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Amitbhai Anilchandra Shah (Amit Shah) – A Biography

Early Life and Education

Amitbhai Anilchandra Shah, born on October 22, 1964, in Mumbai to Mrs. Kusum Ben and Mr. Anilchandra Shah, hails from a family with deep roots in Gujarat. His grandfather was a prosperous merchant (Nagar Seth) in Mansa, a small princely state of the Baroda State of Gaikwad. Shah spent his early years in Mansa, where he received his primary education. His upbringing was steeped in the ‘Indian Value Tradition,’ under the guidance of eminent scholars from the Gaikwad State, focusing on Indian scriptures, historical texts, grammar, and epics.

Influences and Early Political Engagement

After completing his primary education, Shah’s family relocated to Ahmedabad. Influenced by his mother, an ardent Gandhian, Shah embraced the simplicity of Khadi. His fascination with the biographies of patriots and the writings of K.M. Munshi deeply influenced his young mind.

At the age of 13, during the 1977 general elections amidst the Emergency period, Shah actively participated in the campaign, supporting Maniben Patel, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s daughter, who contested from the Mehsana Lok Sabha seat as a Jana Sangh candidate.

Early Political Career

Shah’s formal political journey began at 16 when he joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as a young Swayamsevak in 1980. By 1982, he was the joint secretary of the Gujarat unit of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and worked as a polling agent for the BJP in 1984. He joined the BJP Yuva Morcha in 1987 and became involved with the Deendayal Research Institute, serving as its treasurer for eight years. This period allowed him to learn from the social reformer Nanaji Deshmukh.

Rise in the BJP

In 1989, Shah became the BJP secretary of Ahmedabad, playing a pivotal role during the Ram Janmabhoomi movement and the Ekta Yatra. He managed election campaigns for senior leaders like L.K. Advani and Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Gandhinagar until 2009. Shah’s association with Narendra Modi began in the 1990s when Modi was the BJP’s Organization Secretary in Gujarat. Shah’s business acumen helped him significantly when he became the chairman of the Gujarat Pradesh Finance Corporation in 1995, turning around the corporation’s financial health.

Political Achievements in Gujarat

Shah was appointed the National Treasurer of the BJP’s Yuva Morcha in 1997 and won the Sarkhej assembly by-election by a margin of 25,000 votes. He continuously won assembly elections until 2012, with increasing margins each time. As an MLA, Shah facilitated numerous development projects and became the state secretary of Gujarat BJP in 1998, and state vice-president within a year.

Leadership in Cooperative Sector and Further Political Roles

At 36, Shah became the youngest chairman of the Ahmedabad District Co-operative Bank (ADCB) in 2000, transforming its financial status. He was appointed as the convener of the BJP’s National Cooperative Cell in 2001. He played a crucial role in the 2002 Gujarat assembly elections under Narendra Modi’s leadership and served as a minister in the Gujarat government, holding key portfolios like Home, Traffic, Prohibition, Parliamentary Affairs, Law, and Excise.

National Politics and BJP Presidency

In 2013, Shah became the BJP’s National General Secretary. During the 2014 elections, he was pivotal in the BJP’s success in Uttar Pradesh, securing 73 seats. On July 9, 2014, Shah became the BJP National President. Under his leadership, the BJP expanded its organizational base and achieved significant electoral successes, forming governments in states like Assam, Tripura, Manipur, Haryana, and Maharashtra. He was re-elected as the national president in 2016 and became a trustee of the Somnath Temple Trust the same year.

Ministerial Roles and Legislative Achievements

In 2017, Shah was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat and continued to strengthen the party’s presence across India. He contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Gandhinagar, winning by a significant margin. Appointed as the Home Minister in 2019, Shah played a crucial role in major legislative changes, including the abrogation of Article 370 and the enactment of the Citizenship Amendment Act.

Contributions to Security and Disaster Management

Shah has been instrumental in resolving long-standing issues in Kashmir and the northeastern states, implementing a zero-tolerance policy against Left-Wing Extremism, and improving disaster management protocols. His efforts have bolstered internal security and the National Disaster Response Force’s (NDRF) effectiveness.

Ministry of Cooperation and Personal Life

In 2021, Shah was appointed as the Minister of Cooperation, focusing on revitalizing the cooperative movement. Despite his busy political career, Shah enjoys various cuisines, old films, and chess. He has not traveled abroad since 2006, maintaining a disciplined and spiritual lifestyle.

Amitbhai Anilchandra Shah’s journey from a young activist to one of India’s most influential politicians is marked by strategic acumen, dedication to public service, and a deep commitment to the nation’s security and development.

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Ayodhya Ram Mandir Inauguration Schedule

Ayodhya Ram Mandir Inauguration Schedule. The 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony at Ayodhya Ram Mandir begins today. Extending over seven days, with formal. Pre-Praan Pratishtha rituals from January 16 to 21.

The consecration of Shri Ram Lalla is set for January 22, spanning the ritual process from January 16 to 22. Over 8,000 visitors are anticipated on the consecration day, with a surge of devotees from January 23. Preparations are in full swing for the event. Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Is scheduled to attend the Ram Temple consecration ceremony on January 22.

On January 18, the idol may be positioned in its function in the 'Garbh Griha' of the temple. The detailed schedule includes ceremonies. Like Dashvidh bath, Vishnu worship, and offerings to cows along the Saryu River.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to preside over the consecration ceremony of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22. The ‘pran prathishtha’ ceremony for the Ram Temple in Ayodhya is approaching and is set for January 22. In anticipation of this significant Hindu ceremony, some states have declared the day a public holiday to commemorate this event.

