Lokinder Bisht
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#Farmer & Ex #Banker ; #Books #Paintings #History #Art #Indology #Wellness ; “पुरुषः सोऽहमस्मि” - I am He, the Purusha within thee. — ईशा उपनिषद
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“I am the Brahman alone, after being understood in its true aspect, entirely burns into bhasma (ash) the ignorance.........” As I explore the ash smeared portrait of my beloved King - Raja Sidh Sen of Mandi.
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Sanskrit inscription on a stone slab found in
#Berenike
, Egypt dated 4th c CE. It contains several lines of poetry dedicated to Lord Vishnu. Signed by a man named Bhanuka. The slab was found in a building believed to have been a Hindu temple.
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3K
11K
#Sanskrit
manuscripts number more than ~30 mio which is ~100 times those in Greek & Latin combined. This constitute the largest cultural heritage that any civilization has produced prior to the printing press. Why was Sanskrit pushed to the dumbs and made unattractive after 1947?
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The oldest known Sanskrit inscriptions in the
#Nusantara
,
#Indonesia
are those on seven stone
#Vedic
#Y
ūpa found in Borneo; 4th c CE. It was to commemorate sacrifices held by King Mulavarman who ruled the Kutai Martadipura, the first
#Hindu
kingdom 1/2…..
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The Hindu temple in the
#NandanaFort
of the great Hindu
#Shahi
dynasty in the Salt Range,Pakistan.According to
#Alberuni
, who stayed in the Fort & carried out the study of Indian knowledge in 11th c , the place was a centre of learning. Nandana derives it’s name from the…..1/2
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Back of the Priest King of Mohenjo-daro; Saraswati-Sindhu Sabhyata; 2000 BCE;
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Durga at Unakoti, Tripura 11th CE
Shiva with the waters of Ganga flowing from his locks. 11th c CE on the rocky face of Raghunandan Hills at Unakoti, Tripura.
Legend has it that the carvings were made by a local Halam sculptor called
Kallu, a devotee of Shiva and Parvati. When Kallu wished to accompany 1/3
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#Harappan
‘Divine Adoration Seal’ ~2500 BCE and the
#RigVeda
hymn; A figure between two branches of a pipal tree and a kneeling figure wearing an identical head dress. The seven figures - the
#sapta
-seven
#matrikas
or the
#SaptaRishi
? .....1/2
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The genius Ancient India -
The Shishupala Vadha is a work of classical Sanskrit poetry composed by Magha in the 7th c. It is an epic poem with highly ornate stanzas. The 27th stanza is an example of what has been called "the most complex and exquisite type of palindrome 1/2….
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Bhodhisatva, 3rd century CE, Dalverzin Tepe, Uzbekistan, At National Museum, N Delhi
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Surya (Sun God) 7th c. CE. Found in KhairKaneh, Kabul, Afghanistan.
The Khair Khaneh temple was excavated in1930s and is dated to 608-630 CE;
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Ancient India witnessed waves of foreign invasions- Persians, Greeks, Scytho-Parthians, Abhiras, Kushans, Huns etc. &who ruled parts of North-western India. There seemed nothing to indicate that they imposed any belief or value system on the populace. Infact they propagated1/2….
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#Sigiriya
, Sri Lanka; 5th C Fresco;
“One of the greatest achievement of the Buddhist artist is to be observed in his treatment of gesture, especially in the expressive treatment of hands. Renaissance Italian had the same grace of gesture. With the Hindus, the Mudra” - Percy Brown
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#Harappan
#MohenjoDaro
2500-1900 BC. Indus Valley Civilisation. Two monkeys embracing each other. At National Museum, New Delhi
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#Shalbhanjika
- a beautiful woman holding a branch of a tree, Ist c CE, Found at Sonkh Tila, Govardhan, Mathura. Now at
#Mathura
Museum. (Click on 16-08-22)
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Bhodhisatva, 1-3rd century CE, Dalverzin Tepe, Uzbekistan. Kanishka, the great Kushan King, facilitated the expansion of Buddhism from India to Centra Asia in 1st/2nd CE.
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Devaki handing over infant Krishna to Vasudeva. 4th-5th c. CE. Gupta period; Deogarh Temple, Jhansi. Panel at National Museum, New Delhi
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Old Village houses in
#Himachal
. The Kath Kuni style of construction. A combination of two local terms: kath & kuni. The word kath is a dialectal variation of the Sanskrit word kashtth, means wood, and kuni comes from the Sanskrit word kona, that is, an angle or a corner. Lives!
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Rare footage of Garbha Griha of the Konark Temple.
Konark Sun Temple, 1250 CE, Different views clicked on 27.09.22.
In 1903, the four entrances to the Sun Temple’s assembly hall (Jagamohan) were sealed and filled with sand to prevent the structure from collapsing as the British undertook its preservation work. But over the...1/2
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Views of
#Shimla
&
#Kinnaur
Hills; Aquatint of 1820, image made by James and William Fraser ; Assembly of Hill Men, Nagnee Temple Kalpa(?),Bamta Village and Shai Village - all in
#Himachal
- Clean and Neat
#Himalayas
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Village Bhallan, Distt Kullu A remote village in the Himalayas (Alt ~ 9 K feet)
Post Office with a view
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Lady smoking huqqa; 1773 Kulu, Pahari, At CSMVS, Mumbai
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Shiva with the waters of Ganga flowing from his locks. 11th c CE on the rocky face of Raghunandan Hills at Unakoti, Tripura.
