🪨✨ Before Ajanta… before Ellora… there was Barabar.
Hidden in the granite hills of Bihar lies India’s oldest rock-cut caves, carved over 2,200 years ago, echoing the chants of forgotten monks and the genius of Mauryan craftsmanship.

A thread on the Barabar Caves 🧵👇

1/12 📍Located near Jehanabad, about 24 km from Gaya, the Barabar and Nagarjuni hills house caves hewn from solid granite — perfectly polished and geometrically precise.
They are the earliest surviving rock-cut sanctuaries of India.

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🧵The 5 Types of Salt in Ayurveda - Healing Crystals from Earth & Ocean

In Ayurveda, salt (Lavana Rasa) isn’t just a taste enhancer—it’s a medicine that kindles Agni, balances Vata, and nourishes the senses.

Let’s explore the 5 salts described by our ancient Acharyas 👇

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“सैन्धवं सौवरालं च विडं सैंधवमेव च।
औद्भिदं सामुद्रं च लवणानि प्रचक्षते॥”
- Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 27/236

Ayurveda recognizes five salts -
🧂Saindhava (Rock)
🌊Samudra (Sea)
⚗️Vida (Black)
💎Sauvarcala (Mineral)
🌿Audbhida (Plant/Earth derived)

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Thread 🧵: An Odia’s heart speaks when seeing this old image of Konark Mandir…

This old photograph of Konark Mandir shakes me to the core. Once called Konaditya, it was the crown jewel of Utkala - a Mandir where Surya himself was believed to ride his chariot of stone.

1+ Built in the 13th century by Narasimhadeva I, Konark was not just another Mandir. It was a cosmic calendar, a celebration of art, science & spirituality carved in stone. Every wheel, every figure, every ray of the Sun found home here. But look closely at this photo, The grand

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Have you ever wondered about the uncomfortable silence over the demise of these two tall patriots ?!

Let me just take you through some questions or to say situations.... in this thread. Do read carefully till end, please 🙏🏽

1+ January 11: The Prime Minister of India dies.
January 24: India’s top nuclear scientist vanishes.
Same month. Same mystery.
Lal Bahadur Shastri & Homi Jehangir Bhabha.

One poisoned in a Soviet villa.
One swallowed by French snow.

And a nation… too scared to ask why?

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Thread 🧵: The Truth Behind Two Viral Photos from the 2002 Gujarat Riots

You've probably seen these two photos countless times.

One shows a man in saffron headgear wielding an iron rod. The other shows a terrified man pleading with folded hands.

They became the face of

1+ the 2002 Gujarat riots in media across the world.

But here’s the actual context 👇

The man with the rod was Ravinder Parmar, a poor cobbler from Ahmedabad.

The other was Qutbuddin Ansari, a resident caught in the riot-affected Naroda Patiya area.

Their photos were used to

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☀️12 आदित्य☀️

जिस तरह देवता 33 हैं उसी तरह दैत्यों,दानवों, गंधर्वों,नागों आदि की गणना भी की गई है। देवताओं के गुरु बृहस्पति हैं,जो हिन्दू धर्म के संस्थापक 4 ऋषियों में से एक अंगिरा के पुत्र हैं। बृहस्पति के पुत्र कच थे जिन्होंने शुक्राचार्य से संजीवनी विद्या सीखी।शुक्राचार्य

1+ दैत्यों (असुरों) के गुरु हैं। भृगु ऋषि तथा हिरण्यकशिपु की पुत्री दिव्या के पुत्र शुक्राचार्य की कन्या का नाम देवयानी तथा पुत्र का नाम शंद और अमर्क था। देवयानी ने ययाति से विवाह किया था।

ऋषि कश्यप की पत्नी अदिति से जन्मे पुत्रों को आदित्य कहा गया है। वेदों में जहां अदिति के

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𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚:𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝑺𝒐𝒊𝒍 𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈

All the festivals and their rituals in #SanatanaDharma carries deep scientific cause and effect.We need to know these. One such ritual is growing 𝑁𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎.Let's explore its significance in this thread

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Both Chitra and Sharadiya Navratri is celebrated just before the Kharif and Ravi season of agricultural activities respectively. It's the time when the quality of #soil needs to be determined,so that plans for the next season can be done effectively. And accordingly taxed too

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#श्री_राम_स्तुति
(मूल पाठ एवं हिन्दी अनुवाद सहित)

श्री रामचन्द्र कृपालु भजु मन हरण भवभय दारुणम्।
नवकंज लोचन, कंज-मुख, कर-कंज, पद-कंजारुणम्॥

भावार्थ : हे मन! कृपालु श्री रामचंद्र जी का भजन कर... वह संसार के जन्म-मरण रूपी दारुण भय को दूर करने वाले हैं... उनके नेत्र नव-विकसित

1+ कमल के समान हैं, तथा मुख, हाथ और चरण भी लाल कमल के सदृश हैं...

