All things Bharat

Everything went as per plan with the blessings of the deities. A few pointers if you are interested. Our base was Bombay, we took the Siddheshwar Express from Bombay to Solapur. The train was about 30-45 minutes late. I had booked a travel agent who connected me to a local driver at Solapur. He picked us up and dropped us at the hotel (Hotel Orient Elite near Mallikarjun Temple) at South Kasba, Budhwar Peth in Solapur. We stayed there for 2 days and 2 nights, the travel agent booking covered my breakfast, lunch, and dinner, hotel and taxi+driver charges. It cost about 15k in all for all this. Train bookings were done by me.  Food at the restaurant at Orient Elite is good, somewhat cost effective. Don't forget to consume dahi and milk in Solapur - simply priceless.  We had our breakfast at Kamath restaurant further down in the city. Now the temple visit part.  1. Keeping Solapur as base, we covered Pandharpur, Tuljapur, Akkalkot and Ganagapur. 2. Solapur used to have a poo...

This is a thread I found on Twitter and curating it here after taking permission. Original tweet thread is here .  Mughals dismantled Thousands of Hindu Temples in India to wipe off the Historical Significance They were Radical Islamists & wanted Everyone to Accept Islam 1. The Ram Janmabhoomi Temple Ayodhya Mir Baqi, Mughal King Babur’s General, Destroyed Pre-Existing Temple of Prabhu Shri Ram & built a Mosque called Babri Masjid at Ayodya But, TRUTH ALONE CONQUERS & Today, Ram Mandir is being built at this site 2. Somnath Temple Somnath Temple is the First among Twelve Jyotirlinga Shrines of Shiva which is located in Gujarat Mahmud Ghazni First Looted the Temple, then came Afzal Khan, commander of Alauddin Khilji & Later Aurangzeb Today, The Temple has been Restored. 3. The Krishna Janmabhoomi Temple It is located in the Holy City of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh & was Built by Shri Krishna’s Grandson, Vajra It was also Destroyed by Aurangzeb & Shahi ...