#Kamakhya

Today we went to the ancient Nartiang Durga temple- the sister shrine of Kamakhya. It’s in the Jayantia Hills, a 2 hours drive from Shillong. Incredible that so few know

Vedic Army⁷ ॐ

Q. Is menstruation actually a taboo in vedic Dharma ? If not then why women aren't allowed in some temples ? A. No menstruation isn't a taboo in vedic Dharma

VISHWAKARMA JAYANTI #Thread Lord VishwakarmaThe divine architect, considered as swayambhu and creator of the world. He is the divine carpenter and is credited with Sthapatya Veda(the science of mechanics and

Ron Bikash Gaurav

Assam: is always known for its Temples. Not just Kamakhya, we have mandirs all across mandirs which have prominent importance: God and Goddess of Assam: A thread (1/n) 1.The Kamakhya:It is

Controversial Thread for SomeA society that eats together, stays togetherthereby we need to promote food which supports a Hindu ecosystem - PorkWhy Pork?Because-1. Tasty AF2. Reared by mostly lower caste

A thread on Veer Lachit Borphukan on the occasion of #VeerLachitDivas To understand the story of Lachit Borphukan’s triumph over the Mughals, it is important to get some context of

History Under Your Feet

Today is Jayanti of Lachit Borphukan, the great Ahom general who beat back the mighty Mughal army at the Battle of Saraighat and thwarted Aurangzeb's ambition of expanding the Mughal

Tapashish Chakraborty

Veer Lachit Borphukhan, arguably the greatest hero ofAssam, was a warrior in the league of Chatrapati Shivaji & Maharana RanaPratap. His spirit flows through the veins of Assam as strong

Keerthik Sasidharan

a thread on photos of Indian temples that I had saved up over the years from various sources. [in many cases don't know the original photographers, so can't credit them.

Sammuddra Gupta

Thread on Mighty "AHOMS" and Battle of Saraighat where Mughals lost to much smaller army of ahoms led by Lachit Borphukan. The Ahom kingdom was established in 1228 when Sukaphaa

A thread on how the greater Assamese society came to be via perspective of immigration of the 4 main groups in Axom.•Tibeto-Burman•Tai-Kadai•Austroasiatic•Indo-Aryan Axom can be divided into 4 parts[The first

There are 700-odd districts in India (and I don't know much about most of them). Thread to read about one district each day via http://districts.nic.in/ . Starting with... 1. (A&N) Nicobar: