#mathura

[cosmonautroger]

Mathura, India, 200 AD

[desikanya]

Walls of ब्रज 🪷

[wouldyourathervisit]

Would you rather visit

Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany 🇩🇪

Holi Festival in Mathura, India 🇮🇳

Voting ended onFeb 18

[bluewillowmoon]

“It is somewhere between

love and craftsmanship

that something we call art

is born.

But now

scrub these words to a blur

and see what then holds up

of things just said.

Crumbling leaves, the rubble.

Nothing but an undertone,

all else a bestowal, a gift,

a vision that you’ve never seen before,

a young orchard

looming pink at dawn—

fruitless yet so hopeful,

a landscape

awaiting its meaning,

an eye with its own

undeniable thirst.”

—Mathura, “Entering the Landscape,” from Entering the Landscape (The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, 2019)

[gamla-nahi-vase]

Has there ever been a proper discussion about the monkeys from Mathura-Vrindavan ???!!!

[vaidehi-raghunatha]

Just a photo dump from my 1 week vrindavan trip :D

[krsnaradhika]

Pseudo liberals need to stop preaching Hindus and trying to guilt trip us for the reclamation of religious sites. You give back what you capture. As simple as that. The entitlement this wing displays is annoying and irrational. No temple should be a museum, hospital, or school because a mosque shouldn't be so either. And that's only common sense. Would you say the same for Mecca Medina? That god forbid if someday some other community demolishes it, you'd want it to be converted it into a hospital, school, or museum instead? No, right? Because their faith is associated with it. They deserve to pray there.

Land was given to the Muslims too for the Babri mosque when the order was issued for the Shri Rama temple to be rebuilt in Ayodhya. That's justice. Give us back our Mathura and Kashi, and let us see what other temples have long been buried. If you don't condone the acts of the islamic invaders then why stand by the monuments of their atrocities?

And YOU tell us, does time passing by somehow render our feelings numb or invaluable? It's neither an apology nor an excuse. You are not allowed to disrespect us in any manner. Our identity shall stick to us. You cannot seize it away.

And don't even get me started on the waqf board. They claim literally anything their eyes fall on. Literally places older than their belief. And that's not oppression, is it? Okay then, let the court work. Let there be examinations and analysis. Let the judicial system decide what has to be done. And again, don't come crying in the asks with anons on. Grow a pair and be full mask off.

[siphoklansan]

「 ✦ 𝐓𝗼 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝗼𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝗼 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 ✦ 」

characters mentioned : lilia vanrouge, mathura, siphok, suchol COMIC UNDER THE CUT!

ᯓ★ SOME TRIVIA FOR OUR EX-GENERAL !

Oough I didn’t want to make the comic too long so I didn’t make Lilia explain how he met Mathura. They met when Lilia traveling all over the world, and his status as general had him the honor of meeting Mathura. Why did they do when they met? They drank, sung, partied, and got drunk💀

According to the news reports at the time, it was said that Mathura had sided with the enemy last-minute during a war. Not many details were explained, which made things suspicious, but at that time everyone believed Mathura was a traitor and he got exiled real fast.

Turns out, Anan’s father (or the current king) was corrupted and power hungry. He had been ordering Mathura to conquer the kingdoms nearby using methods Mathura didn’t agree with (which were annihilating those kingdoms who they considered their alliance). When Mathura realized his brother was no longer sensible, he fought with him but ultimately lost- resulting in him being throw away to the deep seas with a nasty scar across his chest.

Mathura lost his kindness after that, and became a grumpy old man we know today!

Anyway, Mathura was named “The Gentle General” because he was merciful to both his enemies and subordinates. He’s usually seen in the med bay, comforting his wounded comrades. They said his touch reminded them of their mother, so they’d call him that when they were delirious from their wounds sometimes.

ᯓ★ OVERALL TRIVIA!

The reason why Suchol dislikes nagas is because he was chased by one of them once😞 It scarred him so much so that it bled into his dislikes of overall snakes and eels of the like. Suchol was chased for a good 3 hours before he made it out of the water using his unique magic. That’s why you don’t go to the deep sea, boy😭

Thought I should say this so the naga that Suchol was chased by isn’t Nham (Mathura’s pet)!

Mathura lost his rose in the battle he fought with his brother, and has been forever agitated with this fact. To replicate the feeling, he forged an earring in the shape of a rose with the young yaksha in mind. It’s considered his emotional support object when he has nightmares.

Mathura cuts and braids his own hair, that’s why it’s always been shaggy. He dislikes his hair being touched in any way. I drew Lilia from memory so he looks wonky as hell😞🙏