Madurai Meenakshi Amman temple

The enormous temple complex is dedicated to Shiva, known here as Sundareshvara and his consort Parvati or Meenakshi. The original temple was built by Kulasekara Pandya, but the entire credit for making the temple as splendid as it is today goes to the Nayaks. The Nayaks ruled Madurai from the 16th to the 18th century and left a majestic imprint of their rule in the Meenakshi - Sundareswarar Temple.

It is said that the temple was plundered in the 14th century by the Muslim raider Malik Kafur who looted the temple of its valuables. Restoration was undertaken by the Nayak ruler Vishwanatha Nayakar around the 16th century. It was Vishwanatha Nayak who rebuilt the temple in accordance to shilp shastra.

The temple complex is within a high-walled enclosure, at the core of which are the two sanctums for Meenakshi and Sundareshwara, surrounded by a number of smaller shrines and grand pillared halls. Especially impressive are the 12 gopuras. Their soaring towers rise from solid granite bases, and are covered with stucco figures of dieties, mythical animals and monsters painted in vivid colours.

Serpentine inscriptions at Kamāl Maula Mosque

Serpentine inscriptions giving grammatical rules of the Sanskrit language found by K. K. Lele at Kamāl Maula Mosque in Dhār,Madhya Pradesh.

In 1903, K. K. Lele, Superintendent of Education in the Princely State of Dhār, found a Sanskrit and Prakrit inscription from the time of Arjunavarman in the walls of the Kamāl Maula mosque at Dhār. The text of the inscription includes part of a drama called Vijayaśrīnāṭikā composed by Madana, the king's preceptor who also bore the title 'Bālasarasvatī'.
The inscription reports that the play was performed before Arjunavarman in the temple of Sarasvatī.

Ancient Vishnu Temple at Humayun Tomb Site

A photo at right is of 'Vishnu's footprints at Humayun Tomb is reproduced from page 78 of 'The World of Ancient India' English shows that the site where the so called Humayun Tomb stands today was the site of an ancient Vishnu Temple. The book 'World of Ancient India' was translated from Dr. Gustave Le Bon's original French work by the name 'Les Monuments de L'Inde' published in Paris in 1893. The English Translation was published by David Macrae, Tudor Publishing Co., (New York) in 1974. 'Vishnu Pada' (विष्णुपद) or 'Vishnu Charan' (विष्णुचरण) temples are significant in context of the legend that Vishnu in the form of Vamana strode across the world and planted his feet at three sites on earth.

Dr. Gustave Le Bon writes that the site of the Humayun Tomb was the site of an ancient Vishnu Temple. Here is the photograph of the Vishnu footprint slab that had still survived until 1893 at the Humayun Tomb site. The photograph was captioned in the French version and then translated in 'The World of Ancient India' as 'Vishnu's Footprints at Humayun Tomb'.

This photo proves that the so-called Humayun mausoleum is an ancient Hindu temple palace. Inquiries with archaeologists in Delhi drew a blank They have never seen these footprints, which indicates that they are heir to a lot of non-information and mis-information. Humayun is not at all buried in Delhi. According to Farishta’s chronicle (English translation by John Briggs, Vol. II, page 174) Humayun is buried in Agra, while according to Abul Fazal (Elliot & Dowson, Vol. VI, page 22) Humayun lies buried in Sirhind.

Top left photo are of ancient temple pillars were used as construction material.pillars taken from destructed Hindu Temples
and used for construction of Humayun Tomb.One can notice that the pillars were placed upside down in this ‘canopy structure‘ by the artisans in Mughal era.

Bottom left photo of the white quartz structure which is a remnant of the ancient temple is far more eroded than the red-sandstone rectangular structure dating to Mughal times. Sandstone erodes faster than quartz. The fact that the sandstone piece is in better shape than the quartz structure proves that the quartz pillars
are much older than the sandstone piece.

So, an ancient Vishnu temple was destroyed and made to look like a tomb.

बहुत ही रोचक तथ्य!

ईसाई धर्म ….एक ईसा मसीह, एक बाईबिल नामक धार्मिक ग्रन्थ…
लेकिन लैटिन कैथोलिक सीरियन कैथोलिक चर्च में प्रवेश नहीं करेगा।
ये दोनो मर्थोमा चर्च में प्रवेश नहीं करेगें।
ये तीनों पेंटेकोस्ट चर्च में प्रवेश नहीं करेगें।
ये चारों साल्वेशन आर्मी चर्च में प्रवेश नहीं करेगें।
ये पाँचों सातवें एडवेंटिस्ट चर्च में प्रवेश नही करेंगें।
ये छह आर्थोडाॅक्स चर्च में प्रवेश नहीं करेगें।
ये सातों जैकोबाइट चर्च में प्रवेश नहीं करेंगें।
इसी तरह केरल में ईसाई धर्म की 146 जातियाँ अलग थलग पडी हुईं हैं,
इनमे से प्रत्येक ईसाई जाति दुसरी ईसाई जाति के चर्चों का हिस्सा कभी नहीं बनेगी!
कितना शर्मनाक है..! एक ईसा मसीह, एक बाइबिल, एक ईसाई देवता ???

