1. The Wonder that is Veer Narayana Temple - a #Hoysala gem at Belavadi.
2. The view of the main temple of the trikuta and the view of the beautiful hamlet of Belavadi from the left vimana housing the vigraha of Venugopala.
3. The largest open mandapa of all Hoysala temples with 108 lathe-turned pillars, none similar. It connects the two lateral shrines of Venugopala and Yoga Narasimha.
4. The vimana of the Venugopala temple of the trikuta. It has tri-tala topped by a dravida kuta at the top.
The architectural idiom of the talas is - kuta-panjara-shala-shala-panjara-shala-shala-panjara-kuta.
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5. The Vesara vimana of the Yoga Narasimha temple of the trikuta. It is the reason it is considered a Vesara temple.
6. View of the Venugopala dravida vimana on the left, with a view of the staggering of the open mandapa of the temple.
7. View of the Narsimhaswamy Vesara vimana and the beautiful agraharam that is around.
8. Another view from the front which gives the appearance of a dvikuta although it is a detached trikuta with three mandapa separating the main temple from the two other front temples.
9. The wonderful articulation detials of the Vesara vimana of Shri Yoga Narasimha.
The central Panjara contains various avatars and leelas of Vishnu like Narsimhaswamy, Kaliyamardana, and many forms of Chaturvimshati Vishnu.
10. Detail of the mandapam parapet of the roof with the central panjara sporting Lakshmi-Vishnu sitting in royal pose.
11. Venugopala Swamy temple view with the view of the staggering of the two mandapams.
12. Mandapam view with the agraharam nearby.
13. The staggered bhitti of the Venugopala vimana sporting many avataras of Vishnu like Venugopala, Buddha, Vamana alongside centrally displaying the Chatuvimshati forms.
14. Rama and Balarama flanking Chaturvimshati Vishnu.
15. The outermost closed gopuram at the temple, a peculiar feature not found at many Hoysala temples.
16. The view of the agraharam from the temple.
17. The elephant guarding the outermost gopuram with the view of the house of the pradhana archaka @PB_Belavadi
18. Another view from the front, something I can never tire from. So this was a brief view into the wonder that is the Veer Narayana Temple, Belavadi.
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1. For those Hindus who are lamenting together with their 'Christian brothers' about the 'toothless Christianity' after Paris Olympics opening ceremony should go have a look in Andhra countryside.
They will realize how rapaciously violent & aggressive Chrsitianity is.
2. They are converting the sons and daughters of the priests of the ancient Hindu temples like Chalukya Kumaram Bhimeshvara Swamy Temple (one of the great five Pancharama Kshetrams).
And if a Hindu even questions the newly converted the missionary armies come barging.
3. The new converts spew venom against Hindu dharma and all its practices very openly and are openly proclaiming that the 'devil's religion' will soon die in Andhra and the rest of India.
Narasimha, Krishna are said as blood-thirsty demons.
And yes it is a victory. He fully knew winning was a long shot this time. He fully knew he is digging in for decades of struggle.
2. And there is not an iota of disaapointment on his face. He fully knew the battle he was taking on.
It is these yoddhas, these kshatriyas who win the battles for dharma.
3. He will be our Prime Minister one day. He will lead us and bridge the north-south divide by quashing Dravidianism. He will heal our fractured polity.
1. Is it impossible to re-narrativize past leaders?
@satoverma wrote excellent thread with deep knowledge of Indian history & parallel movements worldwide.
It's impossible to use Ambedkar to Hindus' benefit. Scales are tilted too far against us.
But is that so in every case?
2. To re-narrativize past leaders whose image is already established is a very hard thing to do, but that is the very job description of Hindus' arch enemy - the Left.
Entire Leftist historiography and activism is nothing but re-narrativizing some of our greatest leaders.
3. During 70s when communists got direct hold of India's history writing they re-narrativized almost all historical leaders of Bharatavarsha and even the most recent leaders in and around the Freedom Struggle.
Even Swami Vivekananda was claimed as leftist social justice icon.
1. Shall Hindus take sides in the Israel-Palestine conflict?
Yes. Hindus absolutely should. For it is NOT a tribal conflict. It is a conflict between the Islamic side and a non-Islamic (Jewish) side. How shall we see it from the point of view of civilizational Shatrubodha?
2. Civilizationally speaking in any conflict between Islamic vs. non-Islamic side, Hindus have to favor the non-Islamic side. It also tells us that enemy of the enemy is a friend. Hence Israel is friend of Hindus.
3. The only case we need to be careful is when it is a Islam vs. Christianity conflict. We shall know that these religious ensembles are equally dangerous to the Hindu civilization and any support has to be tactical, if we indeed have to support one side.
1. The Islamic Legacy of Russia and the Takeover by Muslims
The attack by Islamic terrorists in #Crocus Concert Hall in Moscow, Russia has reportedly killed around 150 people and many more. Russia has a long history of suffering from Islamic terrorism.
2. We think of Russia as an Orthodox Christian country and it is in, on paper. But it has a deep & old Islamic legacy & huge burgeoning Muslim population that we don’t know of & that will impact entire world. This is how.
3. When Soviet Union broke apart in 1989-90s, most people came to know for the first time that it had so many Islamic republics inside it. Out of the 14 republics that ceded from Russian Federation, 6 were Islamic!
1. Muslim neighbor asks for money from a Hindu family in Budayun. When the family denies, the Muslim (barber) goes to their roof, and slits the throats of the two Hindu sons Ayush and Ahaan and stabs them in the stomach so many times they die on spot.
#Badaun
2. This is not an exception. Musl!ms see H!ndus as scum to be killed at the spot.
Imagine two of your sons, one of them 6 years old, fuck!ng six years old beheaded on your own roof, for you refused them to lend money.
3. This is not an exception. It is the norm with the desert cult. Here is why. It is because their religion tells them so. Their book tells them to kill non-Musl!ms.