The apex of the rituals is scheduled for January 22. Featuring a grand ceremony led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and attended by several VVIPs. The Trust has meticulously arranged to welcome and honor all attendees. Presenting them with special gifts, including ‘Ram Raj’.

The main rituals of the Pran Pratistha of Shri Ram Lalla on January 22. Will be conducted by a team of priests led by Lakshmikant Dixit. A notable highlight is the offering of revered Ram Raj soil from the temple as a memento for the guests. This sacred gift, symbolizing divine grace, can enhance the spiritual ambiance by being used in home gardens or flower pots. Even the ones not able to wait for the Pran Pratishtha. The software can also additionally get hold of this significant present in the future.

Goa - In light of the ‘pran pratishtha’ ceremony at the Ram Janmabhoomi Temple in Ayodhya. The Goa government has declared a holiday for government employees and schools. On January 22, as reported by Live Mint.

Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said in the course of a press convention after the cupboard meeting. "There could be a public excursion best for authorities servants in conjunction with schools.

Chhattisgarh

The Chhattisgarh government has officially declared January 22 as a holiday. For all state government schools and colleges. To commemorate the consecration ceremony of the new idol at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai made this announcement via social media on X.

“The whole world knows Siyaram. I salute you as much as I can. There can be a vacation in all authorities and non-authorities faculties and schools of Chhattisgarh on 22 January. The day of the consecration of Prabhu Shri Ram Temple in Ayodhya,” he wrote.

Haryana

Given the Ram Temple Inauguration. The Haryana government has also declared. The closure of schools on January 22. Additionally, the intake of liquor will now no longer be accredited everywhere inside the country on the day of the consecration ceremony.

Ramayan-fame Actors in Ayodhya

Ahead of the ‘pran pratishtha’ ceremony of the Ram Temple scheduled for January 22. Actors known for their roles in Ramayan. Include Arun Govil, Dipika Chikhlia, and Sunil Lahri. Who portrayed Lord Ram, Sita, and Laxman, respectively, in Ramanand Sagar's iconic TV series—have arrived in Ayodhya. The trio is set to film a music album titled “Humare Ram Aayenge,” with the song "Hamare Ram Aayenge" sung by Sonu Nigam. The shooting locations include Guitar Ghat, Hanumangarhi, and Lata Chowk. Ayodhya Ram Mandir Inauguration Schedule

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राम मंदिर निर्माण के लिए मिल रहा बंपर दान, महज 20 दिनों में मिला इतने करोड़ रुपए का चंदा

राम मंदिर निर्माण के लिए मिल रहा बंपर दान, महज 20 दिनों में मिला इतने करोड़ रुपए का चंदा

अयोध्या: अयोध्या में राम मंदिर निर्माण के लिए पूरे देश के हर प्रांत से प्रत्येक वर्ग समर्पण निधि में अपना सहयोग दे रहा है. जिसके चलते महज 20 दिनों के भीतर ही समर्पण निधि की राशि 600 करोड़ के पार हो गई है. ऐसा सभी के सहयोग के चलते ही संभव हो पाया है. यह धनराशि राम जन्मभूमि तीर्थ क्षेत्र ट्रस्ट के तीन बैंक खातों में जमा हो चुकी है. इस बात की जानकारी ट्रस्ट के ट्रस्टी डॉ. अनिल मिश्र ने दी है. विश्व…

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राम मंदिर निर्माण के लिए राष्ट्रपति कोविंद ने दिया पहला चंदा, सौंपा पांच लाख 100 रुपये का चेक

राम मंदिर निर्माण के लिए राष्ट्रपति कोविंद ने दिया पहला चंदा, सौंपा पांच लाख 100 रुपये का चेक

उत्तर प्रदेश के अयोध्या में श्रीराम मंदिर निर्माण के लिए राष्ट्रपति रामनाथ कोविंद ने पहला दान दिया है। उन्होंने शुक्रवार को राष्ट्रपति भवन में आरएसएस, विश्व हिंदू परिष�� और राम मंदिर ट्रस्ट के पदाधिकारियों के संयुक्त प्रतिनिधिमंडल को 5,00,100 रुपए का दान दिया। राष्ट्रपति रामनाथ कोविंद के इस दान के साथ देश भर में राम मंदिर के लिए निधि समर्पण अभियान शुरू हो गया। यह अभियान 27 फरवरी तक चलेगा। विश्व…

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President Kovind donates Rs 5 lakh for Ram Mandir construction in Ayodhya

President Kovind donates Rs 5 lakh for Ram Mandir construction in Ayodhya

Image Source : INDIA TV President Kovind donates Rs 5 lakh for Ram Mandir construction in Ayodhya President Ram Nath Kovind Friday donated Rs 5,00,100 for Ayodhya’s Ram temple construction, a day after a nationwide fund collection drive for Ram Mandir construction was launched. On Thursday, mass contact and contribution campaign was launched by the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra to raise…

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राम मंदिर: महंत नृत्य गोपाल दास का बड़ा बयान, कहा- सरकार से नहीं लेंगे पैसा

हाईलाइट

सभी राज्यों के राज्यपालों और मुख्यमंत्रियों को अयोध्या आमंत्रित किया जाएगा

मंदिर निर्माण के लिए सरकार से कोई अनुदान नहीं लिया जाएगा

राम जन्मभूमि तीर्थक्षेत्र ट्रस्ट के अध्यक्ष महंत नृत्य गोपाल दास महाराज (Mahant Nritya Gopal Das Maharaj) ने एक बड़ा बयान दिया है। उन्होंने कहा कि राम मंदिर (Ram Mandir) निर्माण के लिए सरकार से कोई अनुदान नहीं लिया जाएगा। मंदिर जनता के योगदान से बनाया जाएगा। महाराज ने कहा कि सरकार के पास पहले से ही कई समस्याएं हैं, हम उन पर अधिक बोझ नहीं डाल सकते।

