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17 Dec, 9 tweets, 3 min read
After nearly 5 years of lifting heavy weights & eating healthy vegetarian food. Same dress, same place.
How I went about the transformation. twitter.com/i/events/12688…
For folks saying 2nd one is gym body, unhealthy etc. I haven't been to the gym for 2 years. Majority of this was achieved at home with minimal equipment and on a vegetarian diet rich in protein. One needn't go to the gym to get stronger.
I myself was inspired only after coming across a similar post few years ago on our Indian physical culture. Even if we cannot achieve a fraction of what these men did, it would be a waste of sorts if we didn't even give it a try as men.

So I'll be happy if this post motivates even a single person reading this.
Am actually surprised that many folks find it surprising that facial changes can occur with lifting weights.That's the thing about lifting weights. It shoots up metabolism(BMR),changes where/how you store & burn bodyfat.Its literally like magic. It can shave off years from ur age
The mustache photo was taken around the same time as this recording. I was just a few months into lifting. But started noticing changes & it encouraged me to pursue further.

After few years of lifting. Believe it or not my playing improved as well.Methodology behind lifting & playing an instrument are similar. You can take one & apply it to the other & get better at both.Infact you can apply this principle to anything in life
Since many are finding it quite difficult to believe it is really me, here a better comparison pic with the mustache taken a few months ago. I've been constantly sharing my progress here over the past 4 years. Anyone following me will know.

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18 Dec
This partially completed monolithic Pallava rock cut temple from Mahabalipuram presents a very good visual representation of how ancient Sthapatis went about carving out material from a monolithic rock. Valayankuttai Ratha was being built during the reign of Parameshvaravarma. Image
If the Sthapatis had managed to complete the above Temple, it would have looked similar to the Temple below. This is the Arjuna Ratha from the same Pancha Ratha Temple complex. The Upapeetha(base) & Adisthana(plinth) remained incomplete in the previous Ratha. Image
This is also a good opportunity to understand the different elements that make up a Ratha type temple. It basically comprises of 6 major parts or Angas as it is called in the Shilpashastra.

Lets have a look with the above example

Bottom most part is the Upapeetha, the sub base Image
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18 Dec
Datta Jayanti good wishes everyone.

The upadesha that Dattatreya gives to King Alarka should be read by all. It is all recorded in the Markandeya Puranam.

Bibek Debroy has written a nice essay on this topic. Have a look.

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Vishnudharmottara purana tells us that Dattatreya must be depicted just like Valmiki. One more iconographic text, Rupamandanam identifies Dattatreya under another name. He is called Hari-Hara Pitamaha. Ajayameru museum houses a fine sculpture of this form indianculture.gov.in/ajmer-museum-h…
Rupamandanam states that the image of Hari-Hara Pitamaha should have 4 faces, 6 hands &
single body made to stand on a pitha. The right hands should carry the akshamala, the trisula &
the gada, while the left hands should be made to hold the kamandalu, khatvanga & chakra. Image
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13 Dec
The doorway of a classical Nagara style temple is probably the highest expression of art achieved in Bharat. Each and every element of the doorway including the threshold is intricately decorated. The doorway is comprised of numerous elements. Lets have a look at each element (1)
This part of the doorway is called the Lalatabimba. A miniature form of the deity present inside the Garbagriha is depicted here. (2)
On top of the Lalatabimba is an element what is known as Uttaranga. It is where usually Brahma, Vishnu, Maheshwara & sometimes even Skanda along with their respective devis are depicted. (3)
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10 Dec
There is not one good reason for a Hindu man to be consuming alcohol. Not one. I can write a lengthy thread on how it is condemned in the Shastras, on how in ancient & medieval times the society had a very low opinion on the ones consuming it.
So when one sees men here proudly sharing their drinks stack or whatever they call it, one cannot help but not think highly of such behaviour.
Usual justification given by alcoholics is "In Rigveda people consumed Soma"

But what they will not tell you is that Soma & Sura are two entirely different things. Rigveda itself make out a distinction between the two

Sura is condemned by all major Dharmashastras.
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10 Dec
Indian men in the 1930's. One of them in the picture(striking the front double bicep pose) is Bishnu Charan Ghosh. He was brother of Paramahamsa Yogananda. He was a practitioner of Hatayoga. In 1930 he authored a book called Muscle control where he details various exercises.
Simple instructions given in the book which are applicable even today.

1)Avoid over exertion
2)Perform the exercise in correct form.
3)Good ventilation & breathing techniques
4)Healthy eating.
5)Proper sleep of atleast 7 hours.
Most pertinent point of all. He tells us alcohol is NERVE POISON & to avoid it.

Note that anabolic steroids were not developed until 1935. All these Indian men built strength & muscle naturally. With a combination of Hatayoga & weight training.
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9 Dec
Tamilians know how to honour their military heros. An example from history. When Hoysala king Ballala deva was forced to leave his capital Dwarasamudra in Karnataka following the sultanate invasion in the 1300's, he made Tiruvannamalai in TN his capital. (1)

#VeeraVannakam
Ballala Deva fortified Tiruvannamalai & would use it as a base for many years to fight invaders. Even though he was a Kannadiga, he is revered by Tamils even today as "Veera" Vallala. So much that one of the Gopurams at Tiruvannamalai Temple is named after him. #VeerVanakkam
Veera Ballala sacrificed a lot for his people. You can read about this great king here.
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