Shiva's form Krittivasheshvara as ' Cosmos of Kashi ' ...
The 18 lingas symbolises the eighteen branches of knowledge comprising 4 Vedas, 6 Vedāṅgas, and remaining disciplines. In this sense Kashi itself becomes a symbol of complete knowledge
🧵 Shiva's vehicle "Bull", Nandi, as a cosmogonic frame of Kashi....
As Śiva’s vahana, Nandi governs the rhythm of time and oversees the continuous functioning of saṃsāra on behalf of his lord

1/5 🧵 Reason why are menstruating women specifically restricted from participating in religious and spiritual activities including visiting temples - 2/5 Rajarshi Nandy writes -

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Rajputs—who are they? Mere losers? Daughters-givers? Or those so-called "zulmi Thakurs" who oppressed people and stole lands? This is the twisted narrative being sold by self-proclaimed historians, their puppets, TV serials and movies. They always portray Rajputs as villains. Is there no other community they could target or have they deliberately forgotten how Rajput landlords gave their lands to uplift others? How they sacrificed their wealth for education and welfare?

#Thread The claim that Harsha adopted Buddhism in his later years is primarily based on the memoirs of the Chinese Hiuen Tsang. These records suggest that Harsha was inclined towards Mahayana Buddhism, leading some scholars to believe he fully embraced the faith during his reign Hiuen Tsang never explicitly states that Harsha adopted Buddhism as his religion. He only mentions Harsha's significant contributions and patronage to Mahayana monks. According to Hiuen Tsang, Harsha's lavish gifts to Mahayana monks were so generous that they nearly depleted his+

#thread Currently there's a trend of people claiming Rajput kings as their own ancestors. This has gone so far that even Buddhist and Jain communities are now claiming Rajput kings, who were actually Shaiva and Shakta and now they're claiming that Maharaj Jayachanda was a Buddhist king. But, he was actually a Shaiva king. In fact most of the Gahadvala kings were Shaivas.

Maharaj Jayachanda, in his early days used the title Paramamaheshwara and had Nilakantha Rasi Pashupatacharya as his Saivacharya and after his coronation, he also had