Parashurama washing his axe in Malaprabha River. The axe began to purge itself of the blood it had consumed during the battles, and the river started turning red. Village women washing clothes downstream saw this and exclaimed "Ai hole!" (Oh no! The River!). The name stuck, and…
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@Openatic
That's an interesting legend! It's fascinating how the name of the river originated from that exclamation by the village women. History and mythology always have intriguing stories to tell.
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@Openatic
I keep shifting between who I like more.
Mahadev, or Vishnu.
The most funniest thing to me is, when I was peaceful, I liked Mahadev more, and now when I'm aware of the enemies of our nation and people, I like Vishnu more.
As Vishnu is ironically more violent than Mahadev.
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@Openatic
#ಐಹೊಳೆ
#Aihole
is dotted with hundreds of small & big temples, most of them incomplete !
It’s said that it probably was a school / training centre of temple architecture where many aspiring Sthapatis #ಸ್ಥಪತಿಗಳು trained
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@Openatic
By the way, Lord Parashuram is considered to be a Cheranjeevi & guru of Lord Vishnu's final avatar Kalki!
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@Openatic
Wait........so even during times of(not sure which) yuga the parshurama existed and slaughtered so many people .........
KANNADA EXISTED???
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@Openatic
Pity the immortal axe wielder, the very emanation of Vishnu’s fiery discus was nowhere to be found when the desert cultists decided to remodel India and reeducate her people. Dharma glānir bhavati, tad bhagavan alopayati.
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@Openatic
I was always fascinated by how this place got the name
Badami Aiholeya Chandana Thooka madu
🙏👇
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@Openatic
What if the modern parashuram had a big machine gun and he would washing the bld stains in a river.
Will he be openly accepted in the non violence loving, gandhi’s 🇮🇳today?
How will he be percieved🤔
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@Openatic
Wrong.
Parashuram washed his axe in Lohit river in Arunachal Pradesh. The place is called Parashuram kund where he washed his axe.
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