अब मुस्लिम ..! एक अल्लाह, एक कुरान, एक मुस्लिम ईष्ट ....! महान एकता?
सभी मुस्लिम देशों में शिया और सुन्नी मुसलमानों मे मारकाट मची हुई है।
लगभग सभी मुस्लिम देशों में इन दोनो संप्रदायों के बीच निरंतर धार्मिक दंगा हो रहा है।
शिया मुसलमान सुन्नी मस्जिद मे कभी नही जायेगा।
ये दोनो कभी अहमदिया मस्जिद मे नहीं जायेंगे।
ये तीनो कभी सूफी मस्जिद मे नहीं जायेंगे।
ये चारों कभी भी मुजाहिद्दीन मस्जिद मे नहीं जायेंगे।
इसी प्रकार से मुसलमानों में 13 जातियाँ हैं जो अपने से नीची मुस्लिम जाति की मस्जिद मे कभी नही जाते।
हत्या / बमबारी / विजय / नरसंहार / ... ये सब एक दूसरे के विरुद्ध निरंतर चलता रहता है मुस्लिम जातियों मे !
इराक पर अमेरिकी हमला पूरी तरह से इराक के आसपास के सभी मुस्लिम देशों के समर्थन से किया गया था।
एक अल्लाह, एक कुरान, एक मुस्लिम ईष्ट ....????
हिन्दु -
हिन्दु धर्म मे लगभग 1,280 धार्मिक पुस्तकें, 10,000 धार्मिक व्याख्यात्मक,और एक लाख से अधिक उप-व्याख्यात्मक है जो कि हिन्दु धर्म का आधार है,इनमे एक एक भगवान की अनगिनत प्रस्तुतियाँ , आचार्यों की विविधता, हजारो ऋषि, सैकडो भाषाऐं हैं।
फिर भी सभी हिन्दु ,सभी प्रकार के मंदिरों मे जाते हैं और वे शांतिपूर्ण और सहिष्णु हैं
और जो भी पूजा पाठ मे आमंत्रित करते हैं उनके साथ एक भाव के साथ शांतिपूर्वक प्रार्थना करते हैं फिर चाहे भगवान कोई भी हों।
पिछले दस हजार सालों मे हिन्दु कभी भी धर्म के नाम पर नही झगडे..

4,000 Year Old Vishnu Statue Discovered in Vietnam

According to a press release from the Communist Party of Vietnam’s Central Committee (CPVCC) the Vishnu sculpture is described as “Vishnu stone head from Oc Eo culture, dated back 4,000-3,500 years.”

This discovery of a 4,000 to 3,500 year old Vishnu sculpture is truly historic and it sheds new light upon our understanding of the history of not only Hinduism but of the entire world.

The 4000-3500 year old Vietnamese Vishnu sculpture is part of an exhibit featuring some of Vietnam’s most ancient artifacts. It was discovered in the region of Southern Vietnam's Mekong Delta. The Mekong (Ma Ganga) River is named after the Ganges River of India. The entire region was once the home to several ancient and prosperous Vedic Kingdoms and many intriguing and unique Vedic artifacts have been discovered.

The Vishnu sculpture was officially presented during the 5th Quang Nam Heritage Festival in Hoi An City. The exhibition highlights many ancient objects dated from the Dong Son - Sa Huynh - Oc Eo eras of Vietnam’s ancient history.

The significance of this discovery cannot be overestimated. The entire history of Hinduism and Vedic culture, as taught is the academic institutions of the world, has been built upon a false construct.

This completely undermines the entire historic timeline developed by mainstream academia in regards to the development of both Vedic/Hindu civilization and Indian history.

The region of modern India has always been the epicenter of High Vedic/Hindu Civilization and culture. No one anywhere has ever suggested the region of modern Vietnam to be the origin of Hindu civilization yet it is in Vietnam that we now have the world’s most ancient example of Indic style Vedic Vaishnava art. Thus it stands to reason that if Vedic Vaishnava art, culture and religion flourished 4000 years ago in prehistoric Vietnam it was undoubtedly flourishing in ancient India as well.

Once again science and archeology have confirmed the Vedic conclusion. As the Vedic literature states 5000 years ago India was home to a highly evolved and advanced civilization. This civilization was centered on its sacred traditions. The worship of the Supreme Lord Vishnu, Lord Shiva, Lakshmi and Durga was widespread and in fact spanned the entire globe.

These traditions presented themselves in diverse manners, as seen in modern India, yet among this diversity was a commonality based upon the authority of the Vedic scriptures and traditions. The recognizably Indic forms of the Vedic traditions spanned the globe from the Philippines to the Middle East and Siberia to Australia. Yet the same Divinities were worshiped and the same traditions were practiced throughout the world.

From Ratnakar to Valmiki

Valmiki was not the name that his parents chose for the poet. His real name was Ratnakar.

Valmiki lived in Treta Yug. In those days, there was a thick forest all along the banks of the river Ganga. Many sages built their hermitage in that forest for their 'tapas' (penance). Among them was a sage by the name of Prachetasa. He had, a son called Ratnakar. When he was s a very young boy, one day he went into the forest. While playing he lost his way and began to cry. Just then a hunter came there looking for a prey. He saw the chubby boy and fondled and pacified him. The hunter had no children. He took the boy to his hut in the midst of the jungle.

Ratnakar's father searched for his son all around the hermitage, but could not find him. Finally he and his wife thought that the boy had become the prey of some wild beast. Both wept very much.

The hunter and his wife brought up the lad with great love. Ratnakar forgot his parents. He took the hunter for his father and the hunter's wife for his mother. He was taught how to hunt by the father. Ratnakar was a clever boy and learnt it quickly. He became a hunter with a sure aim.

When he came of age, his foster father searched for a bride and celebrated his marriage with a beautiful girl from a hunter’s family. In a few years they had childrens. Thus Ratnakar's family grew in size. It became very difficult for him to provide food and clothing to his large family. So he took to robbery. He began to attack people going from one village to another, frighten them and to away all that they had. If they opposed him, he killed them.

One day Ratnakar was sitting by the side of a road waiting for a victim. It happened that the great sage Narada was passing that way. Narada had his favorite musical instrument, a Veena, in his hands. As he played on the Veena, he was singing a song in praise of God. When he was thus lost in joy, suddenly Ratnakar rushed at him. He lifted the stout staff in his hands and shouted, "Look here! Hand over all you have or else I'll break your head."

