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Jan 21 3 tweets 4 min read
The 700+ year old Aghoreshwara temple in Ikkeri, Karnataka is a brilliant piece of architecture. We went after sunset, but still could capture the beauty & witness evening aarti.

There is a massive Nandi, a beautiful Ganapati and the garba griha with a Linga & 32 seated Durgas!
The sculpture in Aghoreshwara temple is spectacular. Right from Garba griha to smaller murtis and even to the extent of hair lines/beads over a Devis head, the carving is so beautiful, that you will wonder how they did it in stone centuries ago!

World class art!
#IncredibleIndia
Centuries ago, the main deity here was a massive Aghoreshwara, an avatar of Shiva with 32 arms.

Today only a Linga.
I asked the locals.. what happened?
They told me to walk towards the lawn.

I was so sad to see the remains there.. You can guess what happened in 17th century 😔

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Dec 16, 2022
I was reading an article on #OPS & #NPS.

Points:
1) In 1990-91, Central government's pension bill was ₹3,272 crores.
The total of all state governments' pension bill was ₹3,131 cr.

By 2020-21, center's bill became ₹1,90,886 cr (58 times).
States: ₹3,86,001 cr (125 times)!!
2) Some states are already overburdened with pension obligations.

Himachal Pradesh needs 79.93% of its state revenue just for paying pension.
Bihar 58.9%.
Punjab 34.24%
Rajasthan 30.38%
Chhattisgarh 24.1%.

With the old scheme, their finances would be crippled.

#OPS
#NPS
3) Right now, the central government has 34,70,000 direct workers and 48,00,000 Pension holders.

For 2022-23 the central government is spending ₹2,68,000 crores for salaries and ₹2,07,000 cr for pension.

In five years pension payments might overtake salaries!

#OPS
#NPS
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Oct 22, 2021
Long ago, a young man from Gujarat went to WB to get Sanyasa.

The monk looked into his eyes, said - "Not now. This nation needs your service in a different way".

Today, that man @narendramodi has written a front page article in Hosa Digantha Kannada paper on #VaccineCentury !!
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On #VaccineCentury
moment, we should remember that great Ramakrishna Math Sanyasi who foresaw the need of Modi for India decades ago!! No one could have steered India out of COVID trouble as Modi has done so far..

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Even if you take 2 minutes per vaccine delivery, India has spent 41,00,000 man days or 11,000 man years till now just in injecting. Add the Crores of man days of research, preparation, transportation, mobilization, PR to remove hesitancy and followup on COWIN digital world...
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Sep 28, 2021
Some interesting numbers from @myogiadityanath's front page ad today.

1) UP has built/building 5 international airports in the past 4.5 years. 2 intl airports in 70 yrs before that!

Since 2017, 15,246 km of new roads constructed. 14,471 km widened & 925 fly overs/bridges built.
2) Rs.1,866 crore of illegal properties owned by mafia, seized.

Compared to 2016, there is a 70% reduction in dacoity, 69% ⬇ in loot, 29% ⬇ in murders, 35% ⬇ in kidnapping, 52% ⬇ in rapes and 12% reduction in dowry deaths. Clearly Yogi has shown law and order muscle!

#Yogi
3) 7 state universities and 16 new private universities setup.

77 govt degree colleges, 28 engineering colleges, 26 polytechnics, 79 ITIs, 250 inter colleges setup.

59 medical colleges now functional under One district - one medical college scheme.

#Yogi
#UttarPradesh
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So what did PM @narendramodi do so that a billion+ Indians can get vaccinated against COVID19 in 2021 itself?

June 2020: Pledge to GAVI.
June 2020: Tech platform - COWIN.
Aug 2020: Made in India vaccine prep.
Aug 2020: Sets up National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration.
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PM Modi's vaccine preparation, cont'd.

Nov 2020: Modi reviews Corona vaccine strategy.
Nov 2020: Modi reviews cold storage capacity in states.
Nov 2020: Modi visits 3 vaccine makers facilities.
Dec 2020: Modi reviews vaccine rollout logistics with all involved firms.

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Jan 2021: Modi reviewed the 2nd nationwide dry run for vaccine rollout and administration.
Jan 2021: Modi launched vaccination for health & front line workers.
Mar 2021: Modi personally took vaccine on the FIRST day of his eligibility!
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1) India's critical medical infra improvement in the past 1 year under @narendramodi era.

For COVID19 treatment:

India had a total of 62,458 oxygen supported beds on April 21, 2020.
India had a total of 2,55,168 oxygen supported beds on April 9, 2021.

A 309% increase in 1 yr!
2) India had 27,360 ICU beds on Apr 21, 2020.
India had 75,867 ICU beds on Apr 9, 2021.
A 177% increase in 1 year.

India had 13,158 ventilators on Apr 21, 2020.
India had 23,618 ventilators on Jan 28, 2021.
A 80% increase in 1 year.

There are more, but for non COVID patients.
3) I know the above increases are still not enough, seeing of COVID 2nd wave deaths, but at least see how improvements. Note, just increasing the devices is not enough. We also need Doctors, Nurses and lab technicians ramped up at a much higher scale. That's the real challenge!
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1) Most of us never observed our breathing techniques till we got to see how Corona Virus targets human breathing.

Oxygen, ICU, Ventilator, Remdesivir and everything else point to only 1 thing eventually.. the COVID patient is unable to breath properly as the lungs are affected.
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Develop better breathing techniques that make lungs stronger, and also make you more healthier mentally and physically. You might have a better chance to fight back.
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You learn to make your lungs more efficient to oxygenate the body well
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