I visited 2 offbeat places this year , Vidisha & Junnar. Both are beautiful & sadly missing from tourist map. I am starting a series of #gemsofvidisha & #gemsofjunnar for entire Dec month to let more people know about them. Here is first one #gemsofvidisha Kurma Avatar Sagar

For those who are interested in knowing about Naga worship, do read my blog article. I had written in details on it 👇🏼 monidipa.net/2020/09/06/the…

NAINSUKH'S ARTWORK 🖌️🎨 Chalat Musafir Moh Liyo Re...🎶🎵 “Travelers Making Music”, 1735-75 is a miniature painting showing 6 travellers making music while taking a break from their ongoing journey.

1st Century B.C ( 2200 Years Old ) Inscription of King Kharavela of Kalinga In Udaygiri , Odisha Mentions The Word 'Bharatvarsha'

Rohit Sanjay Dixit ಸಂಜಯ್ ದೀಕ್ಷಿತ್ संजय दीक्षित Family members of the boys should also file cases separately. He used videos of them for his personal mileage and showed kids in improper manner to demean them and Isha Foundation .

This is a wonderful book. I read it long ago. Very interesting.

पूर्वकाल में राजा एक विशिष्ट हाथी को श्रीगज पद पर नियुक्त कर उसका नियमित पूजन करते थे। ऐसी ही प्रथा केरल मन्दिरों में अब भी दिखती है। In past, Kings used to honour a special elephant regularly after appointing him as ŚṛīGaja. Similar practice is seen in Kerala temples even now.

Váruṇa is Ahura-mazdā manasataramgini.wordpress.com/2007/06/17/the… via manasataramgini

Who told you? The colonialists? All regions of India celebrate it but under different names. Vijayanagara empire documents celebration of festival of color (Vasantotsavam). Travelers’ records of Vijayanagara empire describe how people sprayed color from pichkari (spray guns). And

रु॒द्रस्यै॑लबका॒रेभ्यो॑ऽसंसूक्तगि॒लेभ्यः॑। इ॒दं म॒हास्ये॑भ्यः॒ श्वभ्यो॑ अकरं॒ नमः॑ ॥ This lowly reverence have I paid to Rudra's dogs with mighty mouths, Hounds terrible with bark and howl, who gorge unmasticated food. - Atharvaveda 11.2.30 Rudra as Bhairava with his dogs–

Váruṇa is one of the divinities with which the sovereign is identified during the Rājasūya yajña. Indeed, the sacrifice itself is termed Varuṇasava — "Varuṇasava vā eṣa Rājasūyaṃ”. Ahura Mazdā presents Ardashir I with the diadem of kingship. ~ Naqsh-e Rostam

They ARE peacocks. You can even see the "eyes" in the feathers. Peacocks as a symbol of royalty developed in India and was exported to the near east via the Mittani.

Great rendering of viSNu sahasranAma stotram in a “correct” way adhering to all the anusvAra rules that popular renderings like that of MS Subbulakshmi ignore youtu.be/ayqZpzFo5xA?si…

A Marathi hero stone of Vikramaditya VI Salunkhe / Chalukya's reign is discovered at Ranisavargaon, Parbhani. Inscription reveals Salunkhe Maratha conquest of Gandharvapuri, Malwa & brought elephants as war booty. reading - १. गंधर्वपुरिचे हाथि आणियले त्पयके ऐ २. क इं यः घेइआ

A group of sculptures arranged against a wall, of Ganesha, Uma-Maheshwara, Vishnu, and the Adityas at Bodh Gaya, 1880–81.

Male torso from the Hindu Shahi dynasty, dating to the 9th century CE, Afghanistan.

The rite of applying sacred ash (bhasma) on the body is found in all branches of Śaivism. We can find the practice's origin in the Atharvaveda Pariśiṣṭa 40, where the Pāśupata performs ash-bath with the ashes remaining in the fire altar after performing the five Rudra Homas :

Seals of ancient India

Honorable NHRC Member प्रियंक कानूनगो Priyank Kanoongo ji - kindly take note of this barbarism. This is from MP. There is massive fraud happening in name of Gurukuls across Bharat. They deviate from core Vedic Gurukul principles, employ third-rate psychologically disturbed supervisors and waste