K.R.Vidhyaa

Ex- PSU exec. now following my passion. Accredited storyteller of Kathalaya's IAST, Bengaluru. Website: Podcast :

[𑀓𑀺𑀭𑀼𑀱𑁆𑀡𑀷𑁆 🇮🇳 @tskrishnan]

Today is Ani Thirumanjanam, the second most important festival dedicated to Nataraja after Margazhi Arudra Darshanam. It is celebrated when Sun transits through Mithuna Rasi, which houses Ardra star and when moon is at the star of Sun, Uttharaphalguni.

Pictured here is one of the celebrated Nataraja bronzes of the Thanjavur Brihadisvara Temple. This magnificent vigraha was gifted by Queen Cholamadevi, one of the queens of Rajaraja Chola I. Remarkably, the inscription recording the donation provides precise iconographic details of the image. It states that the total height of the deity, including Apasmara, measures “mukkālē araikkāl muḻam.” The inscription further notes that the image bears “Ganga Bhattaraki” on the head and is adorned with nine flowing jatas. It also records that Nataraja stands upon a lotus pedestal embellished with “Ratnanyasa” — the ritual embedding of precious gems.

[Ami Ganatra (અમી ગણાત્રા) @6amiji]

It is often taken as an established fact tht Mahabharata evolved in 3 stages: Jaya-Bharat-Mahabharat. But is tht the case - a neat 3 step evolution? For now, there is Zero evidence to support such an assertion. I write for @firstpost . https://t.co/dm6SdLvG8p
@BloomsburyIndia

[𑀓𑀺𑀭𑀼𑀱𑁆𑀡𑀷𑁆 🇮🇳 @tskrishnan]

தமிழகத்தின் கோவில் கட்டடக் கலைக்கு அடித்தளம் அமைத்தவரும் பன்முகத்தன்மை கொண்டவரும் இலக்கியம், நாடகம், இசை என்று பல துறைகளிலும் சிறந்தவருமான மகேந்திரபல்லவரைப் பற்றி வாசிக்க https://t.co/B21uZ3Fgmh

[Tamil Labs 2.0 @labstamil]

46,334 temples come under the ambit of TN HRCE. Do you know how these temples are classified? Not by antiquity or architectural significance, but based on their annual income, like a P&L line item
> 10 lakhs : 584 temples
2 - 5 lakhs: 619 temples
10k to 2 lakhs: 3820
< 10k: 34,770
and Others

Almost 75% of TN temples earn less than 10 thousand a year. That's 7$ a month, below poverty line of even Sub Saharan regions.

So before some "humanitarian" pontificates about building "schools or mandapams or shopping complexes" on temple money, take a hard look at these numbers. There are temples with no priests to offer worship, no money for daily upkeep and plenty of temples are in dilapidated condition with no visitors. When there are no visitors, it becomes all the more easier for minions to steal the bronze or stone murthis abroad and mint millions.

Temple money should be spent on temples only!

[trramesh @trramesh]

The HR&CE Act says - educational institutions which teach Hindu Religion as well - @PKSekarbabu wanted temple funds to start secular colleges for his boss. He also wasted temple funds building memorials for dead elephants. You are not saying anything about commercial buildings built illegally with temple funds. Temple money is not for "State and People's well being" it is promotion of Hindu Dharma and Hindu people
- for well being of State and its people - there's plenty paid by taxpayers -

[Prof.S.Venugopalan🇮🇳 @Gopalee67]

If you'd like to partake in this kainkaryam, please register by June 25th at: https://t.co/tQMsNL9iY5

hara hara sankara jaya jaya sankara

[𑀓𑀺𑀭𑀼𑀱𑁆𑀡𑀷𑁆 🇮🇳 @tskrishnan]

இன்று மாணிக்கவாசகப் பெருமானின் குருபூஜை. அவருடைய சிறப்புகளைப் பற்றிய ஒரு சிறு உரை.

முழு இணைப்பு, தொடர்ந்துவரும் பதிவில்.

[Matrushree (मातृश्री) Ananthalakshmi (Smrithi) @Maatrushree]

International Yoga Day Satsang

Join Siddhayogi Shriman Adinarayanan for a special Yoga Day satsang and explore the true essence of Yoga.

Date: 21 June 2026
🕙 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (IST)

📺 Live on Anaadi Foundation YouTube Channel:
https://t.co/8TU0xm1nFF

All are welcome. 🙏

[V Gopalan @TheGopalan]

I am planning to post two temples a week, like the one I have posted here.

I can post information about more than 100 temples!

This will give you the basic information about the temple and also a gallery of photographs taken by me.

Will it be useful to you guys?

You can click on the link or the picture to see the gallery of pictures.

https://t.co/84X3oLgRyo

[K.R.Vidhyaa @krvidhyaa]

@ShobanaRaviNews There are so many people ready to take classes and tell stories of Dharma. If only temple spaces were opened up...

[𑀓𑀺𑀭𑀼𑀱𑁆𑀡𑀷𑁆 🇮🇳 @tskrishnan]

The making of Thanjavur Rajarajeswaram temple Vimana Shikara. It is not a monolithic stone, nor it weighs “80 ton". Its real marvel lies in the Chola engineering that assembled dressed stone blocks into one of the finest Shikaras ever built.

[Savitri Mumukshu - सावित्री मुमुक्षु @MumukshuSavitri]

Winston Churchill’s actions during the Bengal Famine of 1943 were not just negligent - they were deliberate acts of genocidal cruelty fueled by racism and imperial greed. Claims by apologists attempting to paint Churchill as innocent collapse under the weight of historical evidence. Here I debunk their lying claims:

Claim 1: British government found out about the famine’s severity in August 1943.
Truth: Churchill’s administration knew of the impending famine 8 months before it unfolded. On December 18, 1942, the Food Department of India sent a desperate telegram to the British Secretary of State, warning of catastrophic food shortages caused by monsoon failure (Image 1). The plea was unequivocal - India faced a shortfall of 1.4 million tons of rice, 650,000 tons of millets, 400,000 tons of wheat, and 200,000 tons of gram. The message was clear, immediate assistance was required to avoid absolute disaster.

Instead Churchill not only withheld aid while the famine raged - his administration FORCED India to export 360,000 tons of wheat and rice in 1942-43. This grain, which could have saved two million Indian lives, was diverted to support British war efforts. Churchill had 8 full months to act but deliberately did NOTHING to prevent the oncoming famine crisis in India.

Claim 2: Churchill worked hard to “save the people of Bengal.”
Truth: Churchill’s policies were rooted in contempt for Indian lives. Viceroy Wavell’s journal reveals that during a September 1943 Cabinet meeting, Churchill raged against sending food relief to India, insisting that supplies should instead be stockpiled for liberated European nations like Greece (Image 2). Wavell’s damning words capture Churchill’s callousness:
"Apparently it is more important to save the Greeks and liberated countries from starvation than the Indians."
Churchill clearly commanded that relief should be restricted ONLY to those directly contributing to British war efforts, such as British army soldiers and factory/railroad workers, while leaving millions of the most helpless ordinary civilians to starve.

Claim 3: Churchill authorized around 1 million tons of grain to be shipped to India between August 1943 and December 1944.
Truth: This is a deviously misleading calculated half-truth. While approximately 900,000 tons of grain were sent, Churchill did not intend this food for Indian starving civilians at all. Viceroy Wavell’s June 24, 1944 telegram makes it clear that this grain was needed to feed the British Army stationed in India (Image 3). He warned Churchill that bases were “liable to starvation” if food was not imported. The British military alone required over 1 million tons of grain annually for its operations, leaving NO meaningful relief for starving Indian civilians. Churchill’s shipments were not humanitarian aid at all - they were clinically heartless logistical measures granted only to sustain Britain’s war machine. By late 1943, when he finally reluctantly sanctioned some aid at the insistence of Wavell & Amery, even that relief was conditional. In a further act of cruelty, Churchill agreed to send 150,000 tons of wheat to India ONLY if India supplied an equivalent amount of rice to Ceylon. Churchill FORCED India to export more than 70,000 tons of rice to Ceylon between January and July 1943 exactly when the worst part of the famine was setting in.

Such policies reveal Churchill’s true priorities: maintaining imperial dominance, no matter the human cost of Indian lives. This demolishes the argument that it was just a problem with shipping due to the war. Apparently there was no problem with shipping when sending food grains OUT of India during the height of the Famine!