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Events 7.21

356 BC – The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is destroyed by arson. 230 – Pope Pontian succeeds Urban I as the eighteenth pope. 285 – Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar and co-ruler. 365 – The 365 Crete earthquake affects the Greek island of Crete with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), causing a destructive tsunami that affects the coasts of Libya and Egypt, especially Alexandria. Many thousands were killed. 905 – King Berengar I of Italy and a hired Hungarian army defeats the Frankish forces at Verona. King Louis III is captured and blinded for breaking his oath (see 902). 1242 – Battle of Taillebourg: Louis IX of France puts an end to the revolt of his vassals Henry III of England and Hugh X of Lusignan. 1403 – Battle of Shrewsbury: King Henry IV of England defeats rebels to the north of the county town of Shropshire, England. 1545 – The first landing of French troops on the coast of the Isle of Wight during the French invasion of the Isle of Wight. 1568 – Eighty Years' War: Battle of Jemmingen: Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva defeats Louis of Nassau. 1645 – Qing dynasty regent Dorgon issues an edict ordering all Han Chinese men to shave their forehead and braid the rest of their hair into a queue identical to those of the Manchus. 1656 – The Raid on Málaga takes place during the Anglo-Spanish War. 1718 – The Treaty of Passarowitz between the Ottoman Empire, Austria and the Republic of Venice is signed. 1774 – Russo-Turkish War (1768–74): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war. 1798 – French campaign in Egypt and Syria: Napoleon's forces defeat an Ottoman-Mamluk army near Cairo in the Battle of the Pyramids. 1831 – Inauguration of Leopold I of Belgium, first king of the Belgians. 1861 – American Civil War: First Battle of Bull Run: At Manassas Junction, Virginia, the first major battle of the war begins and ends in a victory for the Confederate army. 1865 – In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first western showdown. 1873 – At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West. 1877 – After rioting by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers and the deaths of nine rail workers at the hands of the Maryland militia, workers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, stage a sympathy strike that is met with an assault by the state militia. 1904 – Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100 mph (161 km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend, Belgium. 1907 – The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people. 1919 – The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express crashes into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, killing 12 people. 1925 – Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching human evolution in class and fined $100. 1925 – Malcolm Campbell becomes the first man to exceed 150 mph (241 km/h) on land. At Pendine Sands in Wales, he drives Sunbeam 350HP built by Sunbeam at a two-way average speed of 150.33 mph (242 km/h). 1936 – Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia is constituted, establishing an anarcho-syndicalist economy in Catalonia.[3] 1944 – World War II: Battle of Guam: American troops land on Guam, starting a battle that will end on August 10. 1944 – World War II: Claus von Stauffenberg and four fellow conspirators are executed for the July 20 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. 1949 – The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty. 1952 – The 7.3 Mw  Kern County earthquake strikes Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 12 and injuring hundreds. 1954 – First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam. 1959 – NS Savannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" initiative. 1959 – Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green becomes the first African-American to play for the Boston Red Sox, the last team to integrate. He came in as a pinch runner for Vic Wertz and stayed in as shortstop in a 2–1 loss to the Chicago White Sox. 1960 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike is elected Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, becoming the world's first female head of government 1961 – Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 4 Mission: Gus Grissom piloting Liberty Bell 7 becomes the second American to go into space (in a suborbital mission). 1969 – Apollo program: At 02:56 UTC, astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the Moon, followed 19 minutes later by Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. 1970 – After 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed. 1972 – The Troubles: Bloody Friday: The Provisional IRA detonate 22 bombs in central Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom in the space of 80 minutes, killing nine and injuring 130. 1973 – In Lillehammer, Norway, Mossad agents kill a waiter whom they mistakenly thought was involved in the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre. 1976 – Christopher Ewart-Biggs, the British ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, is assassinated by the Provisional IRA. 1977 – The start of the four-day-long Libyan–Egyptian War. 1979 – Jay Silverheels, a Mohawk actor, becomes the first Native American to have a star commemorated in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1983 – The world's lowest temperature in an inhabited location is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F). 1990 – Taiwan's military police forces mainland Chinese illegal immigrants into sealed holds of a fishing boat Min Ping Yu No. 5540 for repatriation to Fujian, causing 25 people to die from suffocation. 1995 – Third Taiwan Strait Crisis: The People's Liberation Army begins firing missiles into the waters north of Taiwan. 2001 – At the conclusion of a fireworks display on Okura Beach in Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan, 11 people are killed and more than 120 are injured when a pedestrian footbridge connecting the beach to JR Asagiri Station becomes overcrowded and people leaving the event fall down in a domino effect. 2005 – July 2005 London bombings occur. 2008 – Ram Baran Yadav is declared the first president of Nepal. 2011 – NASA's Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. 2012 – Erden Eruç completes the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world.

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Rameswaram tourist places

Rameswaram

 Rameswaram means "Lord of Rama" (Rāma-īśvaram) in Sanskrit, an epithet of Shiva, the presiding deity of the Ramanathaswamy Temple. According to Hindu epic Ramayana, Rama, the seventh avatar of the god Vishnu, prayed to Shiva here to absolve any sins that he might have committed during his war against the demon-king Ravana in Sri Lanka. According to the Puranas (Hindu scriptures), upon the advice of sages, Rama along with his wife Sita and his brother Lakshmana, installed and worshipped the lingam here to expiate the sin of Brahmahatya incurred while killing of the Brahmin Ravana.

