… Aurganzeb could not destroy it, he tried though.
There were two Devi temples in Purana Qila Complex - one dedicated to Kunti - the mother of Pandavas & second to Shitala Mata. Kunti Murti was stolen & Shitala Mata Temple one was demolished by ASI - inditales.com/in-and-around-…
Adi Shankara traveled whole of India in 24 of his 32 years of life. Do you know most of his travels were done along the rivers? Listen to @SubramanianC3 talk about it
Started reading Srimad Devi Bhagwat Mahapuran (amzn.to/2NFU3Jh) - a 2 volume Granth of roughly 1000 pages each. Should be a good 1-2 year project to read it. Will share some snippets as I read. Seeking your blessings.
Devi Bhagwat Mahatmay which is actually from Skand Puran talks about the benefits of reading or listening of this Purana for the 4 Varnas - Dwij or Brahmins, dharnipati or kings, vaishya & Shudras as per their Varna dharma.
Like Ganga among rivers, Shankar among Devas, Ramayan among poems, sun among celestials, moon in pleasure giving things, fame for the wealthy, forgiveness for earth & depth is for ocean, Gayatri among mantras, memory of Hari to rid sins, so is #DeviBhagwat among 18 Puranas.
This Lok Sabha has 78 women parliamentarians from across the country and across the political parties. People of these constituencies deserve applause. So, come with me to some of these places that I have visited. #Travel#WomenInPolitics
Kumbh Calling. Will be at Kumbh for the first time in life, traveling solo so no chance of getting lost, but let's see what I find & what finds me. If you are in #prayagrajkumbh for next 4 days, connect on. #travel#KumbhMela#kumbh
Baba Munna Giri of Ramanandi Juna Akhara, who lives on a 2.5 X 3 feet asana, even sleeps on that. A dhuni is always next to him. #travel#kumbh#prayagrajkumbh