In December 1943, the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) was created. Friends of India lobbied the USA for famine relief through UNRRA. But Churchill sent his representative Llewelyn to argue AGAINST any aid to India with the outrageous claim that the Indian famine had NOT been caused by war efforts. The corpulent tyrant ensured starving Indians could not even get UNRRA aid despite thousands of Indians fighting for the British in the War. And to add insult to injury he made India PAY $24 million while Indians starved!

Worst of all, Viceroy Wavell’s June 24, 1944 telegram makes it clear that there was a SECOND FAMINE impending in India in 1944 (Image 4), and grain was desperately needed to feed the British Army stationed in India. He warned Churchill that bases were “liable to starvation” if food was not imported. But Churchill did NOTHING. It was only by a huge stroke of luck that the monsoon turned out to be better than expected and Indians were able to avert a SECOND deadly famine in 1944 - otherwise we would be talking about 10s of millions murdered.

The Bengal Famine of 1943 was not an unavoidable calamity - it was a man-made atrocity, orchestrated by Churchill’s racist and imperialist policies. Under his leadership, 3–5 million Indians died, not because of natural disaster but because Churchill mercilessly prioritized British interests over Indian lives. His infamous comment to Leo Amery that “famine relief would do no good because Indians breed like rabbits” lays bare the contempt he held for millions of Indians dying in agony after Britain had sucked all of India's resources dry. To Churchill, the death of millions of Indians was not a tragedy - it was pest control of the Indians he held in such contempt.

Churchill’s actions were not only cruel but genocidal in intent. He deliberately exacerbated famine conditions by denying vital food shipments to India, exporting vital resources from India, ignoring urgent warnings, desperate pleas for help and hoarding grain for British soldiers and European allies. The evidence is irrefutable: Winston Churchill was no hero. For India, he was a murderous tyrant whose policies inflicted unspeakable suffering. The Bengal Famine remains a permanent and horrific stain on Winston Churchill's legacy, a chilling reminder of the horrors of imperialism, and an indictment of those who seek to glorify it.

Had it had been a Western country with millions of white Christians that starved instead of brown Hindus, then none of these apologists would make a peep to defend Churchill’s murderous actions.

[Raj Vedam @RajVedam1]

Moon &amp; Venus Conjunction. Photo taken today (17th June, 2026) at 4:30pm local time. Venus is in the lower right corner. A slender Moon shows up against a deep blue sky.

[Fundamental Investor ™ 🇮🇳 @FI_InvestIndia]

WANT TO PLAN TIRUMALA BALAJI DARSHAN WITH FAMILY? Read this Fully, Share Widely !!!

