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Going to work on #BharathBandh day
Tenga to all of you who say #IsupportBharatbandh
Why don't you people do a #BharathBandh on #Sunday by not going to any malls or cinemas??
Go take a #hike!!!!!
#MondayMotivation
😝😝😝😝😝
Many people going to work against #BharathBandh making a statement is like
#isupportbharatbandh people
Did the garbage collectors come and collect garbage today morning??
Why this apartheid on #BharatBandh ??
#temples, #Mosques,#chruches
Are open
I guess God is not part of #BharatBandh
#hypocrites
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1.Why can’t India have world-class #Temples? 👇#TweetThread below👇
2.I recently had the privilege of visiting the #Borobudur temple in Indonesia. There is SO much we can learn from them.
3. Its one of the world’s largest temples and a UNESCO site. It is said to be shaped as a #sriyantra.
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Did you know that?
-Hindu Temples have to give Income Tax on all donations received; finances are controlled by the government;
-However, the same is NOT true for minority institutions which are 100% exempt from paying Income Tax
#reclaimtemples
Did you know that?
-The government, by law, if free to interfere in management of educational institutions run by #Hindu religious bodies
-The government is, however, NOT free to interfere in management of educational institutions run by minority religious bodies.
Did you know that?
-Practitioners of #Hinduism in their #temples (you and me) do not have a a say by law in the management of the temple;
-However, practitioners of minority faiths retain the freedom to determine the management of their places of worship
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Depiction of a temple having a dome and entrance framed within a 'pointed arch'
Dated: ~1-3rd century CE
Entrance is likely derived from arched torana with concentric arches, space between them is beautifully decorated with scrollwork and floral patterns. #Gandhara
Dome of the temple was capped by Kalasha.

Fortunately there are various temples same features which survived the wrath of Islamic invaders. See the one in below link

Link: m.facebook.com/story.php?stor…

In the above temple, we can see the space for similar projected door frame.
Head of Skanda, Peshawar

Dated: ~2-3rd century CE
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