"Although at that time there were very many temples of idols around the lake, when the Khwaja saw them, he said: If God and His Prophet so will, it will not be long before I raze to the ground these idol temples... (1)
... It is said that among those temples there was one temple to reverence which the Raja & all the infidels used to come. When khwaja settled there, every day his servants bought a cow, brought it there & slaughtered it & ate it... (2)
P.M. Currie, the author of the book "The Shrine and Cult of Muʻīn Al-Dīn Chishtī of Ajmer" notes:
There is evidence, more reliable than the tradition recorded in the Siyar al-Aqtab, to suggest that this was the case in Ajmer. Sculpted stones, apparently from a Hindu temple..(3)
.. are incorporated in the Buland Darwaza of Muin al-din's shrine. Moreover, his tomb is built over a series of cellars which may have formed part of an earlier temple. A tradition, the Anis al-Arwah, suggests that the Sandal Khana is built on the site of Shadi Dev’s Temple" (4)
Source : Hindu Temples & What happened to them Volume II by Sitaram Goel. Pages 147-148.
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A piece of advice for all Hindu men. Get into the culture of strength training. If you are thin & skinny, look at ways to add more mass. If you are overweight & obese, burn that fat away. In both cases the best way to achieve this is by adding muscle mass via weight training.
Weight training when complimented by rudimentary training in some kind martial arts will go a long way in self improvement. You'll find yourself to be a lot stronger, agile with good reflexes & reaction times. Focus on compound & explosive movements to build that power & speed.
Of course all this isn't going to turn you into some action hero figure where you'll be able to beat the crap out of a dozen people at a time.
But what it'll give you is a lot of self confidence. Tonnes of it. Will leave you with a fighting chance in tricky real life situations.
Along with Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, most abused & overused Sanskrit verse is:
"Ekam sad viprah bahudha vadanti"
Sitaram Goel in his book "Defense of Hindu Society" explores the psyche of "Hindus" using this verse out of context & the immense harm they have brought on themselves
A Hindu dharmika's reverence for Bharat and everything within its realm is embedded in our genes. We worship its holy kshetras, holy mountains, holy rivers, its holy plants & animals as mentioned in our Dharmashastras.
Everytime we Hindus take a sankalpa during any homa/puja, we invoke the names of many geographical entities within the realms of Bharat. From the lofty snow clad mountains of the Himalayas to the lush green forests of the Dandakaaranya to the plains of the Ramasethu.
Today will be remembered as the day when a bunch of sword wielding tractor driving terrorists rammed their way through police barricades & planted their flag over one of the forts of the capital city. All the while the leadership of the country looked in the opposite direction.
In the good old medieval days, an enemy planting his flag over your fort meant absolute defeat & humiliation. Kings in the olden days used to go out of the way to ensure that forts were well guarded. For in a fort was the prestige of not just the emperor, but the entire empire.
The symbolism of forts was never lost on the rulers of the past. For example Vijayanagara emperor Vira Narasimharaya used to ask for daily reports from his Dandanayaka on the security arrangements at all the important forts that he controlled.
Hindu rulers of the past knew how to punish lowly mlecchas when they overstepped the line & insulted our faith.There was in instance where Aliya Ramaraya of Vijayanagara, who was actually very tolerant of turushkas,actually punished them in a fitting way for insulting our deities
Aliya Ramaraya recruited a large number of turushkas into the Vijayanagara army. There was an occasion where 2 such turushka officials came to the capital in order to receive payments for the services which was due to them.
During that time the turushkas were seated in the durbar & a wild boar passed them at a distance outside. At the sight of the boar the two turushkas spat on the ground. The boar as we know is not only avatara but was also part of the royal insignia of the Vijayanagara empire.
Surya Temples mentioned in the map are no ordinary teerthas. They find mention in the Skandapuranam.The sthalapurana of each one of these temples is explained in detail by Skanda to Agastya muni. Its worth having a look at the puranic description of each of these teerthas
Lolarka is considered to be the foremost among of Surya teerthas at Kashi. It came to be known by that name since Surya was very eager to see Kashi when he came down to test the then ruler of Kashi, Divodasa. Its exact location is given in the below shloka (2)
As the above Shloka mentions,Lolarka was established in the southern direction of Kashi at the confluence of Asi river & Ganga. Skanda also mentions a number of benefits to be had by having a Darshana of Lolarka. A darshana of Lolarka on Rathasaptami removes all paapa. (3)