Mar 6, 2019
Hindu mythology as vines
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Yo, this is so wholesome😂
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Hindu mythology as vines
ya’ll knew this was coming
Yo, this is so wholesome😂
Too good
Can anyone pls tell me which episode this is from ? I watched it a long time ago n I like Amba more now...n I forgot the ep no. (of course -_-)...
Some Incredible Facts About Ancient Hindu Temples
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My American friend, Ved Bell, who is a follower of Mata Amrutanandamayi, asked me why is it that some Hindu temples didn’t allow him to go in. He has married to a Nepali Hindu woman. They follow Hinduism. Now that lot of African blacks, Caucasians, Chinese and people from other races follow sanatan dharma, our temples need to rethink about few conservative rules.
But, there are some amazing facts about our temples:
Most of the temples have huge, fort like gigantic boundary wall around it, whereas most of the palaces in India (built before 1000AD) never had a huge fort around it! In fact royal palaces in other countries had huge protective forts and wall around it. In India it was the other way around – that was a confusing mystery for me till recently.
I had an opportunity to see few old documents of land in Kerala.
It was astonishing – I found most of the old records (done in brass plate) say the land belongs to “pandaram vaha” (in Malayalam Pandaram=Bhandaram=Hundi.) That is, the entire land belonged to the deity in the nearby temple.
The King was just a Dasa (slave) of the deity. In Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala State, the King was known as “Padmanabha Dasa” (=slave of Lord Padmanabha). And the temple was built for Sri Padmanabha (Lord Vishnu). Tamil brothers and sisters, are you familiar with the terminology, “Adiyen, Ramanuja Dasan” (Me, slave of Ramanuja)?
According to Indian civil law, even now, all deities are treated as perpetual minors. And the king (now trust) is just a karyakar = servant, not owner. In all other countries like the West and Middle East, Kings and royal family really “owned” the country. Barring some exceptions, in India, the land belonged to the deity. People of the country can build house or do farming.
So do not compare the ancient Indian system of governance (in which temple played major role) with that of West and Middle East where Kings were autocrats. And, please, please, don’t go by Indian history texts written by die-hard fan of invaders, that they taught you in schools and colleges.
When Arabians and Europeans came to India, the then Hindu kings thought that they were “Athiti” (Guests) hence considered as “Deva” (God). So kings provided them free land and money to build Churches and Mosques along with freedom to worship. Go check old documents – the land for Churches and Mosques was donated by Hindu Kings. (I have never heard otherwise happening anywhere in the world! Will Saudi Arabia or Vatican give a small piece of land to build a Hindu temple?)
Another aspect: Ancient temples (Devalaya) were not a place for prayers. Temples never had a prayer hall like that in Churches or Mosque (Prarthanalaya). Of course, there were mandapa = pillared outdoor hall for performing arts and public rituals in temples. When you go to an old temple, the sanctum sanctorum itself is very small and dark. Hardly two or three people can stand in front of it.
That means temples had some other purpose. Fact: – temples were powerhouses of energy. Every ritual, prayer, ceremonies were only secondary to be in a temple but the main thing is to be in the field of consecrated energy.I don’t know how did they do it, but I have read somewhere that even individual karmic energy can be stored and retrieved in temple. But we lost all those ancient wisdom on energy contact and we are left only with rituals or we have become overly ritualistic, without understanding the real significance of temples.
Another fact is that temples were store house of enormous treasures too. This explains gigantic fort around the temple. Recently Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple of Thiruvananthapuram was in the news as it became one of the richest Hindu Temple in India. It is believed that the total assets of Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple have now exceeded the assets of the Tirupati Balaji Temple in Andhra Pradesh. The wealth accumulated in the temples was used purely for dharma deeds.
The priest, mostly a poor Brahmin, in the temple would get one or two meals a day, that’s all. There were chaultries (inns) and rest houses associated with those temples that provided food and shelter for the poor and needy. All the karma was done based on the concept “Sarvam Sri Krishnarpanam Astu” (Everything I offer to Krishna or the divine). Everybody followed the dharmic way of life – the symbolic centre of this system was the temple.
