Can't Talk About Any Iconic Bhakts Of Maa Saraswati, But I've Never Heard A Single Performance Of Folk

I might be too late to comment on this.

So yes Operation Sindoor was a success. It was a feat.

But the moment some fools in India came to know Col. Sofiya Qureshi was amongst the 2 women who led this, all of them started reducing her to just her religious identity. I even heard someone say "it must be intentional because the terrorists attacked based on religion" what if it's not. What if she was chosen because she could lead it. Not because of some DEI points either.

Let's not promote the same thing we stand against.

Dancing Saraswati Hoysaleswara temple, Halebidu, Karnataka

Halebid – also referred to as Halebidu, Dwarasamudra, Dorasamudra – was a major city prior to the 14th-century in Hoysala kingdom.It is now a small town in south Karnataka. The temple belongs to the Shaivism tradition of Hinduism.

Like major historic Hindu temple complexes on the Indian subcontinent, this temple reverentially includes legends and ideas of Vaishnavism and Shaktism traditions of Hinduism. It was built in the first half of 12th century. During the early 14th century, Halebidu temple site along with others were sacked, looted and much artwork was damaged (particularly nose/face, limbs, sexual organs) by Muslim invaders from northern India (Khilji dynasty and Tughlaq dynasty of Delhi Sultanate). The relief panels present legends from the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the Bhagavata Purana and secular fables found in Sanskrit texts of Hinduism. Vedic deities such as Agni, Indra and Surya, various avatars of Vishnu, the Hindu goddesses such as Saraswati, Lakshmi avatars, Durga, Kali among others are presented.

The carving is three dimensional where the deep reliefs often emerge as statues with depth. Panels are continuous, with one perspective showing one part of the legend, a perpendicular perspective of the same column or wall or corner showing another part of the same legend. The carving material was soapstone.

Above: Sarasvati is typically shown seated and holding a musical instrument. She is, however, the goddess of knowledge and all arts in Hinduism. The reliefs at Hoysalesvara temple show her in many panel, some where she holds a musical instrument. Three panels show her dancing, in a classical Indian dance posture (all are damaged panels, two of these panels is better preserved, the third is badly damaged). In this better preserved panel, she has eight hands and she holds a pen, a palm leaf manuscript, tools of other arts as she dances.

📷 by Ms Sarah Welch (via wikipedia)

Today is International Day of Mother Language and I want to celebrate my mother language Awadhi.

It is not a language I speak but it is a language that my parents and my relatives speak and my ancestors used to speak. And I want to honour that.

Awadhi, a language spoken in parts of Uttar Pradesh, holds so much history, beauty, and meaning. It's a language rich with stories, songs, and traditions.

the loss of life is tragic but why were you vacationing on a land that your state has been violently occupying for decades in the first place?

Jai Hanuman

Pakistan is the one attacking Indian cities and civilians.

And what do we do if you hide your terrorists in your homes and religious places. What do we do if you turn your schools and hospitals in terror base camps. How are we to be blamed if you use innocent children and women as shields to save your terrorist men.

It is like saying "please don't attack our homes" all while you're keeping terrorists as guests in your homes. Ofcourse you'd feel bad if someone comes and attacks your guests. But that doesn't make them saints. Neither does it make us villains.

What you sound like is nothing less than a manipulator.

me: cities in pakistan are under attack

some idiot in my notes, inevitably: OH SO YOU FEEL BAD FOR TERRORISTS? YOU SUPPORT TERRORISTS? YOU THINK INDIA SHOULD NOT BOMB TERRORISTS? YOU THINK WE SHOULD DO NOTHING?

do you really not have any fucking self-awareness when you're equating cities and the people living in them with being terrorists by default just because they're pakistani. imagine being so blinded by hatred you start sounding like a zionist. then again calling a hindutvadi a zionist is probably aspirational to them.

Why are our people trolling the Foreign Secretary and his family? Istg civic sense is in minus in this country.

I understand the people wanted justice and vengeance. Hell, I wanted vengeance! However, India is a whole country which has to look out for external, internal and financial factors. The global standing of our country, the alliances, the internal factors, the treaties and agreements, all are considered in every case. War is a huge step. Yes, I despise Pakistan will all of my heart. And no, the emotions of the people are not enough to fuel a war!

Bhai samjho. India has allies, Pak has sugar daddies. War hogi toh Pak and it's invisible sugar daddies will continue the chain of "supply weapons-pretend you didn't know-fake outrage-wait pak is a victim-oh fine let's forgive it- also let's give them money for stability- money is used to buy weapons." Vohi hota raha hai and vohi hoga. India is at a pedestal that it cannot risk falling from. Pakistan is practically on rock bottom, they've got nothing to lose and they're doing other's dirty work too.

Diplomacy is an intricate and delicate art. You cannot fucking troll officers for doing their jobs — which is, prioritising the NATION.

Sant Tulsidas (2/2)

Sant Tulsidas’ influence extended far beyond literature.

He is often credited with popularizing Ramlila, the dramatic retelling of the Ramayana. Tulsidas' Ramcharitmanas, and the language of choice Awadhi, inspired its widespread adoption, making it a central part of cultural and religious celebrations across India.

Monuments dedicated to Tulsidas, such as the Tulsidas Smarak Bhavan in Varanasi and the Tulsidas Temple in Ayodhya, stand as tributes to his lasting legacy.

Tulsidas’ works, especially the Ramcharitmanas and Hanuman Chalisa, are still widely referenced in pop culture, from television shows to films and music.

Please keep adding to this list if you can think of any.

Like I just thought of one now.

Mata Saraswati would really feel bad when someone gets made fun of their voice or of their speech impairments.

I have been thinking about this and realised that we don't actually have a deva or devi for beauty. People think it is Mata Lakshmi but it's not true. None of her Ashtalakshmi forms also have her represent beauty. Mata

The sibling pairs have different skin colours — Vishnu-Parvati are dark skinned, Shiv-Saraswati are fair skinned, Brahma-Lakshmi are golden skinned — and all of them are called beautiful.

So where does this concept of beauty even come from? That fair is beautiful and dark skinned is not? Does it come from the west? From goddesses like Aphrodite, Venus or Freya? Or were they also made to represent beauty in the modern world to suit white people's beauty standards?