Temple's origin was intertwined with the evolution of pooja, a form of idol worship based on the agamas and tantras, different from the sacrifice-based worship of the Vedas
Vedic orthodoxy resisted Temple worship
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100s of temples were built across India during 12th century by various kingdoms
Focus of religious life shifted to the temple.
With inheritable land endowed for its maintenance, the temple became an economically autonomous institution, wielding great power and influence
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Temple helped in cementing the agrarian and other economic relations of the day as well as in forging new ties of trade, kinship, matrimony and fealty
The making and consolidation of inheritable religious identities was part of this temple-centered process
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V. 150. She must always be cheerful, clever in the management of her household affairs, careful in cleaning her utensils, and economical in expenditure
V. 151. Him to whom her father may give her, or her brother with the father’s permission, she shall obey as long as he lives and when he is dead, she must not insult his memory
Women in Pre-Manu days were highly respected in India
Public disputation between
Janaka & Sulbha
Yajnavalkya & Gargi
Yajnavalkya & Maitrei
Shankaracharya & Vidyadhari
Shows that Indian women in pre-Manu’s time could rise to the highest pinnacle of learning and education
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The study of the Veda was forbidden to women by Manu as it was to the Shudra
II. 66. Even for a woman the performance of the Sanskaras are necessary and they should be performed. But they should be performed without uttering the Veda Mantras
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IX. 18. Women have no right to study the Vedas. Their Sanskars are performed without Veda Mantras. Women have no knowledge of religion because they have no right to know the Vedas. As women cannot utter the Veda Mantras they are as unclean as untruth is
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"Corruption & Black money are accepted as a part of life. This thinking has afflicted our politics, administration and society like an infestation or termites. None of our public institutions is free from these termites"
Now is the time to change this @narendramodi, 8th Nov 2016
125 crore Indians fought a decisive battle and WON #AntiBlackMoneyDay. Tell me what do you feel about the efforts to uproot corruption & black money?
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In spite of insurgencies in Punjab, Kashmir, Ladakh, Assam and Arunachal, Entire Indian public's attention was on a dispute over the status of certain mosque in a small town in UP
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Reason why this dispute took central stage over national security and social welfare is the result of relentless political campaign by BJP RSS VHP for decades that the past, present and future of Indian nation be considered around a notion of 𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘵𝘷𝘢, "Hinduness"
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This campaign of Political Hinduism became possible with the imagination of "India" starting 19th century British Colonial India
During the freedom struggle, political leaders imagined a nation, "India, that is Bharat", to unite people