But Narada was not an ordinary man. He was a divine sage, and one who wandered all over the Earth, the Heaven and the Underworld. He was not frightened by the loud shouts of Ratnakar. He smilingly said, "My dear man, all that I have only this old Veena and the rags I wear; if you want them, you can certainly take them. Why should you break my head for these?"

Ratnakar was astonished at these words. He looked up at Narada's face. There was neither fear nor anger; there was only peace.As he gazed, his cruel mind melted into tenderness.

Narada sat beneath a tree and as played on the Veena, sang a song in praise of God. It was sweet like the song of cuckoo. Ratnakar was deeply moved. Noticing the change, the sage Narada paused in his song and said, "Brother, stealing is a sin. Killing animals is also sinful. Why do you do such evil?"

"Sire, what can I do Ratnakar replied, I have a large family. There are my old parents and my wife and children; they partake of my happiness and my troubles. I have to provide them with food and clothing. Hunting and stealing are all I know. What else can I do?"

The sage smiled and said, "My friend, will any member of your family partake of your sin also? Go and ask them, and bring back their reply."

Ratnakar thought that Narada was trying a trick to make his escape. Narada understood it and again said, "Well, child, if you do not trust me, you can tie me to this tree and then go."
Ratnakar thought that was all right. He tied Narada to a tree and went home.

On reaching home, he first went to his father and then mother and when he asked Can you not share in my sin?"

They got angry and said, No, we cannot share your sins. You have to suffer for what you do."

He then went to his wife and said, "Do you know how I earn to provide you and your children with food and clothing? It is by robbery. But I steal for your sake. Therefore you are also partners in my sin. Isn't that so?"

The wife was displeased and said, 'What are you saying? What have we to do with your sin? You are my husband, and my children are your children. It is your duty to look after us and give us food and clothing."

Ratnakar's eyes were opened. He realized that he alone was responsible for all his sins no one else would share his sin. As soon as it was clear to him, he ran to Narada. He untied the sage and amidst weeping, narrated to him all that had happened in his home. Falling at Narada's feet he asked the sage, "Oh, sire now what of me? How can I atone for all the sins I have committed? You are my only savior."

Narada taught the robber the mantra for salvation. But, the mantra in question, the name of Lord Rama, was not to be given to murderers and the like. Narada thus told Valmiki to chant "Mara" the phonetic anagram of "Rama" instead to circumvent this restriction.He said, I shall come here again, Till then you should not get up and go away." Then the sage departed.

Mara…Mara…Mara soon became Rama… Rama…Rama
Ratnakar continued his 'tapas’ chanting the name of Rama. His eyes were closed. His whole mind was concentrate on the chanting of the name of the Lord He forgot his existence. He had neither food nor sleep for days and days. And in this way quite a few years passed. An ant-hill grew all around and above him. He could not even be seen by anybody.

At last one day the sage Narada again came that way. Of course, he knew that Ratnakar was inside the ant-hill. Very carefully he cleared that ant-hill still Ratnakar was wholly lost in his 'tapas' and did not wake up to the world around him. Narada chanted the name of Rama in his ears. Then he opened his eyes and saw the sage standing before him. He saluted him from where he was sitting. Narada helped him to get up. He also gently touched him all over. Ratnakar felt new life flowing through him. He touched the sage's feet; Narada lifted him up and embraced him. He said to him, "Ratnakar, you are blessed. God is pleased with your 'tapas'. You are now a sage of the highest order, a Brahmarshi. As you are now reborn from a Valmika (the ant-hill), will hereafter be famous as Valmiki."

Tears of joy welled up in Valmiki’s eyes at these words. He prostrated before Narada again and said, "Sire, all this is your kindness. The company of good men uplifts man. I am myself a proof of this." Narada blessed him and went his way.

WOMAN ...THE PROTECTORS OF DHARMA OF BHARATA

 

The The ancient scriptures starting from Rig-ved to Ramayana and the Mahabharata, the Manu Smriti all talks about the equivalent place of a women to a man.

☞ “O women! These mantras are given to you equally (as to men). May your thoughts, too, be harmonious. May your assemblies be open to all without discrimination. Your mind and consciousness should be harmonious. I (the rishi) give you these mantras equally as to men and give you all and equal powers to absorb (the full powers) of these mantras.” Rig-veda 10-191-3.

☞ There are more than thirty women sages (Gargi Vachaknavi , Lopamudra, etc.) in RV with specific hymns associated with them. In all the Semitic religions like Christianity, Islam etc., there is no mention of any revelation to women and no woman is listed among the prominent disciples of the founders or prophets of those religions.

Birth of the Goddess:
The feminine forms of the Absolute and the popular Hindu goddesses are believed to have taken shape in the Vedic era. These female forms came to represent different feminine qualities and energies of the Brahman. Goddess Kali portrays the destructive energy, Durga the protective, Lakshmi the nourishing, and Saraswati the creative. Here it’s notable that Hinduism recognizes both the masculine and feminine attributes of the Divine, and that without honoring the feminine aspects, one cannot claim to know God in his entirety. So we also have many male-female divine-duos like Radha-Krishna, Sita-Rama, Uma-Mahesh, and Lakshmi-Narayan, where the female form is usually addressed first.

Education of the Girl Child:
Vedic literature praises the birth of a scholarly daughter in these words: “A girl also should be brought up and educated with great effort and care.” (Mahanirvana Tantra); and “All forms of knowledge are aspects of Thee; and all women throughout the world are Thy forms.” (Devi Mahatmya)

Women were considered to be the embodiment of great virtue and wisdom.
☞ “The sun god follows the first illuminated and enlightened goddess Usha (dawn) in the same manner as men emulate and follow women.” Athravaveda Samhita, Part 2, Kanda 27, sukta 107, sloka 5705.