कंदर्प अगणित अमित छवि, नवनील-नीरद सुन्दरम्।
पट पीत मानहु तड़ित रुचि शुचि नौमि जनक सुतावरम्॥

भावार्थ : उनके सौंदर्य की छटा अगणित कामदेवों से बढ़कर है, उनके शरीर का नवीन-नील-सजल मेघ समान सुंदर वर्ण (रंग) है, उनका

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Neither Einstein nor Newton discovered concept of Gravity.

Indian Mathematician Brahmagupta (c.628 CE) said:

"All heavy things fall down to earth by a law of nature. It is the nature of the earth to attract things. Thrown object always returns. Earth on all its sides

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Brahmagupta was only reiterating the ideas of his predecessor Aryabhata (c. 5th cent CE) who states "the earthly globe remains suspended in the sky just as a piece of iron is held in the grip of magnet".

Here, Aryabhata actually seems to allude to planetary and

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On National #HandloomDay today
Let's see some beautiful weaves of different states of Bharat

1. Odisha - Sambalpuri and Bomkaai

2. West Bengal - Jamdani and Baluchari

Mantras and Frequencies
(Long #Thread)

Sanskrit is the oldest language that is based on sounds and vibrations.Every alphabet and its pronounciation have specific meaning; like ku is earth,khE is sky. Mantras are frequencies emerging from those sounds.

AUM is the first and

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AUM is the sound of cosmic energy and contains all the sounds in itself.The spiritual efficacy of AUM is heard,not by the ears but by the heart. It surcharges the innermost being of man with vibrations of the highest reality.

All galaxies (including

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Significance of '0'
#Thread 🧵

We often talk about the 'Shunya state' or the 'State of Nothingness'. But we rarely notice the symbology. '0' is shaped like a linga. An ellipse looks like a circle that has been squashed into an oval.Elliptical figures are

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#ShivmaySomvar said to be most stable as they have high density, volume and area.

The linga is elliptical in shape. So is earth, so are the other planets, satellites and their Orbits. Our galaxy, the Milky Way, too forms an ellipse.

The sound of ॐ when graphically represented, forms

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The dancing Shiva is known as #Nataraj (A thread)

The term ‘Nataraj’ means ‘King of Dancers’. This cosmic dance of Shiva is called #Anandatandava, meaning the Dance of Bliss, and symbolizes the cosmic cycles of creation and destruction, as well as the daily rhythm of birth

1+ and death.The dance is a pictorial allegory of the five principle manifestations of eternal energy:

•Shrishti - Creation

•Sthiti - State or preservation

•Samhara - Destruction

•Tirobhava - Illusion

•Anugraha - Release, Emancipation.

In the form of Nataraja,Shiva

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"Rock Salt"🧵

How was it banished from India? You must be wondering how this rock salt is made?? Today we will tell you mainly how many types of salt are there. One is sea salt, the other is rock salt. Rock salt is not man made, it is already made by nature. In the entire

1+ North Indian subcontinent, mineral rock salt is known as 'rock salt' or 'saindhav lavana', Lahori salt, etc., which means 'come from the region of Sindh or Indus'. There are huge mountains and tunnels of salt. This salt comes from there. It is made in thick pieces, nowadays

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"सेंधा नमक" 🧵

भारत से कैसे गायब कर दिया गया...
आप सोच रहे होंगे की ये सेंधा नमक बनता कैसे है ?आइये आज आपको बताते है कि नमक मुख्यत: कितने प्रकार का होता है। एक होता है समुद्री नमक, दूसरा होता है सेंधा नमक "। सेंधा नमक बनता नहीं है,पहले से ही बना बनाया है। पूरे

