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Sep 3 • 8 tweets • 5 min read
So I'm here this weekend. Sanchi Stupa in Madhya Pradesh. A UNESCO World Heritage site and glowing example of syncretic cultural growth. Built by Emperor Ashoka, and embellished by the Sungas, Satavahanas, Guptas and Parmaras 🤩🤩
The most magnificent part of the Sanchi Stupa are the Ornamental Toranas or the Gateways. Four of them facing the four Cardinal directions 🤩 #Sanchi #ThisHeartWasMeantToWander
Lucky to have a 200 Rupees note on me. Could get this pic 🤩😄😄
History lovers would appreciate it. This broken pillar is the among the famous 3 Schism Edicts of Ashoka (Sanchi, Sarnath and Allahabad). Here, Emperor Ashoka warns of dissent with the Sangha and threatens dissenters with explosion

#Sanchi
The ruined monasteries around the Sanchi stupa complex. Built over millenia of history by various Hindu and Buddhist emperors, some of them outsiders like the Parthians and the Scythians #Sanchi
Don't miss the Archeological Museum at Sanchi. Just a Rs 5 entry for this Marvel in a nutshell. And witness the wonder of the Sanchi Lion Capital. Shimmering in Mauryan polish, these Ashokan lions stand atop a panel of geese and Madhumalti (Rangoon creeper) flowers #Sanchi
The other attraction is the smaller Gupta era Lion Capital. It has a partially broken Dharma Chakra Wheel atop it. The Sanchi Museum takes you almost two millennia and a half back within 15 minutes 🤩
The Museum's photogallery offers the painstaking efforts which have brought Sanchi back to the light from its condition as an abandoned forest site #Sanchi

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Ever heard of a story of when heavy Monsoon rains unearthed the remains of a temple destroyed by Aurangzeb? No?

Come on. I shall tell you the story of Bijamandal of Vidisha. A thread 🧵 Image
Bijamandal (or Vijaya Mandir) was a temple built by the Parmara dynasty in the 9th/10th century. The temple was supposed to be amongst the grandest temples of its time, rivalling the style and size of the Konark temple. Image
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He is well known for his Lakshmi embossed coinage Image
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Sep 4
The Heliodorus Pillar of Vidisha. History students must have studied about the Besnagar inscription of the Sunga period. And here we have it, among the first instances of a Vishnu Dhwaja anywhere in India. #ThisHeartWasMeantToWander Image
Situated on the confluence of the Bes and the Betwa rivers just outside the historical town of Vidisha, this pillar was erected in 113 BCE by Heliodorus, the Greek ambassador from the IndoGreek king Antialcidas to the Sunga Emperor, Bhagabhadra. Image
The Ambassador Heliodorus calls himself Vishnu Bhagawata on the Inscription, a clear indication that he had embraced Vaishnavism and the Bhagwata Cult. Perhaps among the earliest converts to Hinduism. Image
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The Varaha cave (Cave 5) of the Udayagiri Caves near Vidisha. Here Varaha saves Bhudevi from the evil demon Hiranyaksha. This 5th century Gupta period relief has a colossal Varaha rising to the heavens. You can spend hours just admiring this masterpiece
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Feb 4
I'm in a bus and the guy behind me is loudly talking on the phone regarding his office politics.

Apparently some guys called Ramesh and Sashi are ganging up against him to deny him the credit for the latest project.
I know it's weird but I'm unexplicably invested in it all.
So my bus friend has decided to take the presentation directly to the boss on Monday along with Santosh before Ramesh/Sashi can do anything. It's like a coup d'etat.

My bus friend is apparently hurt over some "Airport" incident and Sashi.

What did you do Sashi????
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How can anyone keep testing positive over three tests in two weeks, fumes my buddy!
A valid question.
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Kolhapure Mahalakshmi. Karaverapura vaasine! One of the 18 Shaktipeethams.

Legend has it that Mahalakshmi was enraged when Lord Vishnu touched the feet of Bhrigu rishi after he kicked him on the chest. She left Vaikuntham to settle in Kolhapur.
And her husband, Srinivasa pines for her in Tirupathi. A trip to Tirumala is considered incomplete without Kolhapur, the abode of "Ambabai", as she is affectionately called.

This anger/abandonment of Lakshmi is very allegorical to the fickle nature of wealth she represents.
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Oct 17, 2021
Visited the Jotiba Devasthan located around 20 km from Kolhapur. Dedicated to a local warrior god of the same name, it's most memorable for being covered in pink Gulaal. No haldi/kumkum offered here. The whole temple is soaked in this brilliant colour.
#IncredibleIndia
The god Jotiba is worshipped here. Considered to be the amalagamation of Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and the anger of Sage Jamadagni, this God appears ready for war. Turban bound in the Maharashtrian style and scimitar in hand, he is a vision to see🙏
Jotiba appears to be a local tribal/village god who has been incorporated into the Hindu pantheon over the centuries. The present temple was built in 1730 by Ranoji Scindia, the founder of the Scindia dynasty.
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