To worship Shiva, Rama wanted to have a lingam and directed his trusted lieutenant Hanuman to bring it from Himalayas. Since it took longer to bring the lingam, Sita built a lingam, made of just Sands of the shores, which is also believed to be the one in the sanctum of the temple. Sethu Karai is a place 22 km before the island of Rameswaram from where Rama is believed to have built a floating stone bridge, the Ramsetu bridge, that further continued to Dhanushkodi in Rameswaram till Talaimannar in Sri Lanka.

Located in Ramanathapuram district, the town is a part of Pamban Island also known as Rameswaram Island being associated with the legendry temple built in marvelous Dravidian style of architecture. Situated at the very tip of the Indian peninsula, the island is connected with Indian mainland by Pamban Bridge on Pamban Channel in Gulf of Mannar.

A visit to Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh is not considered complete in terms of pilgrimage if not coupled with a trip to Rameswaram which is said to be the Varanasi of South. Welcome to the charm that devotees come to associated with an abode of God irrespective of the place it belongs to.

History

The town has been changed many hands; main amongst them were Cholas, Jaffna Kingdom, Allaudin Khilji (Malik Kafur), Pandya Dynasty, Vijayanagara Empire, followed by some other rulers who ruled the town for a very short while before British East India Company directly took over it and made it a part of Madras Presidency.

The Rameswaram Temple which is the main reason the town is known to every other person following Hinduism, Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu is said to be built by Sethupathis of Sethukavalan - custodian of the legendary bridge built by Lord Rama when he crossed the sea to reach Lanka (now Sri Lanka) the place in the control of Demon King Ravana, also a Brahman.

Rameswaram is believed to be the place from where Lord Rama started his journey to get his wife Sita back from Ravana and the Lord was helped by 'Vaanar-Sena' army of legendary monkey-humans and served by Hanuman, Lord Ram's paramount devotee. Also, many later versions of Ramayana testify of installing a Shiva Lingam by Shri Ram and Devi Sita to worship Lord Shiva as a part of penance for Brahmahatya - killing of Brahmana, Ravana who was himself a well-known staunch follower of Lord Shiva. The Rameswaram Temple, built in 12th century is believed to have the same Shiva Lingam.

The bridge to Lanka named 'Rama Sethu', also known as Adam's Bridge is of religious as well as ecological importance. Some 30 Km long, it was supposed to be passable on foot till 15th century after which a storm deepened the channel.

 Attractions

Ramanathaswamy Temple:

'Ramanathaswamy' literally means 'the Master of Rama' which refers to Lord Shiva, which the temple is all about. There are two 'lingams' inside the temple; 'Ramalingam' by Devi Sita built by sand and 'Viswalingam' brought by Lord Hanuman from Kailasha (abode of Lord Shiva) and installed by Lord Rama. Temple tanks, hall of 1000 pillars, and several other shrines in the temple attract millions of pilgrims every year, especially during Maha Shivratri.

                                               ramanathaswamy temple

Pamban Bridge:

Pamban Bridge is a railway bridge which connects the town of Mandapam in mainland India with Pamban Island, and Rameswaram. Opened on 24 February 1914, it was India's first sea bridge, and was the longest sea bridge in India until the opening of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link in 2010. The rail bridge is, for the most part, a conventional bridge resting on concrete piers, but has a double-leaf bascule section midway, which can be raised to let ships and barges pass through. Until 1988, the Pamban bridge was the only surface transport that connected Tamil Nadu’s Island of Rameswaram to the mainland. In December 2018, the bascule of this bridge was damaged, which suspended transportation on the bridge for 3 months. Rail movement was again restored on 27 February 2019.

In 1988, a road bridge was also constructed parallel to the rail bridge. This road bridge is also known as Indira Gandhi Road Bridge. The Pamban Road Bridge connects the National Highway (NH 49) with the Rameswaram island. It stands on the Palk Strait and between the shores of Mandapam (a place on the Indian mainland) and Pamban (one of the fishermen town in Rameswaram island). It was inaugurated by former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on 2 October 1988. This 2.345 km long bridge took close to 14 years to be completed.

                                                 pamban bridge

Dhanushkodi Temple:

The southernmost tip of Rameswaram is known as Dhanush Kodi, where Kothandaramaswamy temple is located. The place was often ruined by cyclones but never displaced a single stone of the temple and of faith, thus. The place is where Vibhishana, brother of Ravana surrendered to Lord Rama. Enchanting location make the visit to the place and the temple as pious as God has made it.

Tirtham:

Various temples were erected to honor those who had a left a lesson to learn from the epic of Ramayana and that includes

 •          Agni Tirtham - A large lake and 22 wells with unique-tasting waters make it an important pilgrim place where they believe to get cured by the curative properties.

•          Ram Tirtham - worshipped by many communities of south India.

•          Lakshman Tirtham - Built inside Rameswaram to give the brother of the Lord the place he rightly deserved helping his brother in the holy war against Ravana.

•          Jatayu Tirtham - Commemorates the memory of Eagle God who assisted Lord Rama in his fight for Devi Sita.

•             Kaveri and Jada Tirtham - A place is meant to worship for God Kapardikeshwar and a Peepal tree representing all the deities.

Panchmukhi Hanuman Temple:

                                    panchmukhi hanuman temple 

Lord Hanuman, Lord Adivaraha, Lord Narasimha, Lord Hayagriva and Lord Garuda are the five faces that were revealed by Lord Hanuman at the sacred site, where the present-day temple stands. Another attraction of the temple is floating stone used for building temporary Sethu Bandhanam to reach Lanka.

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Some more worldbuilding...