- If you are planning Tirumala Darshan, it is best to take ₹300 Special Entry Darshan ticket in advance. The booking gets live on the official TTD (Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams) between 23rd & 25th of every month.
- As I write this post, on June 24th, 10 AM, booking for the Sep month will open. Bookings get done in a few minutes, but it gives you enough time if you login by 10 AM. Worth it.
- I would recommend you take the afternoon slot (2 PM or 3 PM) so that it works out well as per the plan I am going to lay out. Also Tues & Wed are the least crowded.
- Once the ticket date and time is fixed, book your transportation from your city to Tirupati. I would recommend to stay in Tirupati for a night. There are many hotels. Choose something near Alipiri Main Road.
- If your darshan is on Tuesday 3 PM, I would recommend you reach Tirupati on Monday afternoon. Check in to a nice hotel and take good rest. There are some nice food places nearby. Uber works well. I have used the Auto Facility in Tirupati and they accept UPI.
- If you plan to walk up by the Alipiri Route, start on Tuesday morning (assuming Tuesday is the darshan) by 5 AM. Keep your footwear in the hotel itself. Take only some cash with you and your Ticket printout. Keep Original Aadhar with you as well. Take your Smartphone which you can deposit in Tirumala on top.
- The idea is to walk up with as minimum items as possible. However if you want to take a bag, you can send it up using the Free Luggage Counter on the Base of Alipiri Steps. You can collect the same on the top. But I would recommend you travel light. If some elders are coming by bus to the top, they can take that bag with them as well (I have written about the bus facility later in this post)
- There are 3550 steps and you can do it in 3-5 hours depending on your speed and health conditions. There are enough refreshments on the way, good toilet facilities. So don't worry. You can walk all the way up to Tirumala.
- Now, if you cannot walk (especially for elders and seniors), they can take a bus from Alipiri Bus Stand near Bhudevi complex. There are plenty of buses, so don't worry. They need not walk up. The bus take less than an hour to reach the top. They can wait for you there until you get there by walk (assuming that the person reading is planning to walk up).
- If you start the walk by 5 AM, you will be on top by 10 AM. Go to the Annaprasada Bhavan. Free Prasadam is served for lakhs of devotees. Ask your elders to have their bhojan there which runs until 10.30 AM. You can join them for the same.
- If few have taken bus and some of you are walking, you can regroup either in the Annaprasada Bhavan or the Varaha Swamy Temple. I am saying this so that you won't get lost. These landmarks are easy to identify.
- Once you have taken the Prasadam, you can take a dip in the Swamy Pushkarini. Just sprinkle some water. If you want to take a quick bath, you can do so. But then, you will have to carry some clothing etc.
- Now, stand in the queue to have darshan of Varaha Swamy. It might take some time but very very powerful.
- It should be post 12 PM by now. You can have a quick Bhojan again in Annaprasada Bhavan if you want. Else proceed to the ₹300 queue. You can go there a bit earlier than your slot. Stand for darshan.
- You need to strictly follow Indian dress code in the complex. You can find about it online. I recommend wearing proper Indian traditional clothes (they wont allow otherwise)
- Your darshan should take anywhere between 5 to 8 hours depending on the crowd.
- Once darshan is over, proceed to laddu counter. Using your token you can get your laddus and with aadhar, some additional laddus. Keep change for taking laddu bag.
- Have Bhojan again and then take the bus to Tirupati. Rest and leave the next day !!!

Hope this helps. Share Widely to benefit all.

Govinda Govinda 🔥🔥🔥

#FI

[Tejaswi Adinarayanan @tejaswi_anaadi]

And the Gurukulam has finally reopened! Classes have officially started ✨
We’re back with our time-tested model where senior Vidhyarthis teach and guide the juniors — just as we’ve been doing since the beginning.@anaadifdn

[Shobana Ravi, Author. @ShobanaRaviNews]

ஹிந்து கோயில்களில் பாடசாலைகள் வைத்துத் தகுந்த ஆசிரியர்களை நியமித்து, வேதம், சைவ சித்தாந்தம், உபநிடதம், யோகாசனம், திவ்யப் பிரபந்தம், பகவத் கீதை, இதிகாசங்கள் ஆகியவை சொல்லித் தரப்பட வேண்டும். கோயில் வருமானம் இந்துமதத்தின் சாராம்சத்தை விளக்குவதற்குப் பயன்படுத்தப்பட வேண்டும். அப்படியொரு மாற்றம் வருமா? தமிழ்நாட்டுக் கோயில்கள் இதற்கு முன்னுதாரணமாகக் திகழவேண்டும்.
#இந்துஅறநிலையத்துறை

[Matrushree (मातृश्री) Ananthalakshmi (Smrithi) @Maatrushree]

Joy Joy Joy as Sudhir kuttipayyan son of ashram gopalaka dampati Karthi and Vanita joins @anaadigurukulam and @indic_sciences intiates into Vidyarambam . All current vidyarthis will be his teachers.

[K.R.Vidhyaa @krvidhyaa]

@talk2anuradha @IndiGo6E Yes. Agree 100%. And this effectively RESTRICTS US FROM USING DIGIYATRA app. Every time we have to stand in long Qs. Defeats the government's digital initiatives. Hope someone does something about this. @PMOIndia

[𑀓𑀺𑀭𑀼𑀱𑁆𑀡𑀷𑁆 🇮🇳 @tskrishnan]

Today marks a historic moment when a small Samasthanam dared to challenge the mighty British Empire and called upon the people of Jambudweepa to unite in the struggle for freedom.

Chinna Marudhu’s Jambudweepa Proclamation rose above localism and narrow subnational identities. It articulated a bold vision of a united, free and independent Bharat.

Full video link the thread.

[K.R.Vidhyaa @krvidhyaa]

@ChithraMadhavan Beautiful temple and beautiful shot!!