☞ Katyayana’s Varttika 125, 2477 mentions that there were female teachers of grammar. Patanjali wrote in his comments to Ashtadhyayi 3.3.21 and 4.1.14, that women undergo the thread ceremony before beginning their education, and says that women studied grammar

☞ Women, who so desired, could undergo the sacred thread ceremony or ‘Upanayana’ (a sacrament to pursue Vedic studies), which is only meant for males even to this day. Co-education seems to have existed in this period and both the sexes got equal attention from the teacher. Moreover, ladies from the Kshatriya caste received martial arts courses and arms training.

Women & Marriage
☞ The wife “should address the assembly as a commander.”~ RV 10.85.26

According to Manusmriti there are eight types of marriage, of which four were more prominent. The first was ‘brahma’, where the daughter was given as gift to a good man learned in the Vedas; the second was ‘daiva’ , where the daughter was given as a gift to the presiding priest of a Vedic sacrifice. ‘Arsa’ was the third kind where the groom had to pay to get the lady, and ‘prajapatya’, the fourth kind, where the father gave his daughter to a man who promised monogamy and faithfulness.

☞ In the Vedic age there was both the custom of ‘Kanyavivaha’ where the marriage of a pre-puberty girl was arranged by her parents and ‘praudhavivaha’ where the girls were married off after attaining puberty. Then there was also the custom of ‘Swayamvara’ where girls, usually of royal families, had the freedom to choose her husband from among the eligible bachelors invited to her house for the occasion.

☞ The hymn 10.85 of the Rig-veda states that the daughter-in-law should be treated as a queen, samrajni, by all the family members especially the mother-in-law, husband, father-in-law.

Polygamy:
Thus certain mantras in Vedas describe demerits of Polygamy.
☞ compares existence of multiple wives with multiple worldly miseries. ~Rig Veda 10.105.8
☞A man with two wives is pressed from both sides and weeps like a horse that neighs when pressed from both sides by spokes while driving a chariot. ~ Rig Veda 10.101.11
☞ Two wives make life aimless. ~ Rig Veda 10.101.11
☞ May a woman never face threat of another co-wife. ~ Atharva Veda 3.18.2
☞ “As yearning wives cleave to their yearning husband, so cleave our hymns to thee, O Lord most potent.” ~ Rig Veda 1.62.11

Wifehood in the Vedic Era
As in present, after marriage, the girl became a ‘grihini’ (wife) and was considered ‘ardhangini’ or one half of her husband’s being. Both of them constituted the ‘griha’ or home, and she was considered its ‘samrajni (queen or mistress) and had an equal share in the performance of religious rites.

☞ Rig-veda says the freedom of choosing of husband: A woman can choose her own husband after attaining maturity. If her parents are unable to choose a deserving groom, she can herself choose her husband.” ~ 9.90-91.

☞ The Manusmriti enjoins, “‘Let mutual fidelity continue until death.’ This may be considered the summation of the highest law for husband and wife. ~Manu Smriti IX 101

☞ “O bride! May the knowledge of the Vedas be in front of you and behind you, in your centre and in your ends. May you conduct your life after attaining the knowledge of the Vedas. May you be benevolent, the harbinger of good fortune and health and live in great dignity and indeed be illumined in your husband’s home.” ~ Atharva Veda 14-1-64

Divorce, Remarriage & Widowhood
Divorce and remarriage of women were allowed under very special conditions. If a woman lost her husband, she was not forced to undergo the merciless practices that cropped up in later years. Both the Manusamhita and the Arthashastra state that if a husband is impotent, a traitor, an ascetic or an outcast, or missing for a prescribed number of years, the wife take her property (‘Stridhan’), leave him without blame and marry again. The Arthashastra also declares that in other circumstances, divorce can take place only by mutual consent.Prostitution in the Vedic Age.

In NAsmR 12.45-48, there are three types of punarbhu, or a remarried widow: The virgin widow, the woman who abandons her husband to take up with another man and then returns to her husband, and the woman who has no brothers-in-law who can give her offspring.

Unfortunately today some orthodox persons deny the right of women even from chanting the Veda and Bhagwat Gita. Persons from other religion like Islam and Christens try to defame the moral value of women in Hinduism. However, they cannot cite any authoritative scripture to support their views. Any book in Sanskrit cannot be accepted as a scripture or divine revelation. In the past when the famous poet, Sanskrit scholar and spiritual savant, Vasishta Ganapati Muni, the foremost disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi, challenged these orthodox persons to provide evidence to support their claims, no evidence was forth coming. Even today they can’t fool people with their propaganda.

Mokshapath(मोक्षपथ) - Snake and Ladder

Snake and Ladder is an ancient Indian game which was brought to west by the British in 1892. It was called Mokshapath meaning Path to Salvation(मोक्ष का मार्ग). In sanskrit Moksh=Salvation and Path=Path

Let us understand its basics:
The vedic (hindu) belief about life and death is of rebirth. One life form might be reborn as any form of life after its death. A human in this birth might be reborn as an insect in his next birth. A frog in this birth might be reborn as a human in its next birth!

This cycle of life and death and rebirth continues, which is why the vedas say that soul never dies! Depending on how well a soul spends its life doing good things, it can be freed from this cycle of life, death and rebirth and attain Moksh (Probably enter heaven and live happily ever after!).

So the aim of life is to attain this Moksh or Nirvana! Vedas say that it is extremely lucky to be born as a human and that one should not miss this opportunity to get the most out of it. One has to use this to get Moksh where a normal soul (Aatma) gets united with the Universal soul (Paramaatma) and is freed from the cycle of birth and death! There are stories in vedas where even other life forms like animals attained Moksh by their good deeds! So its not limited to humans alone!

This game originated in ancient India and was called Mokshapath which means the path of salvation. The ultimate goal of the game was to achieve salvation by reaching the top. Every time a person does a bad deed, he ends up at the snake’s mouth and is demoted in the game of attaining salvation.

