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Author, poet | Yoga, Sustainability | MBA @ INSEAD, MPhil @ Cambridge Uni Books: 'From Dior to Dharma' & 'HeartWords' @livingwiseproj
Mar 3, 2018 8 tweets 5 min read
#NorthEast is not a far flung branch of the tree of Bharat but a place holding its roots. Mata #Tripura Sundari has grand temples all the way in south India. Kamakhya Devi (Assam) & Nartiang Durga (Meghalaya) are other ‘Shakti Peeth’s in NE. More interesting facts in this thread Unakoti (#Tripura) is an >1000 yr old site with amazing carvings by an unknown sculptor. There is a 30 ft. high carving of Lord Shiva (Unikotiswara Kal Bhairava) & gigantic figures of Ganesha, Nandi and Durga on a lion

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