Sādhanā-Tantra tradition of worshiping fierce deities for military superiority is an ancient continuation among Kṣatriya.
MB has Yudhiṣṭhira (Virāṭaparva, 6) & Arjuna (Bhīṣmaparva, 23) and other texts have Ṣri Rām doing the same. Bappa Rawal received a shield & a sword...
The Chausath Yogini temple of Morena. Built in the 11th century by the Kachhapaghata (Kachhawaha) dynasty, the temple has a radius of 170 feet with 64 chambers, each housing a devi.
This temple was presumably constructed for the Yogini Sadhana of the King.
'Shivaji statue has no relevance in Ladakh. Gen Zorawar is a bigger hero there'
Manvendra Singh @ManvendraJasol, BJP leader & Editor-in-Chief of Defence & Security Alert, writes
#ThePrintOpinion
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Pacho transitioning from prettyboy Ralph Lauren model to a decadent aristocrat hopelessly in debt due to his opium & womanizing habits; a case of property dispute; tired of his lawyers and babus of Shimla; he'll ride out with his men on Dussehera; the Raj wakes up to a rebellion.
Illustrations from the Book Maha-Bharata, The Epic of Ancient India by Romesh Dutt - 1899 🧵
Original illustration designed by E. Stuart Hardy
1. Savitri and Satyavan
This guy's basic reaction to Rajput resistance is:
1. Hark back to past politics and ignore contemporary attacks by the ruling party against the community.
2. Blame the historians, but do not react to the casteist politicisation of history which has buried any chances of debate,
dissent and academics against statue-bazi.
3. Jaichand? Again hark back to the past Congress days but ignore the current misuse of his image by the ruling ideology.
4. Seat cuts? Increase the population until then shut up and don't react as Modi Ji is god's child.
This guy's basic reaction to Rajput resistance is:
1. Hark back to past politics and ignore contemporary attacks by the ruling party against the community.
2. Blame the historians, but do not react to the casteist politicisation of history which has buried any chances of debate,
My response
1. I do not identify as RW but even if I did, RW has millions of people so you are doing the same mistake as you are accusing them to do, i.e. online label everyone as the same. Many RWs support Rajputs.
2. That account is run by Muslims as evidence was shared by Abhay Pratap Singh who is also a true blood Rajput
3. Mihir Bhoj, Anangpal Tomar, and Suheldev were portrayed as belonging to different castes, by who? This is the work of Historians and not political parties. Since when did Political parties become Historians? If you have counter evidence, share it and people wil;l support you
4. Jaichand and Mir Jaffar are used as examples of traitors since the 1950s. That time the so-called 'Rashtrawadi Party.' did not even exist. Did it occur to you who was behind this narrative?
5. Further didn't Jaichand go against Prithvi Raj who is also a Rajput. Why don't you see that people call him a hero who was also a Rajput?
6. Jaichand's narrative which was set by Congress is now being negated by another Historian true Indology or Bharadwaj Speaks, who is not a Rajput but a Brahmin, the same group who you called as 'Malai Khane wala'
7. In Uttar Pradesh, our tickets got reduced from 15 to 8 and we're not fairly represented, the CM belongs to your community and God willing he would be the PM. That is the most important post. Why do 16 or 8 MPs matter?
8. Also are you unaware that this is democracy? where everyone has a vote. Why did Rajputs reduce their population and they did not maintain a fertility rate of at least 2.0? This is also true for many other Hindu groups
9. The truth is we live in a democracy and however flawed, here population numbers matter and political parties will pander to groups which have a higher population and are growing fast. For Congress it would be Muslims and for BJP OBCs. So their policies and politics will reflect higher pandering to these groups. This is a reality. So either increase your population or end democracy or support the party which still respects Rajputs with CMs in HP, UK, UP etc instead of the ones which is a full Muslim League.
9. EWS itself is a curse and you should campaign for a merit based society and not reservation based else you justify perpetual reservation. The whole campaign is tough and challenging and will take a long time but that is worth fighting for because it is the right thing to fight for and not cancer like EWS and other reservations.
10. You are not labelled as Muslims for raising concerns. You are labeled as Muslims for choosing someone like Sajud Chauhan as your brother ignoring the fact that they have long converted. You are campaigning for Rape Jehadis and asking for votes who committed rapes and murders in Muzaffarnagar and other cities
11. RW-online may be immature but religion politics is any day better than caste politics.