That was our ancient economic system – our dharma was based on sharing and caring. Our ancestors built huge store house of energy, wisdom (libraries and universities) and physical wealth associated with the temple premises. They worked hard and stored everything as treasure for coming generations. And temples were highest seat of marvelous architecture, sculptures, arts and science. And that’s when the anceint world called :”Glory that was India.”
The Dark Age began with the arrival of the brutal, religious fanatic, barbaric invaders who attacked, looted and destroyed the temple-economy. According to independent historians, more than hundred thousand Hindu temples (the likes of Somanatha temple) were destroyed by those demonic invaders and killed nearly 75 million Hindus (preferred death to giving up their dharma) during the process. The entire temple-system was thus perished. They burned away our universities and libraries.
While our ancestors gave importance to education, arts, music, health, environment and nature, the barbaric invaders did not build even one school or hospital. All they did was to build palaces and gardens for their enjoyment, tombs to perpetuate their memory and forts for their security. Lot of beautiful temples were destroyed and converted to tombs – one example could be the Taj Mahal!
Naturally, those ordinary peace-loving Hindus around the temple-system became very scared and insecure; hence they tried protecting the remaining temples. They believed that non-Hindus may destroy it. But, alas, the cunning, pimp-ish Hindu politicians failed the remaining temple-system.
An ardent follower of sanatan dharma like me would not blame any other religions for this downfall. It is our own politicians, who arrogantly taken over the right to manage richest temples in India. For the most part, the temples and its wealth are transferred arbitrarily by the government for “secular”, non-Hindu purposes. The most damaging side-effect of this is lack of resources for maintenance and upkeep of temples, leading to irreparable damage to many medieval and ancient structures. I have personally seen and experienced this.
Hindus are now feeling insecure and scared, not because of Muslims or any other religions, but because of our own “Hindu Secular Politicians” (all political parties included) who are worst and crooked than the brutal and barbaric invaders.
About time ppl know about this
Suryaputra Karna rant PART 1
Are there absolutely NO people who hate that SONY TV show ? They have completely changed the story...I mean -Shishupal was one very rude dude but come on he was a KING and no king would force himself on any woman out of desire,not a queen like Draupadi not to mention in HER PALACE. -They keep showing the cheerharan promo and they are trying to show Karna as the good guy who was dragged into this which is NOT true. His life story sucks but hey, he made some mistakes too! Moreover they showed Karna saving Draupadi from Shishupal and giving the whole respect women speech. I wonder how they are gonna justify Karna in the cheerharan episodes o_O BUT ( I must admit I was horrified at the thought of Draupadi being dressed in anything other than red, but the pink and yellow suits well too...actually....I LOVE her dress color combos..) PART 2 coming soon xD
Some StarBharat thoughts among other things...
When it comes to StarBharat, they did an AMAZING job. Everything was spot on : the actors (too good) , the script ( the kind that makes u go WHOA wait a minute i need a break, this is too deep), the props( Can i have the Gandiva please ? What, no seriously !), the set (*redesigns room to make it look more Gandhari-ish) oh and finally THE JEWELLERY.Is it just me or did u go online to see if any website sold such PHENOMENAL shringars?? Basically it affected every aspect of my life. I have a pretty good English vocabulary, but after seeing this show, I have only been spewing shudh hindi words to explain stuff of everyday relevance. People look strangely at me nowadays xD. Anyway, one thing I was a little miffed about was this entire thing about not showing Bhanumati. I mean I get it, that is a cost saving trick and I fully understand but oh god I would have LOVED to see some Duryodhan-Bhanumati romance though. It doesnt help that I am a sucker for the bad boy good girl romance. One more thing I loved or hated ( I really dont know which) was that in the show, more than Arjun-Draupadi, I found myself shipping Yudhishtir-Draupadi. Rohit Bharadwaj is an AMAZING actor and to me his Yudhishtir-Draupadi romance was much more convincing than Arjun, whose expressionless-ness(?) around Draupadi was downright INFURIATING sometimes. A special mention : Yudhishtir, for showing how cool and sexy one can look with a javelin..!! A very special mention : Yudhishtir's eyes. (Seriously though O_o)
Truly, the heart is incomprehensible.
her tears breathe fire.
