Today is Jayanti of Ravindra Kaushik, one of the greatest Indian spies, nicknamed the "Black Tiger" by then PM Indira Gandhi, who infiltrated the Pakistan Army, rose to the rank of Major, supplied valuable information, before a botched up communication lead to his arrest.
He was born on April 11, 1952 in Sri Ganganagar, a small town in Rajasthan close to the border with Punjab, to JM Kaushik a former IAF officer and Amla Devi. Graduating from the S. D. Bihani P. G. College, Sri Ganganagar, he had already made a name for himself in theater.
He joined RAW in 1973, though he told his father he was going to Delhi for a job, he was working as their undercover agent, a fact even his family did not know.
G. N. Ramachandran, or GNR as he was known, one of the great Indian scientists of modern era, an equally good Vedic scholar, studied the Upanishads in depth.
Thread on his death anniversary today.
One of the biggest advances in the field of molecular biophysics, has been the discovery of the triple hellical structure of collagen, that enabled a better understanding of the peptide structure.
The Ramachandran plot has become a standard description of protein structures in the text books.
And the man behind this discovery, G.N. Ramachandran or GNR as he was known.
On the eve of #RamaNavami taking a look at the famous Vontimitta Kodandarama temple in Kadapa dt, which hosts the Sitarama Kalyanam in Andhra Pradesh since 2014 during Rama Navami.
Kadapa itself gets it's name from Devuni Gadapa, meaning "Threshold of the Lord", the Venkateswara Temple here is considered the gateway to Tirumala, and the deity here was installed by Kripacharya himself. Pilgrims going to Tirumla, would visit this temple first.
Kadapa district is also the birth place of the great Tallapaka Annamacharya, who composed all those keerthanas for Shri Venkateshwara, Pothuluri Veerabrahmendra Swamy the sage known for his prophecies, and Molla the potter woman who wrote Ramayana in Telugu.
Created this Ghibli style images of well known places in Andhra Pradesh. Unfortunately could not create more as there was some limit, so will cover later. Anyway do hope you like these images.
Amaravatti Buddha, not the capital city, but the temple town on banks of Krishna river.
The Battle of Raichur one of Sri Krishnadeva Raya's greatest victories ever, where he delivered a crushing blow to the Bahmani Sultans.
Thread.
One of the main aspects of the Vijayanagara Empire history, was the regular conflicts with the Bahmani rulers, primarily over the Raichur-Tungabhadra Doab region.
It was a conflict, that often kept going back and forth, with the Vijayanagara rulers winning at times, and Bahmani Sultans the other times.
Ganapati Deva was the longest reigning monarch, of the Kakatiyas, who bought most of the Telugu speaking regions in Andhra and Telangana, under one kingdom.
Thread.
He also had regular battles with the Eastern Gangas for control over Kalinga and Vengi, and supported the Nellore Choda chiefs Tika and Manumasidhi against rival claimants.
His father Mahadeva died during an invasion of the Yadava capital, Devagiri, and he himself was held in captivity for sometime. During this period Recherla Rudra, the comnander in chief of the Kakatiya army, ruled in absentia.