Nani

Supposedly apolitical, but support anyone doing good for Hindus.

[Nani @vinuaiss]

@Ateendriyo Pakistan still has a middle class? Wow! Just wow!

[Nani @vinuaiss]

@jananisampath I hope you managed to make proper tea at the end. Based your beautiful nostalgia, the tea would have fully boiled over...

[Nani @vinuaiss]

@omarali50 Shouldn't this be the face of "Smash Patriarchy"?

[Nani @vinuaiss]

@sujathadesikan I fully support this. Cellphones are the bane of temple visits. Everyone crowding the darshan with their phones showing to someone who is not the least interested in the darshan!

[Nani @vinuaiss]

@kansaratva Wrong.

[Parimal @Fintech03]

Someone shared this on SM, mocking our priests. They have every right to, freedom of speech... :((

But here is the irony nobody posting it seems to have caught: the joke is actually on them.

Because the priest in that cartoon is not breaking his own rule to shame someone else. He is doing exactly what he is required to do, standing at that same doorway, held to a stricter version of the same standard, chest bare, in nothing but a plain unstitched cloth, before he is even allowed near the sanctum himself.

The cartoon needs you to assume hypocrisy to land...

The actual rule is the opposite of hypocrisy, it is the same standard, applied to him first, harder.

The rule long predates any modern idea of "modesty." In Vedic and Āgamic ritual practice, worship is done in avastra form, unstitched garments only: dhotī, uttarīya (a single length of cloth over the shoulder), no needle, no seam, anywhere on the body during the ritual.

This applies to priests performing pūjā and, in many temples, to devotees entering the garbhagṛha itself, never gender-specific / class-specific in origin.

It is a ritual-state requirement, not a dress code for appearance's sake.

Traditional ritual purity (śuddhi) standards treat a stitched garment as harder to fully purify, a seam traps oil, sweat, dust in a way a single flat cloth, boiled and sun dried, does not.

In a tropical climate, across hours long rituals involving direct physical contact with the mūrti, abhiṣeka, ārati, garlanding, a sweat soaked stitched shirt brushing against the deity during worship is exactly the contact the rule exists to prevent.

It is the same logic as a surgeon scrubbing in before touching a patient, direct, close contact demands a higher, verifiable standard of cleanliness than everyday clothing can guarantee.

The priest dresses like the one he serves, not like the audience watching him.

Walk into almost any Śiva / Viṣṇu temple and look at the mūrti itself: bare-chested, adorned only with ornaments and a draped uttarīya, never in a stitched garment.

The priest is simply matching the form of what he is approaching.

A silk shirt and a torn one look identical the moment both are removed. Bare chested, dhotī clad, a wealthy man and a poor man are visually indistinguishable at the threshold of the sanctum.

Rank stopped being legible right at that door.

It is the same instruction Krishna gives in the Gītā itself:

��िद्याविनयसम्पन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि I
शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः II

vidyā-vinaya-sampanne brāhmaṇe gavi hastini I
śuni caiva śvapāke ca paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ II

"By viewing a learned brahmana, a cow, an elephant, a dog, and an outcaste with an equal eye, true wisdom transcends superficial material distinctions like species, social status, or birth."

Honestly, the man in that cartoon is not demanding something of others that he is not already demanding of himself, first, in a harder form.

The mockery mistook a shared rule for a double standard and that mistake is the whole joke, just aimed the wrong way. 🙏🙏

[Desikan @sujathadesikan]

கீரையைக் கைகூப்பி வணங்கினாளே !

ஸ்ரீ ஆளவந்தார் வாழி திருநாமத்தில், "பச்சை இட்ட ராமர் பதம் பகருமவன் வாழியே" என்ற ஒரு வரி வருகிறது. ‘பச்சை இட்ட’ என்ற சொல் இன்றும் கிராமங்களில் கீரையைக் குறிக்கிறது. வாழி திருநாமத்தில் ‘பச்சை இட்ட’ என்பது ‘தூதுவளைக்’ கீரையைக் குறிக்கிறது.

மணக்கால் நம்பி லால்குடி அருகில் அவதரித்தார். இன்றும் அந்த ஊர் மணக்கால் நம்பி பெயரைக் கொண்டே விளங்குகிறது. அ���ற்கு முன் அவ்வூருக்கு என்ன பெயர் என்று இதுவரை கண்டுபிடிக்க முடியவில்லை. அதே போல்தான் தூதுவளைக் கீரையும்.

தூதுவளைக் கீரை (இதன் தாவரப் பெயர் Solanum trilobatum என்பதாகும். செடி முழுக்க, ஏன் இலையில்கூட முட்கள் இருக்கும்). சில வருடங்களுக்கு முன் சென்னையில் எங்கே கிடைக்கும் என்று விசாரிக்கத் தொடங்கினேன்.

