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#Hindu #Funerary Monuments - Chhatri
Chhatri is a memorial chapel built over a #tomb found throughout the region of #Rajasthan, #MadhyaPradesh and #Maharashtra. These memorials commemorate the death of rulers, their consorts, relatives and the elite. 1/🧵
Chhatri is a memorial chapel built over a #tomb found throughout the region of #Rajasthan, #MadhyaPradesh and #Maharashtra. These memorials commemorate the death of rulers, their consorts, relatives and the elite. 1/🧵
If Samadhis were funerary monuments of saints in #Hindus, Chhatris were #Rajput's choice of the memorial. They made sure that the memory of the chivalry of their ancestors passed on to the next generations. Though, all Chhatris did not necessarily contain the mortal remains. 2/
Chhatri i.e. umbrella, first appeared as a canopy above the tomb in #Islamic #architecture. #Hindu kings transformed the tomb into Chhatri. By the 16th C, Rajput courts had started building Chhatris. It was a place where a noble was cremated, memorialized and later worshipped. 3/
Thread:
Here's a compilation of some timelapse animations that show different stories from across India over the 3 decades (1989 - 2018) . Created with @googleearth @EarthOutreach #newyear2020
1: Restless #Brahmaputra n tributaries meandering,changing course in #Assam
Here's a compilation of some timelapse animations that show different stories from across India over the 3 decades (1989 - 2018) . Created with @googleearth @EarthOutreach #newyear2020
1: Restless #Brahmaputra n tributaries meandering,changing course in #Assam
2. Growth of Brick Kiln industry in the banks of #Hooghly, #Rupnarayan rivers near #Kolkata (brown polygons close to the rivers' banks) #WestBengal
Thread on Crony Capitalism and BJP:
Baba #Ramdev comes out supporting BJP in #HaryanaAssemblyPolls. Reminder: M L Khattar's BJP state govt has helped Ramdev and his Patanjali group make a killing - illegally turning his dubious purchase of #Aravalli hills into real-estate gold.
Baba #Ramdev comes out supporting BJP in #HaryanaAssemblyPolls. Reminder: M L Khattar's BJP state govt has helped Ramdev and his Patanjali group make a killing - illegally turning his dubious purchase of #Aravalli hills into real-estate gold.
1. #Patanjali Investigations Part1: #Ramdev's business group has acquired and privatised huge parts of village commons in #Aravalli hills of Haryana. Exposing the group's illegal & dubious real-estate deals. Part 1 of 3. With @Kum_Sambhav :
business-standard.com/article/curren…
business-standard.com/article/curren…
#Patanjali Investigations Part2: Baba Ramdev's group has a web of zero/near-zero revenue companies to buy forested hilly commons in Aravallis of Haryana worth crores. And, how real estate dealers are part of this web. @Kum_Sambhav and I unravel the maze business-standard.com/article/curren…
