After two failed attempts to get darshana of the swayambhu at Korukonda, today finally prabhu granted permission.
The rama katha sculpted in the prakara atop the hill - what an awesome temple!
The outer walls of the prakara of swayambhu atop the hill has the rama katha sculpted around it in two rows. Some snaps. Pardon bad pics. No talent.
Top row on the west side (?) depicts dasavatara-s. However, the order seems strange. Also, there is a depiction of either buddha or a tirthankara - very likely buddha. Not Venkateswara - as is popular in this part of the country.
Curiously, Jaganmohini avatara is depicted. Note that the Jaganmohini temple in Ryali is famous in this part of desh. It is not far from here. Kalki is also depicted.
Telugu peoples have no respect for temples. You may see BJP supporters are also included in this list.
Some more snaps of rama katha.
Ravana's deception. Ravana kidnaps Sita mata. Jatayu tries to stop Ravana. Rama and Laksmana meet Hanuma.
Vali vadha. Construction of Rama Setu. The war between Rama and Ravana.
Some of the depictions were not clear to me. One particularly stands out. We can see golden deer but what follows was kind of unclear to me.
On the east wall of the prakara, the lower row has the full story of sundara kanda. The depiction of Jambavan's upadesha of hanuma's janma rahasya is remarkable.
All in all a nice half day trip if you come to these parts of desh. If you are taking your kids along, it will be a nice study of the rama katha depiction. I didnt take my kids today. If prabhu permits, next time.
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Heheheheee ... Alexander and his brave folks were so badly beaten by elephants during his raids in NW India, that he had no option but to add them ... but you know lets just say "he pioneered use of elephants". Nobody will stop us anyway!
These fellows were literally looking for Buddha statue. I can understand the *looove* for Buddha but why does "universal happiness" need to come from Buddhists only? Well it could have come from anything ... but not the Hindus. It should not. We will not allow it.
And one cannot emphasize this enough - it is Indian materials ... not Hindu but Indian. Like just rob the Indian material of its Hindu workmanship and just name it bland, abstract, and totally dumbed down "Indian".
People are reading too much into fewer IITans going abroad. I am not very sure it has anything to do with innovation in India.
According to me, it is just a side effect of the pandemic. I am of the opinion that any sane IITan would be more interested in securing an MS or a Ph.D. seat in one of the big universities in the US.
The pandemic might have forced them to wait a bit before jumping off for this year. Given that Indian entrepreneurs hate moonlighting, the observed trend will reverse after one or two meetings with the engineering heads and India design centers' executive staff.
The lack of discussion on the law is painful. The lower courts are even worse. You don't even feel like even listening to what they say. There is rarely a rational discussion of the case, the legal provisions and whether or not law has been broken.
Judges would do well not to "Resolve" the issue. They are not brokers. They have to judge whether the law has been broken. If yes, how? We have copious legends of Hindu kings following truly remarkable discussion on what the crime is and why the punishment is justified.
In telugu oral histories, we have legends of Tenali Ramakrishna which are very famous. Vikramaditya stories and his reasoning to judge the cases that Betal would put in front of him can be found trickling into later literature.
No amount of explanation will change public perception. GST will be seen as a central government tax. Some observations from KG basin based on anecdotes and talking to CAs:
Business owners who really care about their businesses love GST - it has removed so much red tape!
Many CAs hate GST. In KG basin, rich agri land owners and business people - esp in real estate - used to have CAs do all sorts of magic tricks to avoid tax. CAs charge % of revenues as fee. Now this has come down significantly and CAs' purses are lighter.
Small business owners are finding it a bit difficult to manage multiple forms - esp those who run family businesses. They are slowly adopting and looking at tools like those from Zoho to make their life easier.
People like this idiot like us to die in shame, may be even dismantle our national character. But for the sake of those who are still interested in some sanity:
Why his voice matters? Because he is a certified Modi hater by both our side blackpillers and our enemies too.
Why this 3-piece opinion? Because these achievements are not that of Modi government and hence cannot contested as some sort of apologetic.
New India is not for the idiots like the one in the quoted tweet above. It is for the brave. It is for those with self esteem. It is for those with self confidence.