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I created this Hanuman animation using rotating circles powered by complex-number equations and Fourier series. Each circle contributes a rotating vector, and their sum traces the intricate contours-bringing Hanuman to life through mathematics. 🙏
#Hanuman #FourierSeries #MathArt #ComplexNumbers
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a large crowd gathered at Baltit, Hunza, to see a Shaman's (Bitan) performance in 1924 (1).
The remaining photographs are from later periods/decades in Gilgit.
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Best wishes on the auspicious occasion of Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī!🌸
Students and those aspiring to enter the field of politics should certainly observe this sacred vrata.
Tomorrow is Soorasamharam,
Skanda Sashti 🌺🙏
Bhagwan Karthikeya Swami destroyed evil and the demon Surapadman on Karthika Shukla Paksha Sashti Tithi.
It's a very auspicious day to worship Swami Kartikeya, Skanda.
Offer milk payasam(kheer), Jaggery and fruits to Swami Skanda tomorrow.
One can chant any of the mantras for 108 times of Bhagwan Skanda below :
- Saravana Bhavaya Namah
- Sri Skandaya Namah
You can also read or listen to Skanda Sashti Kavacham.
Swami Karthikeya is the God who grants victory, courage, confidence, bravery, health, abundance, protection and prosperity
Saravana Bhavaya Namah 🌺🙏
@RajanThakar3
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☀︎ Sūrya: Who is he in the Vedas? ☀️ The Vedic conception of the Sun extends far beyond the celestial orb. Sūrya is the metaphysical divine witness of all life and the inner spiritual self, the Eye of the Gods (devānāṃ cakṣus), whose all-seeing radiance makes existence visible and whose presence is intimately connected with consciousness, perception and ṛta - cosmic order.
☀️ Viṣṇu in the Vedas is also quintessentially solar - characterised by a different but complementary cosmic function: the creation and extension of space through his celebrated three strides (trīṇi padā). Where Sūrya witnesses the worlds, Vishnu measures and establishes the cosmic expanse. These are distinct yet interconnected dimensions of Vedic solar theology.
☀️ The history of the Saura, solar sampradaya tradition is equally fascinating. The development of organised Sun worship in northern India took place against a changing cultural landscape, particularly with the arrival and ascendancy of Śaka, Kuṣāṇa, Kṣatrapis and Hūṇa rulers. Iranian and Central Asian cultural influences became visible in the iconography of Sūrya Nārāyaṇa, particularly the distinctive boots, tunics and headgear.
☀️ The spread of solar calendars led to the birth of several cornerstone Hindu local festivals - Makara Saṅkrānti/Pongal in the south Chaṭh Pūjā in Bihar and Ratha Saptamī across India. Humanity is solar-centric, and Indians certainly are.
☀️ This exploration focuses primarily on the Rigveda - Book/Maṇḍala 10 and Surya's relation to Indra, Savitr and Agni. Atwork and research: @achintyavenk as part of my Vedic Pantheon Visions illustration series featuring my artwork of Vivasvān-Surya (2022), Indra, Agni and Vrtra.
☀️ Chhaṭh Pūjā celebrates devotion to Sūrya, Chhathi Maiya and the life-sustaining power of nature, honouring the setting and rising Sun with gratitude and reverence. Wishing everyone a blessed Chhaṭh Pūjā!
#Surya #Rigveda #Vedas #ChhathPuja #Indra
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“Law is not what legal scholars write on paper; law is what a community of resolute men is prepared to enforce through blood and sacrifice.”
Ernst Jünger
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Invented in 1897 by Jodhpur’s Sir Pratap Singh a Rathore Rajput, for polo, Jodhpurs became standard early-20th-century officer uniform across British, US, Soviet, Japanese & German militaries. Post-WWII mechanisation retired them globally; India retains them only for ceremonies.
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I just realised that the Jodhpurs were an Indian thing before they became associated with fascism due to the SS adapting them as stiefelhose.
Sheeeeeeit we wuz kangz mayne.
Although Indian military seems to have completely given up on these other than ceremonial regtts.
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Absolutely, core problem lies in the fact that no conversation happens around this visible poisoning of people. Everyone faces it here and no politician apart from opinions has showed enough effort. Not on camera, not in action.
VIDEO | Gurugram: Senior chest and thoracic surgeon at Medanta, Arvind Kumar says, "An attempt at artificial rain was made last year as well; lakhs of rupees were spent and cloud seeding was carried out, but those clouds simply drifted away and it did not rain. As a doctor, I want to give a clear-cut message that carrying out artificial rain, sprinkling water all around, and similar actions are all cosmetic measures. For the past 10 years, we have been enduring this pollution problem; for 10 years, this exact same issue occurs in October, November, and December. ...People should realise how severely this pollution is damaging their health, and all 140 crore people should come together and make concerted efforts to reduce it. The solution to the problem of pollution will come through proper long-term measures; sprinkling water or inducing artificial rain are knee-jerk reactions that will not bring any long-term or permanent solution."
#AirPollution
(Full video available on PTI Videos - ptivideos.com)
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A letter frm Wazir Nathu to Raja Pritam Singh of Kullu informing about Victory of Maharaja Raj Singh , conquering Balaur(Basohli)
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Römē x Ràjputāná
"A Pillar of Victory like that of Tranjan at Rome, but in Infinitely Better in Taste as an Architectural Object than the Roman Example" - James Fergusson (A Scottish Architectural Historian, Describing Vijay Stambh, built by Rana Kumbha at Chittorgarh, Mewar)
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Cut a circle into rings. Unroll them. You get a triangle. Area = half of 2πr × r = πr². Feels like a clever modern trick.
Aryabhata wrote the same formula as one verse, in 499 CE.
समपरिणाहस्यार्धं विष्कम्भार्धहतमेव वृत्तफलम् I
"Half the circumference, multiplied by half the diameter, is certainly the area of a circle." Aryabhatiya, Ganitapada, verse 7.
The triangle's base is the circumference. Its height is half the diameter. Half base times height is exactly his verse.
The unrolling was Indian homework too. Mahavira, around 850 CE, gives the exact area of one ring: half the sum of the inner and outer circumferences, times the width. A ring unrolled into a trapezium.
Bhaskara II, 1150 CE, cuts a sphere into 24 rings, unrolls each strip into a trapezium, and adds them to get the surface of the sphere.
Jyesthadeva's Yuktibhasa, Kerala, around 1530, does the same unrolling in Malayalam, and lets the strips grow finer and finer.
Source: Aryabhatiya, Ganitapada 7; Ganita Sara Sangraha 7.7; Siddhanta Shiromani, Goladhyaya; Yuktibhasa.
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क्षमा जैसा उत्तम बल, कीर्ति जैसा उत्तम धन, ज्ञान जैसा उत्तम लाभ और श्रीरामायण जैसा उत्तम ग्रन्थ कोई नहीं है।
There is no strength better than forgiveness, no wealth better than renown, no gain better than knowledge, and no text better than Śrī Rāmāyaṇa.
