मूल श्रीकाशीविश्वनाथ मन्दिर परिसर, #वाराणसी में अष्टकोणीय ‘ज्ञानवापी’ (ज्ञान का कुआँ) ठीक उसी प्रकार अवस्थित है जिस प्रकार मक्का के ‘मक्केश्वर महादेव मन्दिर’ (सम्प्रति ‘अल्-मस्जिद-अल्-हरम’) परिसर में ‘गंगाजलम्’ (‘जमजम’) अवस्थित है।
शिवलिंग पर जलाभिषेक हेतु शिवालय में कुएँ की व्यवस्था, प्राचीन वैदिक परम्परा है। कहने की आवश्यकता नहीं कि ‘ज्ञानवापी' का जल श्रीकाशीविश्वनाथजी पर चढ़ाया जाता था।
ब्रिटिश लाइब्रेरी, लन्दन; लाइब्रेरी ऑफ़ काँग्रेस, वाशिंगटन; जे. पॉल गेट्टी म्यूज़ियम, कैलिफोर्निया, इत्यादि में विदेशी फ़ोटोग्राफ़रों द्वारा सन् १८५९ से १९१० के मध्य लिए गए ज्ञानवापी के अनेक चित्र संगृहीत हैं जिनको देखकर रोमांच हो उठता है।
इन फ़ोटोग्राफ़रों में फेलिस बीटो (१८३२-१९०९), सैम्युअल बर्न (१८३४-१९१२), विलियम हैरी जैक्सन (१८४३-१९४२), आदि प्रमुख हैं। इन चित्रों में विभिन्न कोणों से ज्ञानवापी, उसके आसपास अवस्थित #नन्दी और गणपति आदि की प्रतिमाओं का अवलोकन किया जा सकता है।
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Bhadaria Underground Library. Asia’s biggest library in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.
This unique library is situated 16 feet under the ground which helps keep the books cool even during scorching summers. There are more than 9 lakh books in the library, the value of which is estimated..
..to be more than 16 crores. Here all the world’s books, the entire series of Vedas, Constitution of India, Puranas, Encyclopedia books, Ayurveda, History, Smritis, Upanishads, novels, manuscripts and speeches from Prime Minister to President have been saved. Many scriptures of..
..7 major religions including 1000 year old manuscripts can be seen in this unique library. This library is so big that it can accommodate more than 5 thousand people at a time. It was established in 1981 by a saint Harvansh Singh Nirmal alias Bhadaria Maharaj who did penance…
A few days after Mahamandaleshwar Swami Atuleshanand Ji Maharaj reportedly claimed that there is a statue of Lord Shiva and Ganesh inside a mosque in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain, the Archaeological Department has now confirmed that there was indeed a Shiva temple earlier.
The archaeological dept has shown the scattered & collected remains of the time of the attack in the mosque & the surrounding area, as well as pictures inside the mosque, have also come to the fore.
While speaking to the media, Professor Raman Solanki of the Archaeological…
…Department of Government Vikram University said, "Thousand years ago, there used to be several temples during the era of Raja Bhoj. There was also a university and the temple was a part of that university where the students used to worship. It was later demolished."
The two Kashmir Giants posing with the American photographer James Ricalton, 1903.
The Durbar of 1903 was held in Delhi to celebrate the succession of the British monarch King Edward VII (the great-grandfather of the British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II) as the Emperor of India.
The Delhi Durbar was organized by Lord Curzon, India’s viceroy. The original plan was for Edward himself to come to India for a special coronation ceremony, but when the King refused (he was conspicuously less interested in India) Curzon decided to stage a huge spectacle instead.
After two years’ planning, the ceremonies began on 29 Dec 1902 with a lavish parade of elephants through the streets. Guests included a wide range of Indian princes & maharajas, with the Duke of Connaught representing the British Royal Family.
The actual Durbar was held on…
The Taxibot is a semi-robotic towbarless aircraft movement device developed by the Israel Aerospace Industries. The Taxibot can tow an aircraft from the terminal gate to the take-off point (taxi-out phase) and return it to the gate after landing (taxi-in phase).
The TaxiBot is the only certified and operational alternative taxiing system currently in the market, it eliminates the use of airplane engines during taxi-in and until immediately prior to take-off during taxi-out, significantly reducing aircraft fuel usage and the risk of…
…foreign object damage. The TaxiBot is controlled by the pilot from the cockpit using the regular pilot controls and has an 800-hp hybrid-electric engine.
Thorium and Uranium are the only radio active elements that still occur naturally on earth. Thorium is useful for nuclear power and it’s abundantly available under Ram Setu. Swamy says declare it a national monument, by doing that we can’t dig it out which is in the interest…
..of the US and China. Moving on to the Aam Aadmi Party it is believed to be financed by the CIA and Ford Foundation apart from the Khalistani’s.
Now Victoria Nuland is getting active to stop Modi Ji as he can’t be bought off by anyone. She’s backed by the likes of Soros.
Apart from Soros she’s been actively involved with the Iraq war, Clinton’s, Bush and the NATO. As the Ambassador to NATO she gathered support of the European nations for America’s occupation of Afghanistan. Soros invested in Ukraine, Nuland got Ukraine to buy US weapons…