“மயிலாப்பூர் போங்க சார், அங்கேதான் எல்லாம் கிடைக்கும்.”
“சைதாப்பேட்டையில ட்ரை பண்ணு���்களேன்?”
“பெஸ்ட், திருவல்லிக்கேணி கங்க��ா மண்டபம் தான் சார்.”
கடைசியில் தி.நகர் மார்க்கெட்டில் ஒரு பாட்டியிடம் கேட்க,

“முள்ளு அதிகம்... இப்பவெல்லாம் பறிப்பதற்கு ஆள் இல்லை... கஷ்டம்; நாளைக்கு வாங்க.”

மறுநாள் ஒரு பை நிறையத் தூதுவளைக் கீரையைத் தருவித்துத் தந்தார். "யாருக்காவது சளி, இருமலா?" என்று கேட்ட பாட்டியிடம், "இது ஆளவந்தாருக்கு" என்றேன்.

ஆளவந்தாருக்கும் தூதுவளைக்கும் என்ன சம்பந்தம் என்பது உங்களுக்குத் தெரிந்த கத���தான். ஆளவந்தாரிடம் தூது சென்ற கீரை; அதனால் அதற்குத் தூதுவளைக் கீரை என்று பெயர் ஏற்பட்டது.

இன்றும் ஸ்ரீரங்கத்தில் ஆளவந்தார் திருநட்சத்திரத்தன்று ஆளவந்தாருக்குத் தூதுவளைக் கீரை சமர்ப்பிக்கும் வழக்கம் இருந்துவருகிறது.

2021-ஆம் ஆண்டு ஆளவந்தார் திருநட்சத்திரத்தன்று தூதுவளைக் கீரை நினைவு வந்தது. “தூதுவளைக் கீரையைப் பால்கனித் தொட்டியில் வளர்த்திருந்தால் ஆளவந்தாருக்கு இன்று சமர்ப்பித்திருக்கலாம்” என்று மனைவியிடம் கூறினேன்.

அடுத்த வாரம் அந்த அதிசயம் நடந்தது. ஒரு துளசித் தொட்டியில் சின்ன���ாக ஒரு செடி வளர்ந்தது. சில நாட்களில் அது தூதுவளை என்று தன்னைத் தெரிவித்துக் கொண்டது. ஆச்சரியத்துடன், ”சென்ற வாரம்தான் சொன்னேன், அதுவாகவே வளர்ந்துவிட்டது!” என்று மகிழ்ந்தேன்.

நன்கு வளர்ந்துவரும் சமயம் ஊருக்கு ஒரு வாரம் சென்று திரும்பியபோது, தூதுவளைச் செடி தண்ணீர் இல்லாமல் வாடிக் கருகிப் போய்விட்டது. என்னை நானே நொந்துகொண்டு, வருத்தத்துடன் ஆளவந்தாரை நினைத்துக்கொண்டேன்.

அடு��்த இரண்டு நாட்களில் மீண்டும் ஓர் அதிசயம் நிகழ்ந்தது. அதே தொட்டியிலிருந்து இன்னொரு புதிய தூதுவளைச் செடி எட்டிப் பார்த்தது "நான் வளர்கிறேன் மம்மி" என்று ஹார்லிக்ஸ் விளம்பரம் போல சொன்னது. ஒரு வருடமாக அதைப் பாதுகாத்து, அது கொஞ்சம் பெரிய செடியாக வளர்ந்ததும், 2022-ஆம் ஆண்டு ஸ்ரீ ஆளவந்தார் திருநட்சத்திரத்திற்குச் சமர்ப்பிக்க முடிந்தது!

‘மடக்கிளியைக் கைகூப்பி வணங்கினாளே’ என்பது கிளிக்கு மட்டுமில்லை, கீரைக்கும் பொருந்து

./சுஜாதா தேசிகன்
30.8.2026
படம்: பால்கனியில் வளர்ந்த செடி
( 2022ல் எழுதியது)

[Aravind @aravind]

You can call it a conspiracy, but I am sure 80% of so-called science we are told is fake. Pareto principle applies here too.

Especially, the so called science they tell us in anthropology, geology, archeology, paleontology, and nutrition is 80% nonsense as a rule of thumb.

Nobody knows a damn thing 100%. They know 20% and extrapolate the remaining 80% and institutionally get together to make you believe it is true.

Here's an example:

He says, "80,000 years ago only 8000 humans survived due to some virus."

How did they exactly humans count all over the world who lived 80k years ago? They don't even know for sure where all humans lived then.

100,000 years ago Humans were living in many corners of India. We have caves and tools they left behind to prove this.

And all these humans somehow got a virus and died of a pandemic 80,000 years ago? Like how? There were no planes taking them around or CCP run WHO & Fauci.

This is what happens when you can't accept some credible theories like a small population from India migrated out to make up populations in Europe.

Or that humans were civilized, sailing the world, and writing their itihasas more than 10,000 years ago. You need to create some silly theories to accommodate genetic data.