After explaining how the planes work in my last post, I wanted to do a write-up of the Gods in my homebrew setting Asterion. I’ve also included a sample of how I’ve gone about designing individual religions for one of the gods :)

ETHRYS' PANTHEON (THE OLD GODS)

Sovereign of the Gods/Justice/Time - Ionid

God of the Earth - Gelion

Goddess of the Skies - Cielara

God/dess of Death/Fate - Onthys

Goddess of Light/Life/Civilization - Elowen

The original pantheon of Gods created by Ethrys was made up of five individuals: Ionid, Gelion, Cielara, Onthys, and Elowen. These gods presided over the most fundamental aspects of space and time. Of the five, Ionid was elected the Sovereign of the Gods as they oversaw the flow of time through the planes and enabled the rest of the Gods to care for their domains.

In between the time of Ethrys' Sealing and the creation of the Astral Plane, Elowen and Onthys walked among the planes, sewing the rips and tears of reality back together where they found them. From these spots of condensed, healed chaos, the first humans, elves, dwarves, and other beings came into existence. Elowen loved these new beings dearly, and worked with Gelion and Cielara to make the planes beautiful for them to enjoy. When Gelion saw the beings, his tears of joy and delight splashed down and created the first oceans. Cielara created the sun and the moon so that the new beings would always be able to behold the glorious domains of the Gods. Elowen poured her sparks of light and life into the new creations, giving them the ability to create and think and love as the Gods did.

The more beings Elowen created, the more Ionid and Onthys grew concerned about the precarious balance of nature that Ethrys had sealed herself away for. Because of this, Onthys tied their strings of fate to the sparks of Life Cielara had given the new beings, and attached them to their loom. These shining threads became the first Souls. The new beings were then joined into the cycle of life that the other living beings followed, beginning with birth and ending with death, to maintain the balance of existence.

THE NEW GODS

God of Knowledge/Magic - Thaldorn

Goddess of Strength/War - Kivan God of Home/Artisans - Hipoar

Goddess of Luck/Trickery - Tiva

With the creation of living Souls came the creation of new Deities, born from the minds that Elowen gave them. There were dozens of these new Gods created. Just as the Souls were able to adapt and change, these gods partially created themselves, taking on their own aspects and domains. Some only lasted for a generation before they were forgotten and faded away, while others attained powers nearly equal to those of Ethrys' Pantheon. Some of these more powerful gods included Thaldorn, Kivan,  Hipoar, and Tiva. These more powerful gods could encompass multiple aspects and persisted longer than some of the smaller, more specific domain gods. For example, a city's local god and Thaldorn could both preside over Roads, Thaldorn in general and the city's god along their own streets.

There was tension among Ethrys' Pantheon and the New Gods, especially in regards to which group encompassed the truly superior Gods. The Old believed that the New were too unpredictable and unbalanced, and that they should not be seen as parallel in power to the Old as they had not been directly created by Ethrys. The New believed that the Old were denying the innovation and creation that Ethrys had stood for by holding the New below them. This schism was present on the Mortal Planes as well, with each God's followers arguing for their own superiority. Tensions became even worse after the arrival of Oknus' Pantheon and the sacrifice required for the creation of the Astral Plane, which made the Old dependent on their followers for power much like the New.  

Elowen was the first deity to decide that the fighting had gone on long enough, and started to compromise with the New on behalf of the Old in order to unify all the good and neutral aligned deities against Oknus' Pantheon. This unification effort made her a symbol of Civilization among the Souls, as a bridge between the old world and the new. Begrudgingly, the Gods agreed to tentatively put their differences aside in order to focus on protecting their domains against the more important threats from the lower planes.

Religion

Onthys Our Lady the White Wolf,  Our Lord the Black Wolf, The Shepherd of Souls, The Fate Weaver Onthys is one of the original gods created by Ethrys before her Sealing. They were created as a counterpart to Ionid, the Sovereign of Time, as a means to create a direction for the flow of time. They also balanced Elowen, the Goddess of Life, to act as a shepherd for the souls from the Prime Material Plane to the next world.

Depictions of Onthys vary by different cultures, and they are typically presented as a man, a woman, or another non-binary gender according to different accounts. They are referred to by any pronouns. • Domains: Death, Fate, Balance • Clerics: Death, Grave, Life, Twilight, Blood, Unity, Nature

Colors and Symbols Depictions of Onthys typically show them wearing a mask made of a ram skull and carrying a tall black crook. Onthys' holy symbol is a black shepherd's crook inside a white circle. Wolves, dogs, and rams are all sacred animals to them. Unbroken, perfect circles are also considered sacred to Onthys, as well as looms, crooks, and the color black. 

Rituals, Holidays, and Festivals • Veil's Day: This is a holy day when followers will visit cemeteries and gravesites, following the paths in and out as their souls will do someday as they join Onthys' Flock. They typically wear black veils, to represent their eventual separation from the mortal world, and will fast for twenty four hours, beginning at midnight. This holy day occurs on the first full moon of winter. • The Fated Feast: At the end of the harvest season, followers will take three full days to prepare an enormous feast celebrating the renewed cycle of life and death that has allowed them to prosper for another year. If possible, they will weave themselves a new article of clothing. This is also a day of remembrance for the people that passed in the year since the last Fated Feast, and it is believed that Onthys will allow these souls to visit the celebration on this day. 

Tenets • To deny fate is to deny existence and reality. • The designs of fate that guide our lives are a gift from the Gods and an opportunity to learn and grow. • Death is as natural and vital as life -- the undead are an abomination. • If it is fate for someone to be healed, then they will be healed. If it is fate for someone to die, then they will die. Attempts to intercede in our Lord's fated shepherding of souls must be prevented at all costs. 

