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18 Dec

🌺KALAMKARI : A TRADITIONAL INDIAN ART FORM🌺

From 17th century temples in Andhra Pradesh to stretched canvases in modern homes, Kalamkari is a time-honored and widely beloved form of traditional Indian art.

Deriving its name from the word ‘kalam,’ which means pen, ‘Kalamkari’ refers to a particular, intricate style of hand-painting onto cloth and is noted for its beautiful earthy tones.There are are two types of Kalamkari paintings, Srikalahasti and Machilipatnam.

Having a strong connection to Persian motifs,this art has been in practice for more than 3000 yrs.Kalamkari derives its name from kalam or pen and it means ‘drawings with a pen’. This organic art of hand and block printing has survived generations in Andhra Pradesh.

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17 Dec

Tara-Tarini Mandir is a famous religious place in South Odisha where the twin sister Goddess i.e. Tara & Tarini adorn the sanctum situated on top of a hill girdled by the waddling holy river Rushikulya. Taratarani attracts thousands of devotes & visitors throughout the year.

An interesting aspect of this revered shrine is the fact that unlike other temples, it wasn’t built under the patronage of a King or a Noble, the temple was set up by a Brahmin named Basu Praharaj as per popular legend. Basu Praharaj was a great devotee of Shakti, one night

the goddess appeared in his dreams and blessed him to be the father of twin daughters. He reared his daughters with utmost care and devotion. However, when he became old the daughters vanished all of a sudden.

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12 Dec

VISHPALA: A WOMAN WARRIOR OF RIGVEDA ERA AND THE EARLIEST INSTANCE OF PROSTHESIS RECORDED IN HISTORY

Vishpala was a woman warrior of Vedic times mentioned in the Rigveda (RV 1.112.10, 116.15, 117.11, 118.8 and RV 10.39).

Vishpala was married to a Vedic King named “Khela”. Khela’s kingdom was on the banks of Shatadru River. After the marriage, King Khela faced lot of problems. His kingdom faced a severe drought. King Khela also lost a battle with a neighbouring king.

People started blaming Vishpala b'coz all these things happened after her entry into the life of Khela.

Vishpala became very upset. Rishi Agastya counselled her& was surprised to know her in-depth knowledge of Yuddha Shastra.Vishpala decided to lead the army of her husband Khela

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6 Dec

🌺आचमन क्या है और इसे तीन बार ही क्यों किया जाता है ?🌺

पूजा, यज्ञ आदि आरंभ करने से पूर्व शुद्धि के लिए मंत्र पढ़ते हुए जल पीना ही आचमन कहलाता है। इससे मन और हृदय की शुद्धि होती है।

धर्मग्रंथों में तीन बार आचमन करने के संबंध में कहा गया है।

प्रथमं यत् पिवति तेन ऋग्वेद प्रीणाति। यद् द्वितीयं तेन यजुर्वेदं प्रीणाति यद् तृतीयं तेन सामवेदं प्रीणाति॥

अर्थात् तीन बार आचमन करने से तीनों वेद यानी-ऋग्वेद,यजुर्वेद,सामवेद प्रसन्न होकर सभी मनोकामनाएं पूर्ण करते हैं।
मनु महाराज के मतानुसार
त्रिराचामेदपः पूर्वम्।
-मनुस्मृति2/60

अर्थात् सबसे पहले तीन बार आचमन करना चाहिए। इससे कंठशोषण दूर होकर, कफ़ निवृत्ति के कारण श्वसन क्रिया में व मंत्रोच्चारण में शुद्धता आती है। इसीलिए प्रत्येक धार्मिक कृत्य के शुरू में और संध्योपासन के मध्य बीच-बीच में अनेक बार तीन की संख्या में आचमन का विधान बनाया गया है।

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4 Dec

Did you know?

The Leaning Tower of Pisa leans at 4 degrees, which is less in comparison to the 9 degree tilt of the Ratneshwar Mahadev Temple. Yet, this Leaning Temple of Varanasi has been lost in anonymity and not known in the world as widely as Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Forget the world, it's not even known in India. This is called the Peak of Hypocrisy.

Ratneshwar temple near Manikarnika Ghat, is also called Kashi Karvat. It means a temple in Kashi, which leans ( karvat) to one side.

The story behind its tilted nature is quite interesting.

There is a legend surrounding the origin of this temple, which states that it was built by a certain servant of Raja Man Singh for his mother, named Ratna Bai. Once the temple was built, the man proudly declared that he had paid the debt to his mother.

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28 Nov

🌺Do you know the great King of Bahraich named Suheldev?
Here's his story.🌺

The Ghznavid invasions had crippled India like no other invasion ever before. Mahmud of Ghzni was perhaps one of the first invaders to actually dent the strong Indian defences after alexander the great.

But ultimately he couldn’t follow up with the empire as his kingdom stopped at the north western region of India.

His nephew, Salar Masud would go on to continue his dream of raiding and plundering India every single year.

As a young upstart, Salar showed ferocity just like his uncle while his martial fervour eclipsed even that of his warrior ancestors.

At a young age of 16 he led his army to capture various parts of northern India including Ajmer and Delhi by the help of the Ghaznavid Army.

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