[Veda Ghosham @VedaGhosham]

#VedaGhoshamUpakarma Mega scale event, students from all over world 🌎 coming together for the 2 day event. Upakarma with 📚 Vedaarambham and Gayatri japa. 🧣

Rigveda, Krishna Yajurveda & Shukla Yajurveda, 3 Vedas at one place 📚

+450 people

+7.5 hours single batch with special anushtanams for 7 boys whose 1st Upakarma.

+65 Brahmacharis accepted Palasha danda 🌳 with mantras, took a vow to hold it during all their nityakarmas.

+65 Brahmacharis wore mounji 🌿 (grass girdle) in hip with mantras.

Sight to behold👁️. Watched & experienced by Veda Ghosham families in physical plane, watched by Devatas from divine plane. ☀️

#WeAreVedaGhosham #Upakarma #AvaniAvittam #Upakarma2026

[bhatnaturally  🇮🇳 @bhatnaturally]

Onam is a Hindu festival.
Homam is a Hindu ritual.
Onan is a Tamil lizard.
Oman is a Malayali destination.
Oommen was CM of Keralam.

[Sanjay Dixit ಸಂಜಯ್ ದೀಕ್ಷಿತ್ संजय दीक्षित @Sanjay_Dixit]

No, that’s Qur’an 2.223, 4.3 and 4.34, not Manusmriti - be a little brighter.

[महावीर, ಮಹಾವೀರ, Mahavir @Mahaveer_VJ]

This is Rafiq Hussain Bhattuk. He was a leader in Godhra, owned two petrol pumps, and it was he who arranged the petrol used to burn the Sabarmati train. He remained absconding for 14 years. The Gujarat Intelligence Bureau had kept his relatives and family members under surveillance, with all their phones being monitored. One day, he called his son because he had become a grandfather. The surveillance traced his location to Delhi. He then told his son that he would secretly come to Godhra on a certain date because he wanted to see his grandson.

The police decided it would be better to let him come to Godhra rather than arrest him in Delhi. He arrived in Godhra, where police officers in plain clothes were stationed at the railway station and arrested him.

Yesterday, all of his crimes were proven in court, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Remember when Lalu Yadav used to say that the fire on the Sabarmati Express in Godhra had started on its own and that no one had set it? After confessing everything, he told the police that he had spent those 14 years living in Lajpat Rai Market in Old Delhi.

Just think about how vast the ecosystem of these religious terrorists is. Did any journalist report this news?

“India First.”

[Nani @vinuaiss]

Your name has shama... But you don't seem to have any kshama!

[Dr. Shama Mohamed @drshamamohd]

My cook plays the Gayatri Mantra every day when he enters my kitchen, and I listen to it every day and like it.

But my question is: Why was the Gayatri Mantra played at an IIT convocation? It wasn’t a religious event. Our educational spaces should be free from religious slogans and chants of all religions

[Sree Iyer @SreeIyer1]

Here is the entire Parasurama series playlist... can be played like a Web series. We are very proud of this work and having spent countless hours doing this, it would really make us feel good if you watch all episodes, comment & share! @RudraVS @Swamy39
https://t.co/qyOTzIJqEj

[Nani @vinuaiss]

@monojit_indra @Fintech03 Title. Sita was the daughter of the 14th Janaka. He was also the one who attained the status of jeevan muktha

[Dr Praveen Patil @5Forty3]

As a society we have told the reel making, body showing influencer economy that they do matter.

The first step towards surrender is always acceptance.

[Nani @vinuaiss]

Even in 2034! TINA

[AnuCreate.in_ @Imdead108_ybc]

Will You Still Vote For Him 2029 ?

[Veda Ghosham @VedaGhosham]

A sight 👁️ which probably we see nowhere in the world 🌎 So many people together in a temple doing 71st continuous #SamashtiSandhyavandanam (Group Sandhya) which our Veda Ghosham students do each Saturday in Coimbatore.

A sight 👀 to behold and be proud of. Every nook and corner we have Pravacahans, Bhajans etc but seeing people doing Sandhyavandanam together in one place that too in a temple 🛕 is something unique to Veda Ghosham. We have initiated this so that the people who come to temple skipping their Nitya Sandhya at home get reminded of their duty. Also we get immense punya by doing Gayatri japa in temple. How many people skip their Nityakarma when they go out ? Many....🛵

Veda Ghosham has transformed so many lives. Every Veda Ghosham student carries Sandhya vessels with him & does Sandhya 🌞whenever he goes. Kudos to the Coimbatore Veda Ghosham team who are steadily building a Sandhya Upasaka base in Coimbatore. Delhi VG team is also picking up. Want to join us 👇🏼 speak to

Sri Ganesan for Coimbatore 📞 [phone]
Sri Vignesh for Delhi 📞 [phone] @Vigneshses

📔What's guiding them ? Our new Sandhyavandanam book which gives detailed guidance on the performance of the ritual with pics
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#WeAreVedaGhosham #Sandhyavandanam #VedicBharat #daretodosandhyavandanaintemple #daretodoit

[Tathvam-asi @tathvamasi6]

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