Every time a person does a good deed, he ends up at the ladder’s bottom and is promoted upwards in the game of attaining salvation.! The aim of this game was to teach children the basic tenets of hindiusm that lies in the vedas. Good deeds we move up in life. Bad deeds and we move down in life. The ladders represented virtues and snakes vices.

The game was drawn out on a cloth divided into blocks called houses, each representing emotions. For ex: the snake at hinsa (violence) would take one down to mahanarak (great hell) while ladder at Vidyabhyas (education) would take one up to the Shastras (knowledge). The game was played with dices and cowrie-shells.

In the original game, these were the squares where ladder was found to move upwards:
12 was faith
51 was Reliability
57 was Generosity
76 was Knowledge
78 was Asceticism.

Snakes were found at the following squares:
41 was for Disobedience
44 for Arrogance
49 for Vulgarity
52 for Theft
58 for Lying
62 for Drunkenness
69 for Debt
73 for Murder
84 for Anger
92 for Greed
95 for Pride
99 for Lust

100 was the square of Moksha or Nirvana! The ultimate goal of the game. You win when you reach the 100th square!

The british took this game to England from India in 1892 and called it snakes and ladders (Its a rather very uninteresting name, compared to Mokshapath – Path of Nirvana )

चाणक्य के १५ अमर वाक्य

चाणक्य के १५ अमर वाक्य :

१ ) दूसरों की गलतियों से सीखो...अपने ही ऊपर प्रयोग करके सीखने को तुम्हारी आयु कम पड़ेगी...।

२ )किसी भी व्यक्ति को बहुत ईमानदार नहीं होना चाहिए...सीधे वृक्ष और व्यक्ति ही पहले काटे जाते हैं...।

३ )अगर कोई सर्प जहरीला नहीं है तब भी उसे जहरीला दिखना चाहिए... वैसे दंश भले ही न दो पर दंश दे सकने की क्षमता का दूसरों को अहसास करवाते रहना चाहिए...।

४ )हर मित्रता के पीछे कोई स्वार्थ जरूर होता है...यह कड़वा सच है...।

५ )कोई भी काम शुरू करने के पहले तीन सवाल अपने आपसे पूछो... मैं ऐसा क्यों करने जा रहा हूँ ...? इसका क्या परिणाम होगा...? क्या मैं सफल रहूँगा...?

६ )भय को नजदीक न आने दो...अगर यह नजदीक आये इस पर हमला कर दो...यानी भय से भागो मत इसका सामना करो...

७ )दुनिया की सबसे बड़ी ताकत पुरुष का विवेक और महिला की सुन्दरता है...

८ )काम का निष्पादन करो...परिणाम से मत डरो...

९ )सुगंध का प्रसार हवा के रुख का मोहताज़ होता है...पर अच्छाई सभी दिशाओं में फैलती है...

१० )ईश्वर चित्र में नहीं चरित्र में बसता है...अपनी आत्मा को मंदिर बनाओ...

११ )व्यक्ति अपने आचरण से महान होता है जन्म से नहीं...

१२ )ऐसे व्यक्ति जो आपके स्तर से ऊपर या नीचे के हैं उन्हें दोस्त न बनाओ... वह तुम्हारे कष्ट का कारण बनेगे...समान स्तर के मित्र ही सुखदायक होते हैं...

१३ )अपने बच्चों को पहले पांच साल तक खूब प्यार करो... छः साल से पंद्रह साल तक कठोर अनुशासन और संस्कार दो... सोलह साल से उनके साथ मित्रवत व्यवहार करो... आपकी संतति ही आपकी सबसे अच्छी मित्र है...

१४ )अज्ञानी के लिए किताबें और अंधे के लिए दर्पण एक समान उपयोगी है...

१५ )शिक्षा सबसे अच्छा मित्र है। शिक्षित व्यक्ति सदैव सम्मान पाता है। शिक्षा की शक्ति के आगे युवा शक्ति और सौंदर्य दोनों ही कमजोर है।

Sikandar Butshikan (Sikandar Destroyer of idols)

Sikandar Butshikan (सिकंदर बुतशिकन) (Sikandar the Iconoclast), also known as Alexander the Iconoclast, was the second Sultan of the Shah Miri dynasty of Kashmir 1389–1413.

Sikandar won the sobriquet of but-shikan(बुतशिकन) or idol-breaker, due to his actions related to the desecration and destruction of numerous temples, caityas, viharas, shrines, hermitages and other holy places of the Hindus and Buddhists.

Seven mounds of the sacred thread (janeu) of murdered Kashmiri Hindus were burnt by Sikandar But-Shikan. More than a lakh of Kasmiri pandits were brutally murdered and burnt at one spot near Rainawari. The spot is now known as Batta Mazaar (Kashmiri Hindu cemetery).

Sultan Sikandar working out the motivational inputs of Sufi Saint, Mir Mohammad Hamadani waged a crusade against the Hindus to realise their conversion to Islam. Due to his actions, large numbers of Hindus converted, fled, or were killed for refusal to convert.

He banned dance, drama, music and iconography as aesthetic activities of the Hindus and Buddhists and fiated them as heretical and un-Islamic. He forbade the Hindus to apply a tilak mark on their foreheads. He did not permit them to pray and worship, blow a conch shell or toll a bell. Eventually he went on burning temples and all Kashmiri texts to eliminate Shirk. Sikandar stopped Hindus and Buddhists from cremating their dead. Jizya (poll-tax) equal to 4 tolas of silver was imposed on the Hindus.