Aaaaaahhh Draupadi. Let’s talk about Draupadi. I just adore her character, she is one of the coolest, most complex, and complicated figures in Indian mythology.
Draupadi is pure fire- and in fact, she was born from one, emerging unexpectedly from the yajna fire her father had created to bring her brother Dhrishtadyumna to life. Dark skinned (she is also known as Krishnaa) and slender waisted with lotus shaped eyes, Draupadi was desired by many, but she would only marry the one who could win the archery challenge her father set out for her suitors at her swayamvara, which was to shoot five arrows at a revolving target, while looking only at its reflection in a bowl.
Arjuna, the Pandava Prince and second oldest of five brothers, was the only person who could do it. When he and his brothers took her home to his mother, Yudishthira, the oldest brother, said “Ma, look at what I have brought home for you”- and without looking at him, she responded, “Whatever it is, share it equally,”- and that is how Draupadi ended up with five husbands, the result of a boon she received from Shiva in her previous life.
This is the first element of what makes Draupadi unique amongst other female figures in Indian mythology. But it just starts there. Draupadi is also special because she’s fierce, selfish, loyal, expressive, angry, vengeful, determined, and very, very, human. She rejects Karna at her swayamvara because she believes his caste is below hers (Karna, by the way, is another one of my favorite characters in the Mahabharata, a true victim of fate and circumstance and misplaced loyalty- but that’s a story for another time), she sends Bhima on expeditions far far away just to bring her a special lotus, and she swears revenge on everyone who has humiliated her and her husbands.
In short, she is no wilting flower who is willing to compromise everything to save face or to save her husbands. When her dignity and self-respect are violated by Dushasana, she vows that she will not tie her hair until she has washed it with the blood from Dushasana’s chest.
She is so complex and so interesting and I have almost never seen any portrayals of her out there, whereas there are multiple retellings of the Ramayana and of Sita. Now, Sita’s an important character and she does ultimately gain agency in the end of the story after her humiliation by returning to the earth where she came from instead of suffering further humiliation, but the fact is that she is forced to go through these tests of chastity before she ultimately says no more.
Draupadi isn’t like that. She is dangerously combative and spits in the face of anyone who questions her worth as a woman. She defies all boxes and labels and I really think that’s one of the reasons people are afraid to show her in all her glory. And I really hope that this new Mahabharat series does her justice, because she is one hell of a character who continues to resonate, thousands of years after she was originally brought to the page.
8 Characters In Mahabharata Who Had A Bitter And Tragic Fate Like Karna
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Tragedy is an inherent plot of an epic. But in Mahabharata – an epic of a different scale, tragic characters come in groups. And the stories about them are so intricately written, you feel for them – even when the characters are negative.
But the real tragic characters evoke a different emotion deep inside of us. We relate to their circumstances and their characteristics which turn out to be strikingly similar to ordinary humans in real life.
Let us take a look at these characters, who like Karna took an unfair fate in their stride with their heads held high.
1. Eklavya
Eklavya was a brilliant student who respected his teacher and could do anything to achieve his respect. He wanted to learn archery and requested Dronacharya to teach him. Drona refused because Eklavya wasn’t a kshatriya. He came from a jungle tribe.
Undeterred, he kept on practicing archery in his personal space in front of a clay figurine of Drona. He surpassed Arjuna in archery, and even Drona was surprised.
But Drona had Arjuna to appease. He was the brightest student and Drona had promised Arjuna that no one will ever surpass him in archery.
Drona, to save his honor asked for Eklavya’s right thumb – a critical tool for his archery skills.
Eklavya gave it without a stutter. He cut his right thumb on the spot and gave it to Drona.
2. Amba
Bhishma kidnapped the three princesses Amba, Ambika, and Ambalika from a swayamvar for his brother Vichiravirya. In the swayamvar, Amba was going to put the garland on Salva, with whom she was secretly in love. She spilled this secret to Vichitravirya when she met him.
