Entrance of Sahastrabahu Temple ( Saas Bahu Temple), Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Sasbahu Temple, also called the Sas-Bahu Mandir, Sas-Bahu Temples, Sahastrabahu Temple or Harisadanam temple, is an 11th-century twin temple in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India. 1/1
Near the Gwalior Fort and dedicated to Vishnu in his Padmanabha form, like most Hindu and Jain temples in this region, it is mostly in ruins and was badly damaged from numerous invasions and Hindu-Muslim wars in the region. 2/2
It was built in 1093 by King Mahipala of the Kachchhapaghata dynasty, according to an inscription found in the larger of the twin temple. The twin temples are situated in the Gwalior Fort.
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The temple's tower and sanctum has been destroyed, but its architecture and damaged carvings can still be appreciated from the ruins. 4/4
Danteshwari Temple of Chhattisgarh : is temple dedicated to Goddess Danteshwari, and is one of the 52 Shakti Peethas, shrines of Shakti, the divine feminine, spread across India. 1
The temple built in the 14th century, is situated in Dantewada, a town situated 80 km from Jagdalpur Tehsil, Chhattisgarh. Dantewada is named after the Goddess Danteshwari, the presiding deity of the earlier Kakatiya rulers. ..2
It is believed that the temple was created on a spot where the tooth of the Goddess Sati fell during the Satya Yuga when these Shakti shrines were being built. The idol of Danteshwari Mai is chiseled out of black stone. ..3
Developed by Agastya rishi, and considered the master of martial arts, Varma Kalai uses vital spots or pressure points, both to hurt and to heal. Its practitioners in southern India guard its secrets closely even as the practice dwindles. ..1
Mysterious, yet widely-believed to be powerful, Varma Kalai is an ancient art of healing that works by activating the vital points (Varma points) in the body.
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As a branch of the renowned Siddha medicine, this art is also seen as an invincible self-defence skill since anyone who masters it can gravely harm the vital points in a human body.
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A small temple just outside the premises of famous Bateshwar temples, situated between Gwalior and Morena. A lot of work has been done by ASI to erect these totally broken temples, once built proudly by Pratihar - Gurjar dynasty rulers. ..1
Hats off to ASI for such a hard work, done so beautifully. Gwalior / Morena and their surrounding areas are inundated with such beautiful ancient sites awaiting to be explored.
Excellent maintenance and upgradation work in progress by GOI. ..2
New access roads building in progress and excessive works in progress in this direction also.
It is claimed that these temples were shaterred due to big earthquakes in past. However in reality we mostly know what Jihaadis have done to our ancient temples in the past.
Elayaraja has breathed life into the faces and lives of uncaptured people, the common crowd in everyday moments of life. Exquisite innocent expression with delicate play of light and fine details will captivate you with its like realism.
Ilayaraja was born in the Sembiyavarambil village near Kumbakonam and studied art at the Fine Arts College in Chennai and his paintings have been published as illustrations to stories in the Ananda Vikatan right from 2010 and he gained prominence.
Ilayaraja specialized in Realism Art which has few exponents throughout the world and his works have been recognized in the USA and other countries too. He is said to have had the ability to draw 300 oil paintings in four days!
History will always remember Afghan military chief Bakhtiyar Khilji as the man who destroyed the great universities at Nalanda, Vikramshila and Odantapuri in present-day Bihar. 1/1
But how did Khilji, a military general who wrought havoc in Northern India and ruled both Bihar and Bengal, meet his own end?
Bakhtiyar Khilji launched a series of lightning raids, or ‘surgical strikes’, against the Sena kingdom. 2/2
His first target was the great university of Odantapuri (in Sharif district of Bihar), which he destroyed in 1193 CE. He then built a fort there to mark his victory.
This was around three years before the destruction of the Nalanda and Vikramshila universities in 1200 CE. 3/3
1. How many of us know that the game of "Snakes and Ladders" was the brainchild of Sant Dnyaneshwar, the 13th Century Marathi saint ?
He created the game called Moksha Patam or Parama Padam to teach Hindu values to children. The British renamed it as Snakes and Ladders.
2. The ladders represented virtues and snakes vices. In the original game, square 12 was Faith, 51 was Reliability, 57 was Generosity, 76 was Knowledge, and 78 was Asceticism. These were the squares where the ladder was placed.
3. Square 41 was for Disobedience, 44 for Arrogance, 49 for Vulgarity, 52 for Theft, 58 for Lying, 62 for Drunkenness, 69 for Debt, 84 for Anger, 92 for Greed, 95 for Pride, 73 for Murder and 99 for Lust. These were the squares were the snake was placed.