Legend has it that the carvings were made by a local Halam sculptor called
Kallu, a devotee of Shiva and Parvati. When Kallu wished to accompany 1/3
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Statue of a
#Parsi
Girl in Ivory maybe from a well known Parsi family in Mumbai. Dress - ijar, jhabla, coat and topi; 17.2 cm; Late 19th C; At CSMVS, Mumbai
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Cremation of Buddha; 2nd C Gandhar; At Allahabad Museum.
Buddha before his death
“Enough, Ananda! Do not weep! Have I not already told you that it is in the very nature of all things most dear to us that we must divide ourselves from them, leave them, sever ourselves from them?”
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The photo of
#Mandi
Royalty was published in the great work of the time “The People of India: A Series of
#Photographic
Illustrations, with Descriptive Letterpress, of the Races and Tribes of
#Hindustan
(London, 1868-1875)”
@IndiaHistorypic
@IndiaHistorypic
. A photo of Raja of Mandi with his Wazir (Punjab Hill State). The photo was taken in 1865 when photography had just reached India.
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Shiv and Parvati; 12th C, Khajurao, At Allahabad Museum. Clicked on 30th Dec.
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Chamunda Devi, 9th c CE, Found at Jajpur, Orissa. Clicked on 28/09 at Bhubaneshwar Museum
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A scene outside a brothel; 1810; Kangra, Pahari Painting; Francesca Galloway
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Back of the Priest King of Mohenjo-daro; Sindhu Sabhyata; 2000 BCE;
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#BinduMadhav
Temple. Krishna in
#Kashi
. The original Temple was destroyed by
#Aurangzeb
in 1673 on which now stands the Alamgir Mosque. The
#French
merchant Jean Baptiste Tavernier who made many voyages to India was awestruck by the beauty of the original temple. My clicks.
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Bust of Goddess
#Durga
, From the monastery of
#TepeSardar
dated 2nd/3rd century CE at
#Ghazni
, At National Museum of
#Afghanistan
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Dancing Girl engraving on a piece of red potsherd, discovered at
#Bhirrana
, Haryana; Prior to 2600 BCE; (Period : Hakra Wares to Mature Harappan, starting from 7th m. BCE); The dancing girl of Mohenjodaro finds similarities to this piece.
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#Kullu
Kot Village in Banjar?
By
#SamuelBourne
1867
A temple Or Bhandar with wooden architecture.
Please identify ?
#HimachalPradesh
@IndiaHistorypic
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Sri Aurobindo on Hinduism
"
#Hinduism
. . gave itself no name, because it set itself no sectarian limits; it claimed no universal adhesion, asserted no sole infallible dogma, set up no single narrow path or gate of salvation; it was less a creed or cult than a continuously 1/2
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Silver coin of the Maurya empire, known as Rupyarupa, 3rd c. BCE
#Arthashastra
, by
#Chanakya
mentions silver coins as rupyarupa, gold coins - suvarṇarupa, copper coins -tamrarupa and lead coins - sisarupa.
#Rupee
- it’s origin
@Arthistorian18
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Lovers pointing to the approaching
#monsoons
.
#PahariSchool
1750; The unknown pahari artists of 16th - 19th C) “Genius is not an individual achievement but simply the quality of the society at a given period. The artist works in the style of his own period as naturally 1/2
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Buddha from Nagarjunakonda, Andhra Pradesh; 1st to 4th C CE.
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#KamruNag
, The Yaksha King. The main devta of
#Mandi
, the land of that Mahapurusha -
#SidhSen
. His emblem! As he leaves the 7 day sojourn in the capital at the end of Shivratri festival. History and tradition.
#Himalayas
.
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Palace scene with panoramic view
1770 ; Faizabad, At Chester Beatty, Dublin
@ssharadmohhan
@Peachtreespeaks
@PunjabiRooh
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As I walked ~ 2 kms from my place to the 9th C Basheshwar Mahadev temple in Bajaura (Kullu Valley). The oldest stone structure in the valley amidst the fruit trees. Visited by Moorcroft in 1820.
#Himalayas
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“O Mother! Necklace adorning the earth.....”
There are layers of beauty,mysticism & spirit in every painting. When one lifts eyelashes to study the vaneer, the sublime world opens into ecstasy. I explore this beautiful painting from my motherland-
#Mandi
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Fire altar at Harappan Site of
#Kalibangan
~2600 BCE.
Continuity of ritual practices by Hindus such as facing the east or having a bath when performing a yagna.
In Kalibangan seven contiguous fire altars with a well and bathing pavement were found. The altars had a wall ……1/2
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Tibetan Nuns
Photo taken by John Claude White during Young Husband’s
#Tibet
Mission of 1903-1904
Thubten Gyatso was the 13th
#DalaiLama
who went to Mangolia during the
#British
Mission.