Vichitravirya refused to marry Amba because of this. Amba pleaded to Bhishma to marry her, but Bhishma already had taken the terrible oath of celibacy for life. But he did agree to release Amba so that she can reunite with Salva.
When she approached Salva, and reminded him of their love, to her shock even Salva refused to marry her.
Amba was hence left unmarried without a social status, and appealed to all the kings for justice, but none of them paid her any attention.
3. Bhishma
Bhishma had always lived his life for others. In the whole of Mahabharata, there has been no one else who had sacrificed everything so that others around could be happy.
He took the terrible oath of lifelong celibacy so that his father could marry a fisherman’s daughter. He took the oath so that he would never have children who would contest for the throne.
He kidnapped three princesses for his brother Vichitravirya, and this led him to be cursed by Amba – that eventually led to his death. Just so that his brother might be happy.
He never fought to his fullest in the Kurukshetra was because he loved both the sides and ended up on a bed of arrows, waiting to die.
4. Gandhari
Gandhari’s marriage was fixed with Dhritarashtra. A blind king – even though he is a king – would not get many prospects. Gandhari, wanting to prove her devotion, blindfolded herself so that they could be equal in marriage.
Her devotion impressed Vyasa and he gave her a boon that a hundred sons would be born to her.
But her pregnancy was complicated and Vyasa intervened again so that 101 children could be born.
She lost each of these children one by one in the Kurukshetra war. Imagine losing one kid to death, one at a time for literally a hundred times.
5. Sahadeva
Sahadeva is credited with the wisdom equalling that of Brihaspati – the teacher of the gods. In this wisdom and foresight, Sahadeva knew everything that would happen in Kurukshetra war. He knew the whole outcome of the war but was cursed.
The curse stated that if he divulged this information to anyone, he would instantly die.
A cruel curse indeed. If his powers were true then he also knew that Karna was their brother. But because of the curse, he could do nothing. He had the knowledge to avoid the whole war, but fate was not on his side.
6. Dhritarashtra
He could not become the king because he was blind, despite being the eldest. No one agreed to marry him because he was blind until Gandhari came along. None of his 100 sons listened to him when he protested.
As he was blind, he could not see the Kurukshetra war, and had to listen to Sanjay narrate everything. He literally heard how each of his sons died in graphic detail.
He failed to kill Bhima who killed all his 100 sons.
And after the Pandavas retook the kingdom, he lived on, with the pain of his dead sons, under the rule of Pandavas who were the reason his children were dead.
7. Draupadi
After Arjuna won her hand at the swayamvara, Kunti asked Arjuna to distribute equally whatever he has brought. This meant that Draupadi would be divided among 5 men. She accepted this fate.
She was literally molested in a courtroom full of people and none of her husbands came to help her.
In the Kurukshetra war, all her children died. As they say, no one should be so unfortunate to watch their children die.
8. Uttara
Uttara was very young when she was married to Abhimanyu. They were married just before the Kurukshetra war started. And in the war, she lost her father, brother and even Abhimanyu.
Then she was shot with the Brahmanda Astra by Ashwatthama while she was pregnant. She lived a widow all her life, and could never become the queen since Draupadi was the queen, and later her son Parikshit would become the king.
The interesting thing about all these characters is that they never got bogged down by their cruel fate. All of them took the moral high ground and accepted their cruel fate and lived their life with their heads held high.
After all, they were all mortals with no control over the game called life. But they still lived on. And that is why we empathize with them so much. Because they remind us of our own lives.
A lesson we can take from them – live on with our heads held high, no matter what bitter dishes life is going to serve us with.
beautiful
Part 1 of [How Many This Takes]
Warning: This is a LONG POST. A link is provided for each song.
Note: Feel free to add songs and scenarios to this list, but please do not alter the ones I have written.
Also: You are welcome to use any of the following prompts in your writing. Just let me know.
