@hvgoenka Tamilnadu's Co - optex - handloom weavers co-operative society displays the photo of weavers with brief description in all their products. They have been doing this for many years
@bobbylakhanpal@AdityaRajKaul I am extremely sorry to hear about your missing son. My prayers for the safety of all 3 missing crews and safe return of your son.
Now a days, I rarely take names.
But I believe Anna Hazare and India Against Corruption ( IAC) created a strong impression that corruption is going out of the country while we continue to remain what and where we are.
Anna Hazare and IAC actually mislead India. They just triggered strong emotions on hopeful Indians. Nothing more.
@svembu Even if Govt cuts 25% of #Freebies , that would enable R&D spending atleast 6 times our current spending, which would result in reversal of brain drain. Political will is the need of the hour to get closer to Mission Impossible.
@skt_Bharatwasi Saibaba jayanti celebrated on #Ramnavami and #Vijayadashami as His Mahasamadhi day, which r important for Hindus. Bharat sanatanis revere Sadhus, sants, Siddhars n infact we are told to follow d order of mata, pita, guru and daiva. So Guru worship comes b4 daiva.I rest my case🙏
For me, the political turning point was when I asked my mom “Why is this particular gopura (gate tower) of Śrīraṅga temple painted all white, in contrast with the vibrant colors of the other gopuras?”.
Srirangam was attacked by the Sultanate forces in the year 1323 during the Tamil month of Vaikasi. Nearly, 12,000 residents of Srirangam island had laid down their lives fighting to protect the temple. The forces attacked the temple and Lord Ranganatha's jewels and the temple gold were taken away.
The forces also wanted to seize the idol of Namperumal, which they believed was made of pure ‘Abaranji' gold. They searched for the idol but the Vaishnavite Acharya, Pillailokacharya had taken the idol away and fled to Madurai. (The idol of Namperumal that left Srirangam in 1323 returned back only in 1371).
Unable to locate the idol, the Sultanate forces killed the temple authorities and later launched a massive hunt for Pillailokacharya and Namperumal.
Fearing that the forces would capture the Acharya and the idol, Vellayi, a devadasi of the temple, performed a dance before the commander of the forces to distract them and thus gaining time for Pillailokacharya to escape with the idol.
Her dance lasted for hours together and finally she is said to have taken the commander to the eastern gopuram and pushed him down. After killing him, Vellayi committed suicide by jumping to her death from the tower chanting the name of Ranganathar.
Hailing Vellayi's sacrifice, the chief of Vijayanagara forces, Kempanna, who drove away the Sultanate forces, named the tower after her. The gopuram continues to be painted white in her memory, as in Tamil, Vellai means white.
@annamalai_k@BJP4TamilNadu I read a story long ago in Soup 4 Soul book - a little boy who didn't get any prize in school day function whereas other kids one prize or more prizes but he returned home empty handed. He told his Mom cheerfully - Mom i could clap for them all. 🙏