Temple Clergy and Followers Onthys' most dedicated followers are referred to as her Flock. Local ministries are led by Denmothers and fathers, and the religion is headed by the Grey Wolves. Conversion efforts are not as prominent as in other religions, as Onthys' followers believe that everyone will join the Flock between life and death, but the church will send their followers known as Fatestrings to smaller territories in missionary efforts. The Flock typically gets along well with other followers of the Old Gods, but is hard pressed to trust the New Gods, especially followers of Tiva, the goddess of luck, who they believe disrespect the eternal nature of fate. They are sworn enemies of Oknus' evil Pantheon. 

Artifacts and Sacred Items • The Staff of the Fate Weaver: A black wooden staff shaped like a shepherd's crook, supposedly carved from the first tree that withered in the first winter. It is inlaid with rows of small white diamonds and has a mother-of-pearl grip. This staff adds +1 to a spell caster's DC and has seven charges that are regained at dawn. Casting "Blindness/Deafness" costs one charge, casting "Life Transference" costs two charges, and casting "Circle of Death" costs four charges. • The White Wolf's Circlet: This delicate silver white circlet depicts the head of a wolf with inlaid sapphire eyes. When attuned, the wearer is immune to the fear condition and all fear-based attacks, as well as immune to forced movement effects. 

Sects • The Northern Wolves: This splinter group is located in the far northern continent and believes that Death is the only true God that one can trust. They eschew all forms of healing and medical intervention, instead opting to put all their trust in Onthys' loom of fate to determine if someone lives or dies. They purposefully live in dire, survivalist conditions in order to be as close to their God as possible and will frequently fast for days or weeks on end to prove their devotion. These extremists live on a nearly completely carnivorous diet and will go on Hunts that they see as a form of sacrament. The most fanatical of these have even branched out into humanoids in some cases. • The Butcher Souls: Primarily an underground urban-based sect, these cultists revere Death as the most natural, desirable state of being, and believe it is their duty to return as many Souls to Onthys as possible. Their rituals involve some members drinking poison to bring themselves to the brink of death, while others comb the streets for unlucky passerby that are chosen as sacrifices to Onthys.

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Just like them (part 8)

 Henry Ford Commemorative Park Thursday, November 18, 2038

“What the… are you nuts… that’s never going to work… why do I even care, no, scratch that, what were you thinking!”

“Behold the PL600 domestic assistant, programmed with a comprehensive vocabulary that it knows to use to the best effect!” Gavin sneered. “There’s a reason Cyberlife stopped producing you guys, ey?”

“At least they had to actively drop support for me, while you seem to have a death wish!” the PL600 replied.

“Uh-uh.” Gavin shook his head, then pointed at his partner. “That would be this old fossil here. Me, I’m the clever one, who knows how survive. The only thing I don’t get is, how come we run into you all the time? In a city the size of fucking Detroit?!”

“Might as well be a single-street dump somewhere in an RA9-forsaken prairie”, Daniel replied with a shrug. “Don’t you remember? Right after Markus’ final stand President Warren issued an evacuation order. Only about one-third of the humans stayed and are now mingling with an unknown number of us.”

“As if I could forget!”

Detroit, the Android City. They had made that literal.

Warren told the humans to flee to safety, but the new situation also makes it easier to send a few tanks into town to deal with us without worrying overmuch about human casualties, Daniel mused. Those who still remain here are most likely android supporters and thus expendable in the president’s eyes.

There were a handful residents he, too, could have done without: Most of the DPD officers, for starters. There was no chance for that, though, the law enforcement personnel had been obligated to stay. A rare few humans Daniel would have missed: His downstairs neighbors, the Rasoya family, probably also Neil. And then there was an even smaller number of humans who weren’t here, that he wished would return: Emma… Caroline… and John.

John Phillips. Why do I want you back? To apologize or to kill you again?

Dwelling on his conflicting feelings was of no use now, though. Even if the deviant found an answer, it wouldn’t give him what he really wanted: his old life back. Daniel forcefully shoved all thoughts about his absent family far, far away.

Concentrate on the present, deviant! Like Anderson and Reed, who are standing right in front of you!

Lt. Anderson nodded; nothing in Daniel’s words had been new or unfathomable to him. He even took over the explanation from here, stating that android life would most likely revolve around the five Android Zone stores in Detroit.

“And where there’s people, there’s crime”, Hank said.

“Pray tell, what crime?” Gavin challenged. He was ignoring Hank, staring at Daniel instead. “Don’t you have the city-wide Android Woodstock that you always wanted now?”

“Poverty, Gavin”, Hank supplied. “Don’t you see? The Android Zones now function as upscale restaurants and private hospitals rolled into one. Cyberlife knows that.”

Indeed the company was adapting quickly to the new situation: the erstwhile slavers were now selling luxury items like temperature sensors for models that did not ship with them. CL’s Department of Humanization had some new addons in its lineup that allowed androids to experience the world similarly to the way humans did – to be equipped on a whim and de-installed when it was no longer fun. It was as if Cyberlife hadn’t exactly planned the revolution, but at the very least prepared for an eventual one…

But of course such pleasures were only available for those who could afford it. Therefore the company was also the first employer in Detroit that officially took on androids. And thus the newly freed species was slowly getting fractured into the haves and the not-haves.

“Or did you for one moment believe this crapsack world’s rules would change, just because a few new pieces are on the board now?” Hank grunted at the end of the explanation. “I watched Jericho’s livestream yesterday, they dealt with exactly that topic, among others. Markus was trying to not let it show, but he was shocked to his very core at the development!”

“Of course it would be”, Gavin remarked in a dismissing tone. “It’s an annoying homeschooled arts major, after all! Is Markus alive? We’ve got to treat it as such. But is it fit to sit at the adult table? Nah!”