"Hindus were forcibly converted to Islam and were massacred in case they refused to be converted'," writes Hasan, a Muslim chronicler. He further observes, "And Sikandarpora (a city laid out by Sultan Sikandar) was laid out on the debris of the destroyed temples of the Hindus. In the neighbourhood of the royal palaces in Sikandarpora, the Sultan destroyed the temples of Maha-Shri built by Praversena and another by Tarapida. The material from these was used for constructing a 'Jami' mosque in the middle of the city."

"Towards the fag end of his life, he (Sultan Sikandar) was infused with a zeal for demolishing idol-houses, destroying the temples and idols of the infidels. He destroyed the massive temple at Beejbehara. He had designs to destroy all the temples and put an end to the entire community of infidels," puts Bharistan-i-Shahi.

In his second Rajtarangini, the historian Jonraj has recorded, "There was no city, no town, no village, no wood, where the temples of the gods were unbroken. When Sureshavari, varaha and others were broken, the world trembled, but not so the mind of the wicked king. He forgot his kingly duties and took delight day and night in breaking images."

Temples were levelled and some of the grandest monuments of old damaged and disfigured. Thousands of Hindus escaped across the borders of Kashmir, others were massacred." He further records, "Hindu temples were felled to the ground and for one year a large establishment was maintained for the demolition of the grand Martand temple. But when the massive masonry resisted all efforts, fire was applied and the noble buildings cruelly defaced."

भारत बहुत ही गरीब देश है ??

हमारे देश के बारे में यह प्रचारित किया गया है कि भारत बहुत ही गरीब देश है ???

यदि यह देश गरीब होता तो क्या जवाहर लाल नेहरू का कपड़ा पेरिस में धुलने जाता ?

 दुनियाँ भर के विदेशी आक्रमण क्या हमारी गुदडी चुराने के लिए हुए थे।
चंगेज खान 4 करोड लोगों की हत्या करके क्या अपने घोडों पर ईंट और पत्थर लाद कर ले गया था ? 

सोमनाथ मंदिर को बार बार सोने से कौन भर देता था यदि हमारे पुरखे गरीब थे ?

श्रम करने वाला कभी गरीब हो ही नहीं सकता है। हमारे किसान औसत १४ घंटे काम करते हैं। वे गरीब क्यों हैं ?

आज हमारे देश से विदेशी कंपनियां आधिकारिक रूप से 2,32,000 करोड़ का शुद्ध मुनाफा अपने देश लेकर जा रही हैं। बाकी सभी तरह का फर्जी हिसाब, उनका आयातित कच्चे माल का भुगतान, चोरी आदि जोड़ा जाय तो यह रकम 25,00,000 करोड़ सलाना बैठती है। क्या कोई गरीब देश इतना टर्न ओवर पैदा करवा सकता है ?

हमारे देश में दवाओं का सालाना कारोबार 10,00,000 करोड़ का है, क्या यह गरीब देश की निशानी है ?

हमारे देश में सालाना 6,00,000 करोड़ का जहर का व्यापार विदेशी कंपनियां कर रही है। क्या यह गरीबी की निशानी है ?

हमारे देश में 10,000 लाख करोड़ का खनिज पाया जाता है और इसका दोहन भी विदेशी कंपनियां बहुत ही सस्ते भाव पर कर रही हैं। तो क्या हम गरीब हैं?

जब हम रॉकेट और सैटेलाइट बना कर चांद पर पहुंच सकते हैं तो नोट छापने का काम उन विदेशी कंपनियों को क्यों दिया जाता है जो हमारी पीठ में छुरा घोंपकर उसी डिजाइन में थोडा सा न दिखने वाला परिवर्तन करके खरबों रुपये का नकली नोट छापकर विदेशी खुफिया तंत्रों को बेचकर हमें कंगाल बना रही हैं?

यदि हम गरीब होते तो क्या अंग्रेज यहां खाक छानने आये थे। राबर्ट क्लाइव 900 पानी के जहाज भरकर सोना चांदी हीरे सिर्फ कोलकाता से कैसे ले गया था?

यदि हम गरीब होते तो हमारे देश का आजादी के बाद 400 लाख करोड रूपया विदेशी बैंकों में कैसे जमा हो गया?

हमें शुरू से ही भीख मांगने की आदत पड जाये, इसके लिए हमारे स्वाभिमानी बच्चों को स्कूल में ही कटोरा पकड़ा कर मिड डे मील के नाम पर खरबों की लूट जारी है, क्यों ?

हम काहिल हो जाएं, इसके लिए मनरेगा योजना में खरबों रूपयों क्यों लुटाया जा रहा है ?

यदि हम गरीब होते तो क्या विदेशी यहां हर प्रकार की वस्तु फ्री में बेचने के लिए आते ?

सोचिए और आदर कीजिए अपने भारत का और सनातन संस्कृति और भारत की रक्षा के लिए आगे आईए।

Why do we not touch papers, books & people with the feet?

In Indian homes, we are taught from a very young age; never to touch papers, books and people with our feet.  If the feet accidentally touch papers, books, musical instruments or any other educational equipment, children are told reverentially touch what was stamped with their hands and then touch their eyes as a mark of apology.

To Indians, knowledge is sacred and divine.  So it must be given respect at all times.  Now a days, we separate subjects as sacred and secular.  But in ancient India every subject - academic or spiritual - was considered divine and taught by the guru in the gurukul.

Books represents knowledge.  The deity of knowledge is (Goddess of Learning) Saraswati.  Touching the books with feet or kicking somebody's school bag which contains books is considered sinful.  It shows disrespect for Saraswati.  The bad karma of kicking or nudging a book with the feet results in bad fruit; we do not gain knowledge.

Similarly, one should not let feet touch any musical or educational instrument.  Hindus respect every object from which knowledge is gained.  Children in India respect even new notebooks, pens, pencils, etc., by taking them to their nearest mandir (temple) so that the pujari (priest) may sanctify them at Bhagwans's feet.