#BharatKiBaat
1+ उत्तर भारतीय उपमहाद्वीप में खनिज पत्थर के नमक को ‘सेंधा नमक’ या ‘सैन्धव नमक’, लाहोरी नमक आदि नाम से जाना जाता है। जिसका मतलब है ‘सिंध या सिन्धु के इलाक़े से आया हुआ’। वहाँ नमक के बड़े बड़े पहाड़ है, सुरंगे है। वहाँ से ये नमक आता है। मोटे मोटे टुकड़ो मे होता है आजकल पीसा

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Some glimpses of my city #Cuttack (Katak). A city more than a thousand years old and still keeping its spirit alive. Here life moves around Devi and Nadi (river)

1/ Maa Katak Chandi, adhistatri (presiding deity) Devi of Katak

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|| #Sengol And Its Connection With #Hinduism || 🧵

Segol doesn't only share historical importance with India but it is deeply associated with Hindu philosophy.

In Hinduism,a sceptre is often associated with deities and symbolizes power,authority,and divine sovereignty. In

1+ Hinduism it is known as "dand" (Sceptre), many people misinterpret dand as punishment but that's not true. Dand has two meanings in Sanskrit. One is डंड (sceptre) other one is दण्ड (punishment).

The sceptre is primarily depicted in the hands of Hindu gods and goddesses,

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।। बाल संस्कार ।।
अपने बच्चों को निम्नलिखित श्लोकों को नित्य दैनन्दिनी में शामिल करने हेतु संस्कार दें एवं खुद भी पढें

*प्रात: कर-दर्शनम्*
कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः करमध्ये सरस्वती।
करमूले तु गोविन्दः प्रभाते करदर्शनम्॥

*पृथ्वी क्षमा प्रार्थना*
समुद्रवसने देवि पर्वतस्तनमंडिते।
1+ विष्णु पत्नि नमस्तुभ्यं पाद स्पर्शं क्षमस्व मे॥

त्रिदेव-नवग्रह स्मरण
ब्रह्मा मुरारिस्त्रिपुरान्तकारी भानु: शशी भूमिसुतो बुधश्च
गुरुश्च शुक्र: शनिराहुकेतव: कुर्वन्तु सर्वे मम सुप्रभातम्

स्नान मन्त्र
गंगे च यमुने चैव गोदावरी सरस्वती
नर्मदे सिन्धु कावेरी जलेस्मिन् सन्निधिं कुरु
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भारत के पहले शिक्षा मंत्री : मौलाना आज़ाद (एक🧵)

11 नवम्बर 1888 को पैदा हुए मक्का में,वालिद का नाम था "मोहम्मद खैरुद्दीन" और अम्मी मदीना (अरब) की थीं। नाना शेख मोहम्मद ज़ैर वत्री,मदीना के बहुत बड़े विद्वान थे। मौलाना आज़ाद अफग़ान उलेमाओं के ख़ानदान से ताल्लुक रखते थे जो

1+ बाबर के समय हेरात से भारत आए थे।

सब कुछ घर में पढ़ा और कभी स्कूल कॉलेज नहीं गए। बहुत ज़हीन मुसलमान थे। इतने काबिल कि कभी स्कूल कॉलेज का मुंह नहीं देखा और बना दिए गए भारत के पहले केंद्रीय शिक्षा मंत्री। इन शख्स का नाम था "मौलाना अबुल कलम आज़ाद "।

सही मायने में देखा जाये तो

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10 Beautiful Sunset time images of #ShreeJagannathMandir, Puri

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हम तो मैड्डल ल्यावें है जी....एक थ्रेड🧵

हो सकता है हरियाणा के पहलवानों के आरोप सही हों,ये भी हो सकता कि WFI अध्यक्ष ब्रजभूषण शरण सिंह की बात सही हो लेकिन सच क्या है ये बिना जाँच के कैसे निर्धारित हो सकता है !
न्याय कहता है कि बिना जाँच के किसी को दोषी नहीं माना जा सकता लेकिन
1+ ये पहलवानों का गुट चाहता है कि महज उनके आरोप लगा देने के आधार पर WFI अध्यक्ष इस्तीफा दें और उन्हें गिरफ्तार कर लिया जाए जो कि गलत है !ऊपर से इन पहलवानों ने पी टी ऊषा जैसी बड़ी हस्ती पर उल्टे-सीधे आरोप लगाकर उन्हें भी पक्षपाती और सरकार का गुलाम घोषित कर दिया है !

फिर तो बेहतर

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