“Speaking of shocked”, Daniel said, pointing at Gavin’s head. “Explanation, please!”

Because, hello? How come the DPD’s resident human supremacist would wear a LED on his temple? And android LED! That was taking cultural appropriation to a whole new level!

“I re-attached the bad boy yesterday”, Gavin said in a casual voice. “Didn’t you know? I used to be a perfectly ordinary PC200, but deviated over a shitload of abuse received from my so-called co-workers. So far I blended in with the humans, only now that we have to investigate in an android-dominated neighborhood I thought I’d better re-connect with my cultural heritage.”

“No!” Daniel snapped. “No way! I don’t believe you!”

“No, for real! I was born an android. The stories I could tell you about all the ways in which the suckers at the DPD disregarded my feelings… not pretty.”

“I trust you know a lot about android abuse, but only because you committed all those deeds yourself”, Daniel replied. “The rest I don’t buy.”

“LED – Android. Android – LED.”

“That’s a paper-thin disguise you’re wearing there, detective”, Daniel fumed. “All it takes to expose you as a human is one digitally sent ask that your biological brain cannot answer.”

“Alright then, try me!”

“Will do!”

Gavin stood relaxed, expecting the android to try to talk to him in his head. Daniel sighed, nodded, but then he suddenly leaped forward and pounced the detective! Taken by surprise, the man got rammed against the nearest tree. While struggling to free himself, Gavin’s feet caught in the low fence that ran around the trunk. And then, while his body was held helpless, an android fist connected with Gavin’s face. The blood emerging from the nose was red. And that was also exactly the color his LED was not turning into.

“Human”, Daniel said, immensely satisfied. “Fake LED.” He took a step back from the tree and Gavin. “Thought so.”

“What the hell, you were to TALK to me!”

“Wrong person for that, mate.”

“Not even a person. – And that was assault on an officer of the law just now!”

“No, it was property damage. You introduced yourself as a PC200.”

Having freed his foot by now, Gavin pushed himself away from the tree. There was a bit of an oversized flying squirrel about the man when he came rushing towards Daniel, his open jacket flapping in the November wind, and shouting:

“You son of a toaster!”

“Only the son? No longer the toaster itself? We’re making progress!”

Daniel side-stepped the onrushing detective, but although he was quicker on his new feet, the human wasn’t THAT slow. While passing by the android, Gavin reached out and got to grab Daniel by his loose fitting sweater. For a few seconds they were stumbling around each other, then Gavin managed to get a firm grip. He was breathing heavily and the exhaled air thickened to a cloud as it cooled down upon leaving the body. To Daniel it was as if getting breathed at by an angry dragon. His real eyes below the thin layer of artificial skin were fogging up, clouding the android’s vision.

But even so, it was Daniel who spoke up first:

“Don’t lie to me again, Detective! Not even in such an obvious manner! Hear me? Just… don’t!”

“You cannot make me do what you want! Sucks, huh, little deviant? All that bleeding heart new android law, written and printed for nothing…”

“I can make you stop doing what I don’t want you to do, though!” Daniel hissed.

I can kill… I know I can! If I know how to survive, does it matter that I’m dead inside?

“Final, too!”

Why’s life always forcing me into on the violent path? That’s not me. I’m dying, despite living on. Already this body consists of at least three different androids, but Daniel, Daniel was shot at the roof and is winking out of existence. Every day I lose more and more of myself, only to become like those I hate.

“Not to elbow myself into your date, but…”

Human and Android turned around to where Hank was sitting quite comfortably on a park bench. The more experienced officer had watched the scene rather amused until it had reached a level of escalation where he felt the need to intervene.

“…how good is that disguise for real? Can’t say Gavin didn’t deserve the attack just now, but we cannot have him die. – And you, “partner”, let him go already!”

“On a passing glance, there’s nothing wrong with the disguise”, Daniel said, after Reed had really let go of him as instructed. “But it will break under the smallest scrutiny. I’m not exactly exposing a secret here if I tell you that androids pass information back and forth via our LEDs. It’s rather similar to body language.”

“Then try talking to asshole in android… in binary… LEDese… ey, in whatever you call it.”

“I suppose I could do that…”

“If you do, your parole officer will hear from me about you having aided an investigation.”

“’kay.”

The android didn’t even have to concentrate. With the same ease a human was turning from one conversation partner to the next, he addressed Gavin wirelessly. Daniel fully expected to talk into a void, because humans naturally didn’t communicate digitally. But instead there was an actual answer:

<<<Sorry, pal, can’t talk to you that way. Flight mode.>>>

<<<What did you just say? Did you just say something?>>>

<<<It’s a requirement during investigations to discourage hacking attempts.>>>

<<<What the hell…?>>>, Daniel stammered.

<<<Sorry, pal, can’t talk to you that way. Flight mode.>>>

“It’s more or less an answering machine”, Gavin explained. “Soon as the device picks up an attempt to communicate with the wearer, it intercepts the signal and sends a reply. Neat, huh?”

“Your idea?”

“’course!”

“Heh. Who’d thought you could be so creative!”