If one's feet accidentally touch a book or even a person, then one should mentally pray for forgiveness, as well as ritually bow down and touch that person's feet as a gesture of regret and also ask him to pardon one.  Such humility develops one's character immensely.  Additionally, knowledge becomes useful for only he who is humble, according to the Sanskrit sutra; vidya vinayena shobhate.

The custom of not stepping on educational tools is  a frequent reminder of the high position accorded to knowledge in Indian culture.  From  an early age, the wisdom fosters in us a deep reverence for books and education.  This is also the reason why we worship books, vehicles and instruments once a year on Saraswati Pooja or Ayudha Pooja day, dedicated to the Goddess of Learning.  In fact, each day before starting our studies, we pray:


Saraswati namasthubyam
Varade kaama roopini
Vidyaarambham karishyaami
Sidhirbhavatu me sadaa

O Goddess Saraswati, the giver of
boons and fulfiller of wishes,
I prostrate to You before
starting my studies.
May You always fulfill me.

Children are also strongly discouraged from touching people with their feet.  Even if this happens accidentally, we touch the person and bring the fingers to our eyes as a mark of apology.  Even when elders touch a younger person inadvertently with their feet, they immediately apologize.

 Man is regarded as the most beautiful, living, breathing temple of the Lord!.  Therefore, touching another with the feet is akin to disrespecting the divinity within him or her.  This calls for an immediate apology, which is offered with reverence and humility.

Thus, many of our custom are designed to be simple but powerful reminders or pointers of profound philosophical truths.  This is one of the factors that has kept Indian culture alived across centuries.

Hindu Idols at Qutub Complex

About the Qutub Minar itself there is overwhelming proof that it was a Hindu tower existing hundreds of years before Qutubuddin and therefore it is wrong to ascribe the tower to Qutubuddin.

Qutubuddin has left us an inscription that he destroyed these pavilions. But he has not said that he raised any tower. The destroyed temple was renamed as Quwat-ul-Islam mosque.

Stones dislodged from the so-called Qutub Minar have Hindu images on one side with Arabic lettering on the other. Those stones have now been moved to the Museum. They clearly show that Muslim invaders used to remove the stone- dressing of Hindu buildings, turn the stones inside out to hide the image facial and inscribe Arabic lettering on the new frontage.

Bits of Sanskrit inscriptions can still be deciphered in the premises on numerous pillars and walls. Numerous images still adorn the cornices though disfigured.

According to a Persian inscription still on the inner eastern gateway of Quwat-ul-Islam mosque, the mosque was built by the parts taken by destruction of twenty-seven Hindu and Jain temples built previously during Tomars and Prithvi Raj Chauhan, and leaving certain parts of the temple outside the mosque proper.Historical records compiled by Muslim historian Maulana Hakim Saiyid Abdul Hai attest to the iconoclasm of Qutb-ud-din Aibak.

Look at these disfigured Hindu statues and idols, can you a name any structure ever built by any Muslim leader where they had Hindu idols

Disfigured idol of Lord Vishnu

Disfigured idol of Lord Vishnu excavated from the ruins of Avantipur temple of Kashmir that was desecrated by Islamic barbarian(Sikandar Butshikan) in the valley.
During Sikandar Butshikan's (Sikandar Destroyer of idols)(सिकंदर बुतशिकन) tyrannical reign majority of Hindu temples were destroyed in Kashmir. Hindus were forcibly converted to Islam and were massacred in case they refused to be converted.

Swastik - A symbol for forces of the Macro and Micro-cosmos

The term swastik emanates from the Sanskrit word swasti = su (good) asti (being). As a symbol, swastik is a line-design invented by the vedic sages. Its specific geometry is believed to have some relation with certain natural energy fields. It is drawn as a cross with equal arms when all the arms are continued as far again at right angles clockwise. The sublime effects, in terms of the cosmic energy currents superimposed in the unique pattern of swastik, correspond to what the swastik symbolizes -- auspiciousness, well-being.

The clockwise (dakshinavarta) direction is of significant importance, as it also happens to be the direction of movement (as we see it on the earth) of the sun, which rises in the east and sets in the west. The four sides of the swastik thus represent the four principal directions. The symbol of swastik is being used as a holy sign in India since the time of yore. Scriptural descriptions define it as a divine symbol that encompasses (in coded form) several important meanings and mysterious formulae or signs representing specific energy cycles in the universe.

Scholars of vedic literature also interpret the swastik symbol as the coded design of the electromagnetic / magnetic energy fields around the solar systems nucleus. Valmikiya Ramayana cites the appearance of swastik symbol as that of the bluish line-design seen on the crest of the cobra - king of snakes.

स्वस्ति न इन्द्रो वृद्धश्रवाः।

स्वस्ति नः पूषा विश्ववेदाः।

स्वस्ति नस्तार्क्ष्यो अरिष्टनेमिः।

स्वस्ति नो ब्रिहस्पतिर्दधातु !!

This sacred hymn of the Yajur-veda is a swastivachana - a prayer, an ardent aspiration, for the highest good and well-being of all beings, of everything, of the whole universe. Heart-felt chanting of this hymn is an integral part of initiating every religious sacrament or important familial ceremony in the vedic cultural rituals. It conveys the core meaning hidden in the vedic symbol of swastik

Bharat ki Raniya

कई सालों तक हम मानते रहे की रज़िया सुलतान से पहले भारत में कोई रानी राज पाट नहीं चलाती थी | क्या है की इतिहास की जो क़िताबें स्कूल में पढाई जाती थी उसमे कई कई साल गायब थे भारत के इतिहास से | सिर्फ साल गायब होते तो कोई बहुत अंतर पड़ता ऐसा नहीं है, कई कई इलाक़े भी गायब थे | अब जैसे इतिहास की किताबें उलटेंगे तो कश्मीर का जिक्र शायद ही कहीं मिले | बंगाल के आगे यानि की जिसे आज नार्थ ईस्ट कहते हैं उसका जिक्र भी नहीं आता |