A:
“Aa Tayar Hoja” from Ashoka [x]
Ship–Draupadi + Yuddhister
Additional Characters–Bheem, Nakul
Time Period–Modern-Day
Scenario–Parody. Draupadi attempts to distract her over-stressed boyfriend from his work, but his brothers repeatedly appear in the couple’s apartment, making said task exceedingly difficult for her.
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The Great Shop-Off of '14 (First Part, First Draft)
Prompt: “Are you Challenging Me?” by brainyisalwayssexy
Ship: Duryodhan-Subhadra
Every once in a while the Panchal, Yadav, and Kuru families had (what they called) a get-together. Of course, this resembled an international convention, due to the sheer population of the Kurus.
This year, Gandhari and Kunti had been elected to cook for the whole paltan; no mean feat, as is obvious. Draupadi, Bheem, Duryodhan and Krishna had offered to help, which was a relief for the two mothers who had gone chalk pale when they had heard the news.
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DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE
how am i already so invested in this this is just an excerpt gosh
“Subhadra’s offer to help had been turned down with a unanimous, resounding, “NO!” from practically everyone (except Dussassan, who was doggedly loyal to her).” AWWWWWWWWWW
“Arjun noticing it, turned away, pretending distraction.” i c w0t u did der
“Arjun had shaken his head to himself, “Man, you’re not getting any tonight!”” ARJUNNN MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY
nO BUT THE BEST PART: “Even Draupadi had gasped and clutched Karna’s arm.” EVEN THEY ARE HERE LOOKIT MY MATURED OTP DRAUPADI IN LAAL SARI WITH GOLD KAMARBAND AND TODDERLERS RUNNING AROUND HER AND KARNA ROCKING AN INFANT IN HIS ARMS SUCH AN ADORABLE FATHER AND THEY LOOK AT EACH OTHER LIKE “remember when we were their age” AND RECALL TIMES WHEN THEY WERE EARLY INTO COURTING FULL ON EARLY 2000S STYLE WITH MOVIE DATES AND STALE POPCORN AND DRAUPADI DRAGGING KARNA OFF FOR SPORADIC SHOPPING TRIPS INTO THE LANES OF OLD CITY BECAUSE “support cottage industry!!” AND THEM RUNNING ON THE STREETS IN THE RAIN BECAUSE NEITHER REMEMBERED TO BRING A CHHATA AND THEM EATING GOLGAPPAS AT THE SAME SAME VENDOR AND COMPETING kaun-zyada-pani-batashe-khaega AND GIGGLING WITH MOUTH FULL OF SOUR PANI AND KARNA HOPPING LATER BECAUSE “THIS IS SO SPICY I NEED RASMALAI” AND AND ANd an–
did u just
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Karna forevaaa xD
Transition in StarBharat
Is it just me or did you ppl also see the stark difference between the Draupadi “samragyini” before the cheerharan and when she comes in after the war during Yudhishtir’s crowning (last ep i.e) !!?? I wonder how everyone must be feeling when they returned to that rajsabha. No Pitamah Bhishma to welcome them. No Duryodhan to keep arguing with. No Shakuni to watch out for. No Karna whom they all have a grudging respect for. How different was it the last time they were there !!?? I wonder how the Pandavas must have felt when they saw everyone’s empty seats. Just a thought…..
Im probably just ranting here but its something to think about !
Dhrishtdymna: The kings have brought their warriors. They’re lined up outside. But don’t worry. The entire Panchaal army, too, is armed and ready.
Draupadi: Thank you for letting me know. Now I feel completely calm.
Dhrishtdyumna: Did anyone ever inform you that sarcasm is unbecoming in brides?
Dhri xD
In our lifetime we will never truly visit the same place twice due to the combination of earth’s orbit relative to the sun and the sun’s orbit of the galaxy.
did u just
why you shouldn’t like Ram
doubts his wife’s virtue or rather as we fondly call it purity, because she was held captive by another man
makes her go through the fcking fire to purify her
has plenty of time to bang her after coming back to Ayodhya but the moment a random person questions her virtue nuh uh you gotta go dear get out of the house asap
lul wife’s pregnant? who cares just dump her in a forest and come back bro
Things that make Mahabharat better than Ramayan. ANYDAY.