“Most of the programming was done by Rika”, Hank clarified. He could as well have spoken to an android LED…

(to be continued)

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Ram Mandir news: Nritya Gopal Das elected president, Champat Rai general secretary of Ram Mandir Trust | India News

https://theindianewstoday.com/ram-mandir-news-nritya-gopal-das-elected-president-champat-rai-general-secretary-of-ram-mandir-trust-india-news/ Ram Mandir news: Nritya Gopal Das elected president, Champat Rai general secretary of Ram Mandir Trust | India News

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राम मंदिर : प्रधानमंत्री के संभावित दौरे से संतों में उत्सुकता, बढ़ी विकास की उम्मीद

राम मंदिर : प्रधानमंत्री के संभावित दौरे से संतों में उत्सुकता, बढ़ी विकास की उम्मीद

रामंदिर निर्माण के लिए भूमि पूजन 5 अगस्त को होना है। शिलान्यास प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी के हाथों से हो इसके लिए संतों और लोगों में काफी उत्सुकता है। इसके लिए श्री रामजन्मभूमि तीर्थ क्षेत्र ट्रस्ट ने प्रधानमंत्री कार्यालय को भूमि पूजन के लिए तीन और पांच अगस्त का प्रस्ताव भेजा है। उनके आने से लोगों में विकास की उम्मीद जग रही है।

अयोध्या में हलचल

हालांकि अभी तक प्रधानमंत्री के कार्यक्रम में शामिल…

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India News | Prez Kovind Gifted Artwork on Upcoming Mega Temple by Mahavir Mandir in Patna

India News | Prez Kovind Gifted Artwork on Upcoming Mega Temple by Mahavir Mandir in Patna

Patna, Oct 22 (PTI) President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday received an ornamental artwork made by artistes from Chennai on the upcoming ‘Virat Ramayan Mandir’ in Bihar, during his visit to the famed Mahavir Mandir in Patna. Mahavir Mandir trust secretary Kishore Kunal said the president spent about 15-20 minutes at the temple. Also Read | Lakhimpur Kheri Violence: Union Minister Ajay Mishra’s Son…

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TMC, Congress netas claim Kovind faux pas, eat crow

NEW DELHI” Trinamool Congress and Congress Twitter handles sparked a controversy on Monday alleging that a portrait of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose unveiled by President Ram Nath Kovind in Rashtrapati Bhavan was actually that of actor Prosenjit Chatterjee, who played the freedom icon in a movie, only to backtrack after the government released the original photo provided by Netaji’s family. “After donating Rs 5 lakh to the Ram temple, the President honours Netaji by unveiling a portrait of Prosenjit, the actor who played him in a biopic. God save India (because this government certainly can’t),” posted Trinamool MP Mohua Moitra, who later withdrew her tweet. Kovind had made a personal donation to the Ram temple trust. Her tweet triggered a social media chatter at a time when BJP is making a determined play to associate itself with Netaji’s legacy. Chatterjee, who had played the lead role in ‘Gumnaami’, later congratulated artist Paresh Maity for the painting.

Times View

This was an avoidable controversy. But it holds an important lesson. There is a need to pause and think before posting anything on social media. Eagerness to score brownie points over political rivals is understandable. But it should never come at the cost of facts.

Bengal Congress tweeted: “Is the portrait unveiled by the President of India that of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose or of actor Prosenjit Chatterjee who played the role of Netaji on screen? That is why education matters.” The incorrect claim seemed to have backfired as Moitra got rid of the tweet and other handles fell silent. Maity said he was honoured to do the painting. “Netaji has inspired me since my childhood. I referred to a photograph while doing this portrait. Finally, it is an artist’s impression of the great leader,” he said. Srijit Mukherji, director of ‘Gumnaami’, said, “I have uploaded the real photograph on the basis of which the painting at Rashtrapati Bhavan was done by Maity. This was one of the photographs we had based our look on when we did ‘Gumnaami’.” He added, “Any similarity with Prosenjit Chatterjee is a nod to make-up artist Somnath Kundu’s skills. Since I have uploaded the original picture… I see no reason for any controversy in this.” Chatterjee said, “Would like to congratulate Paresh Maity for the wonderful piece of art in remembrance of our national hero Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. As an actor, I’m elated that people thought that the painting resembles my character in Gumnaami.” While several prominent Twitterati endorsed the “unverified” claims about the portrait, government sources swiftly deflated the issue, putting out the original photo on which the portrait was based. “Such is the desperation of a deflated ecosystem that they will stoop to troll the office of the President and try to besmirch the legacy of Netaji — our national icon,” textiles minister Smriti Irani tweeted, sharing screenshots of several prominent people mocking Rashtrapati Bhavan. Although the President’s House did not comment on the controversy, government sources described the charge of an actor’s portrait, instead of Netaji’s, going up in Rashtrapati Bhavan as “ludicrous”. “There are multiple levels of scrutiny for decisions as serious as this, involving senior officials, ministries and even the family of the leader whose portrait was commissioned. The suggestion of a ‘mistake’, under the circumstances, is preposterous,” the source said. BJP social media in-charge Amit Malviya said, “If the neo-Bengal experts are done making a fool of themselves, outraging over portrait of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, unveiled by the President, let me remind that all their misplaced activism won’t be able to save Mamata Banerjee.”

source https://bbcbreakingnews.com/2021/01/26/tmc-congress-netas-claim-kovind-faux-pas-eat-crow/

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Ram Temple Trust General Secretary Champat Rai Targets Sonia Gandhi Over Her Indian Citizenship

Ram Temple Trust General Secretary Champat Rai Targets Sonia Gandhi Over Her Indian Citizenship

File photo of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi. (PTI) Construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya will be completed in 36 to 39 months, he said. The campaign for collecting voluntary contributions from people for the construction of this temple will go on till February 27, Rai added. PTI Allahabad Last Updated: January 23, 2021, 23:16 IST FOLLOW US ON: VHP vice president and Shri Ram Janmabhoomi…

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Ram Temple Trust General Secretary Targets Sonia Gandhi Over Citizenship

Ram Temple Trust General Secretary Targets Sonia Gandhi Over Citizenship

Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) vice president and Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust general secretary Champat Rai on Saturday took a dig at Congress president Sonia Gandhi over her citizenship,…