कश्मीर में दसवीं शताब्दी में एक रानी थी दिद्दा, ये बड़ी ही दुष्ट रानी थी | अपने बेटे के संरक्षक के रूप में रानी बनी थी और इस से पहले की बेटा राज काज सँभालने लायक हो उसे मरवा देती थी, फिर उस से छोटे बेटे के संरक्षक के तौर पर रानी बन जाती थी | इस तरह उसने अपने कई बेटों को मरवाया |

एक भली सी रानी थी वारंगल में, काकतीय वंश की रुद्रम्मा (1259-1288), वो अपने क़ानूनी दस्तावेजों के लिए विख्यात हैं | राज्य के सारे दस्तावेज वो ऐसी भाषा में लिखवाती थीं जो पुल्लिंग हों | उनके शाषण काल के दस्तावेज देखकर रानी के जारी किये दस्तावेज हैं ये पता करना थोड़ा मुश्किल होता है |

गृह्वर्मन जो की कान्यकुब्ज के आखरी मुखारी वंश के राजा थे उनकी विधवा पत्नी राज्यश्री भी राज काज देखती थीं | बाद में उनके है हर्ष राजा हुए | अक्कादेवी जो की चालुक्य राजा जयसिम्हा द्वित्तीय (1015 – 1042) की बहन थी वो भी राज पाट देखती थीं | अपने भाई के राज्य काल में ही वो एक छोटे राज्य की रानी थी | कुन्दावी प्रसिद्ध चोल राजा राजराजा प्रथम की बड़ी बहन थी | वो भी अपने भाई के राज्य में ही एक छोटे राज्य की रानी थी |

अक्कादेवी ने कई लड़ाइयों में भाग लिया था, किलों के घेराव का भी वो नेतृत्व करती थी | होयसल राजा विरबल्लाला द्वितीय (1173 – 1220) की रानी थी उमादेवी, वो दो बार अपने अधीनस्थ राजाओं के विद्रोह करने पर उनके ख़िलाफ़ सैन्य अभियानों के नेतृत्व में थी |

ये सारे पन्ने हमारी किताबों से गायब हो गए हैं | शुक्र है की रानी चेनम्मा और रानी लक्ष्मीबाई ज्यादा पुराने समय की नहीं हैं | लोक कथाओं ने इन्हें भारत के कल्पित इतिहास में विलुप्त होने से बचा लिया |

Vedas do not permit beef consumption

The vested interests that malign the Vedas are not confined to foreign and home-bred indologists alone.

Saying that the Vedas permit beef-eating and cow-slaughter amounts to striking a lethal blow to a Hindu’s soul. Respect for cow forms a core tenet of Hinduism. There are millions of ill-informed Hindus who are not empowered to counter argue and hence quietly surrender.

Vedas are completely against animal killing and  violence on innocent creatures. Vedic  Yajna is by definition non-violent and animal sacrifice is against Vedic precepts.

Contrary to claims of beef consumption in Vedas, there are references that call for protection of cows and destruction of those who kill this most productive and harmless animal.

Not only the Vedas are against animal slaughter but also vehemently oppose and prohibit cow slaughter.Yajurveda forbids killing of cows, for they provide energizing food for human beings.

Here are few examples from Vedas:

Ghrtam duhaanaamaditim janaayaagne maa himsiheeh

Yajurveda 13.49

Do not kill cows and bulls who always deserve to be protected.

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Aare gohaa nrhaa vadho vo astu

Rigveda 7.56.17

In Rigveda cow slaughter has been declared a heinous crime equivalent to human murder and it has been said that those who commits this crime should be punished.

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Aghnyeyam saa vardhataam mahate soubhagaaya

Rigveda 1.164.27

Cow – The aghnya – brings us health and prosperity

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Suprapaanam Bhavatvaghnyaayaah

Rigveda 5.83.8

There should be excellent facility for pure water for Aghnya Cow

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Yah paurusheyena kravishaa samankte yo ashwena pashunaa yaatudhaanah

Yo aghnyaayaa bharati ksheeramagne teshaam sheershaani harasaapi vrishcha

Rigveda 10.87.16

Those who feed on human, horse or animal flesh and those who destroy milk-giving Aghnya cows should be severely punished.

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Vimucchyadhvamaghnyaa devayaanaa aganma

Yajurveda 12.73

The Aghnya cows and bulls bring you prosperity

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Maa gaamanaagaamaditim vadhishta

Rigveda 8.101.15

Do not kill the cow. Cow is innocent and aditi – that ought not to be cut into pieces

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Vatsam jaatamivaaghnyaa

Atharvaveda 3.30.1

Love each other as the Aghnya – non-killable cow – loves its calf

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The entire 28th Sukta or Hymn of 6th Mandal of Rigveda sings the glory of cow.

Aa gaavo agnamannuta bhadramakrantseedantu

Bhooyobhooyo rayimidasya vardhayannabhinne

Na taa nashanti na dabhaati taskaro naasaamamitro vyathiraa dadharshati

Na taa arvaa renukakaato ashnute na samskritramupa yanti taa abhi

Gaavo bhago gaava indro me achhaan

Yooyam gaavo medayathaa

Maa vah stena eeshata maaghanshasah

1. Everyone should ensure that cows are free from miseries and kept healthy.

2. God blesses those who take care of cows.

3. Even the enemies should not use any weapon on cows

4. No one should slaughter the cow

5. Cow brings prosperity and strength

6. If cows keep healthy and happy, men and women shall also keep disease free and prosperous

7. May the cow eat green grass and pure water. May they not be killed and bring prosperity to us.

  

What more proofs does one need to understand the high esteem in which not only the cow but each living being is held in the Vedas