Athiyamaan Neduman Anji. Athiyamaan must have been a great King, whose annals are lost in history books and needs much more attention. The King ruled from a place called Thagadoor, which is the modern day Dharmapuri in Tamilnadu, but his residence was in Adhiyamaan Fort about 8 Kms from Dharmapuri. He was one of the 7 greatest Donors amongst the dynasties of Tamilnadu. The Athiyamaan dynasty ruled from Thagadoor atleast from the 3rd Century CE. The dynasty is also known as “Satyaputra’s”, the Clan of Truth. Rock inscriptions of the Sangam period, The Ashoka Edicts, the inscriptions of Jambai, Modern day Tirukoilur mention about their sovereignty starting from 1st century CE.

https://kevinstandagephotography.wordpress.com/2020/04/10/bhabani-shankar-temple-bhubaneswar-odisha/ Bhabani Shankar Complex - Temple encroachment taken to a whole new and shocking level in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

Doddabasappa temple at Dambal, Gadag, Karnataka boasts of 24 pointed star shaped tower full of carvings which is the only one in Karnataka-Maharashtra region

Kalyani Chalukyan architecture is no less than the Hoysala architecture of Belur-Halebidu

Bhojeshwar Temple, Bhojpur, MP

An incomplete Hindu temple, dedicated to God Shiva, houses 7.5 feet Shivlinga.

The construction pf the temple was started in 11th century, during the reign of Paramara king Bhoj & was abandoned for unknown reasons.

The four day Maghamaka Mahotsav 2020, the ancient and the largest river festival of Kerala that was revived by UgraNarasimha Charitable Trust and Oral History Research Foundation. The festival had stopped in 1766 AD due to invasion of Hyder Ali, the father of Tipu Sultan.

Chatar Jatra is the festival for Maa Manikeswari, the Presiding Deity of Kalahandi district, Odisha.

@PMOIndia had instructed Odisha govt to stop the essential rituals for the Goddess. Odisha HighCourt later banned them via WPC 19827/2017 based on a PIL.

#ReclaimTemples

The lime plaster of the Puri Jagannath temple coated by king Purushottam Dev (1467-1497 C.E). As the temple entrusted to ASI for conservation they stared deplastering in 1978. in this regard a stay order was issued by Odisha High court but later it approved by SC in 1986.

Different rituals like pūjā and patha associated with Hinduism evoke multiple perceptions and opinions.

The upcoming #SangamTalk on Sunday by Shri Dattaraj Deshpande will provide an introduction to the Hindu rituals along with clarifying common misbeliefs regarding them.