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Sarswati, the glorious River!
Often enough it seemed as though, like the river Sarasvati the lost stream of the old Sapta-sindhavas, the river of Indian thought had disappeared beneath the surface or had become lost in shallow marshes and morasses. But, sooner or later, ……1/2
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Thousand Buddhas on silk textile. 6th-7th c CE; Fm Mogau Caves (a complex of 492 grottoes adorned with Buddhist statuary and frescoes) in Dun Huang, China.
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and a regular Lipi, a pattern seen in Udayagiri Caves in Madhya Pradesh, India. The inscription is dated from the Tarumanagara kingdom period, one of the earliest
#Hindu
kingdoms in Indonesian history.
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My favourite spot in my hometown
#Mandi
:
#ParasharLake
with a 13th Century Pagoda style temple of Rishi Parashar. The place is nested at a height of 2730 Mtrs & 49 kms away from Town. Population density~2 pskm. Need to go to feel it.
@dpanikkar
@ssharadmohhan
#HimachalPradesh
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Kanphata yogi. Fm Tashrih al-aqvam, 1825 -James Skinner. The
#GorakhnathMuth
of
#YogiAdityanath
is the seat of Kanphata Yogis, famous for having been part of the warrior ascetic movement since the 14C, to militarily resist persecution against the Islamic and British colonial rule
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Kangra ; 1810 ; Vishnu’s feet
“One can sense that these paintings are the visual counterpart of that concentration, that single-minded focusing of the mind, that a devotee aims for while seated in meditation” - Prof BNGoswamy
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A panel of flying celestial couple, Early Western Chalukya; 7th c CE; Aihole; At National Museum, New Delhi
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Rishi
#Jaratkaru
impregnates his wife Mansa & the fatigued sage sleeps in his wife’s lap.
10th c CE Bhubaneshwar Museum. My Click
Jaratkaru, a learned sage who practises severe asceticism. Though he wants to remain celibate, he marries Manasa on persuasion of his dead ancestors.
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#Bilaspur
#Pahari
1680-1700;
#Vaman
avatar worshipped by
#Mahabali
. Originating in the
#RigVeda
, Vaman is associated with the legend of taking back the three worlds from Mahabali in three steps. The three worlds symbolise
#Mind
#Speech
#Breath
.
#VamanaJayanti
@TIinExile
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#Kangra
~1825, Radha offering a paan to Krishna;At Bharat Kala Bhawan; “O moon-faced one! Let the bells in your girdle ring in resonance with the sweet notes of your voice. It will soothe my ears which have found even the notes of cuckoos harsh due to separation”-Geet Govind
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#DeviKothi
Temple in a remote village in Churah Valley (~4000 m) of
#Chamba
.
#Himalayas
. Built in 1754; Murals; A woman about to lift the water filled pitcher on her head.
@ssharadmohhan
@PropitiousOn3O
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Bharat with the padukas of Ram on his head. Bronze Chola, at National Museum, Delhi.
“Thrilled with joy on receiving a pair of Sandals from Ram, Bharat placed them reverentially on his head and proceeded towards Ayodhya with his retinue” - Valmiki
#Ramayana
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Parvati, Gupta Period; c.450-650 A.D. ; Ahichchhatra, Bareilly, U.P.. At National Museum, New Delhi
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Konark Sun Temple, 1250 CE, a sign of sexually liberal Early India. My clicks on 27/09/2022
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Radha; Guler 18th C, At Indian Museum, Kolkata.
Today’s click.
@Peachtreespeaks
@ssharadmohhan
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#DeviKothi
Temple in a remote village in Churah Valley of
#Chamba
.
#Himalayas
. Built in 1754; Murals;
#Krishna
killing Putna;
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Raas Leela, Murshidabad, Late 18th C; At Indian Museum, Kolkata
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#Kashmir
: Ivory ~800
3 successive scenes-
#Buddha
’s experimentation with fasting. At center, with his body encased in a web of veins,he meditates in lotus posture during his six-year subsistence on a daily grain of rice. Cont 1/2-
@ssharadmohhan
@dpanikkar
@PunjabiRooh
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Tibetan Nuns
Photo taken by
#JohnClaudeWhite
during
#Younghusband
's
#Tibet
Mission of 1903-1904
Thubten Gyatso was the 13th
#DalaiLama
who went to Mangolia during the
#British
Mission.
#HimachalPradesh
@IndiaHistorypic
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A Ruler and his attendants visiting Nath yogis, Rajasthan, 18th century
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Chamunda Devi, 9th c CE, Found at Jajpur, Orissa. My click at Bhubaneshwar Museum
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Buddha or Vairocana (वैरोचन in Sanskrit). A mural of Vairocana from Balawaste, 7th—8th century. (Khotan oasis in Western China,
#SilkRoute
) Blending of culture, wisdom and art.
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#Mankot
1700-25 ; अमर ब्याह - The immortal marriage;
Parvati sleeps with her head on the lap of Mahadev. “Bliss in a marriage”
#Himachal
@ssharadmohhan
@dpanikkar
@Go_Movie_Mango
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