#Indian god

[aahanna]

Wait until you see why lord Krishna made you wait 🪷🦚

#desiblr #desi tumblr #desi tag #desi girl #desi aesthetic #desi #hindublr #krishnablr #krisna #lord krishna #being desi #indian god #vedicknowledge #gopiblr

[constellationdks]

हे कृष्ण गोविंद, हरे मुरारी ।

हे नाथ नारायण वासुदेव।।

#art for life #sketch #art #creative art #my art #my art <3 #कृष्ण #krishna #indian god #vasudev #shri krishna

[ophelia-network]

"Whatever happens in your life, no matter how troubling things might seem, do not enter the neighbourhood of despair. Even when all doors remained closed, God will open up a new path only for you. Be thankful! It is easy to be thankful when all is well. A Sufi is thankful not only for what he has been given but also for all that he has been denied." Shams Tabrizi

The Key by Abhi

#the key #abhishek singh #shams tabrizi #quotes #spiritual life #ophelia net #fire element #gratitude #faith #despair #sufi wisdom #sufism #indian god #third eye #keep the faith #light in darkness #surreal #universe #wisdom #deep quotes #secrets of life #growth

[ashdei-san]

Shiva and Shakti (Ardhanarishvara)+working process

My second biggest drawing! (First is on gym wall, 3 floor high, lol)

Prints with background here (S6 and RB)

Prints without background here (S6 and RB)

#ashdeiarttraditional #acryliquepainting #acrylart #acrylic #traditional illustration #traditional drawing #workingprogress #work process #shiva #shakti #Ardhanarishvara #indian god #wallart #printsforsale #printable #shivaprint

[killjoywasit]

I am now God/j hail before my dear children , LMFAO, anyways I look hot ass hell 😼

#art #funky art #god #god arc #villian arc #digital art #drawing #music #mother buddha #oc art #emo #persona #red #india #indianjewellery #indian god #Spotify

[shahabart]

An Epic Tale

These are some illustrations for a traditional indian tale.

#punjab #indian god #artoftoday #visualart #digital illustrators #children’s books illustrators #shahabshamshirsaz #illustrationartists #indian epic #fairy tale illustration #character concept #love #fineart #artgallery #artist portfolio

[hariome]

#stotram #vedicknowledge #vedic india #mantra #gods #culture #astrology #happy living #indian god #moral stories for children #indian culture #mythological #spiritual life #indian temples

[arvindhandicrafts]

Embodiment of Wisdom and Bliss, remover of obstacles, bestower of Happiness…

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[dastrickeducation]

ताज महल से लाखों गुना ज्यादा सुंदर है ये ब्रंदावन का प्रेम मंदिर।

#krishna vrinda vihari #Vrindavan #prem mandir #Indian Temple #Indian god #Indian devi #generalknowledge #banking #bankpo #currentaffairs #college #gk

[dineshrewale1]

Handcrafted metal cow showpiece for home decoration / gifting / table decor (DineshrStore) Kamdhenu oxidises, India cow statue for gifts

COW IDOLS

POOJA ARTICLES

Elegant Look

Perfect For Décor

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EASY TO CLEAN

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[ferrantte]

some favourite bowls from alexacooksme's instagram 🥘

#god these look so good #alexacooksme #alexa fahlman #food #chinese food #indian food #recipes #soup #noodles #upl #the hits #fav plates

[constellationdks]

हे कृष्ण गोविंद हरे मुरारी ।

हे नाथ नारायण वासुदेव।।

कृष्ण जन्माष्टमी की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं।

Happy Krishna Janmashtami ❤️

#art for life #sketch #art #creative art #my art #my art <3 #painting #krishna #shree krishna #shri krishna #krishna janmashtami #indian god

[deathsmallcaps]

I love how Dev Patel’s Character (I’m going to call him Hanuman) was told by his mother that his future can be found in the roots (lines) of his hands.

And how he tried to save his mother from the fire, grabbing with child’s hands, but instead burned his future away.

And how our first real view of them is when he bargains his way into a job that will lead him to the men that took his future away. Scarred, pale, blank and ruined.

Just like the monkey, Hanuman reached out to the burning desired life, and was supposedly stripped of his potential and power as punishment by the powers that be.

But then, with love and care from others battered, he was guided to his heart, and found it still beating and unfettered. A warrior’s heart.

And so drumbeat by drumbeat, he shaped himself, his hands, into a weapon of justice. To save the future. To remain nameless but to return vengeance upon those who would do others harm with no thought.

His hands, created by the past, shaped and balanced the future.

#I’m gonna keep rambling if I don’t stop now soooo #monkey man #monkey man 2024 #monkey man (2024) #dev Patel #monkey man spoilers #I’m so glad Jordan peele saw this movies potential #I really appreciate those flashes of injustices within the movie #like Stop Killing Muslim Indians #god he’s so handsome

[milliondollarknowledge]

Vishnu Sahasranamam

Vishnu Sahasranamam means 1000 names of Lord Vishnu. In the Puranas, he has been called by many Name, out of which 1000 names are prominent. Lord Vishnu is worshiped by these 1000 names, which is called Vishnu Sahasranama Stotra. Today in this article we will know what the names are called while praising Lord Vishnu. If you see something missing in this article or if you want to add any names then tell us by commenting. By the way, we have tried to include in it all the prominent names of Lord Vishnu which are used while singing his Stotra. So let's know Vishnu Sahasranama without taking much time.

Further more details you know what you should do................

#vishnu sahasranamam #vishnu bhagwan #vishnu aarati #indian culture #Indian History #indian god #lord vishnu

[rrcraft-and-lore]

In addition to my Monkey Man post from earlier, the always kind & sweet Aparna Verma (author of The Phoenix King, check it out) asked that I do a thread on Hijras, & more of the history around them, South Asia, mythology (because that's my thing), & the positive inclusion of them in Monkey Man which I brought up in my gushing review.

Hijra: They are the transgender, eunuch, or intersex people in India who are officially recognized as the third sex throughout most countries in the Indian subcontinent. The trans community and history in India goes back a long way as being documented and officially recognized - far back as 12th century under the Delhi Sultanate in government records, and further back in our stories in Hinduism. The word itself is a Hindi word that's been roughly translated into English as "eunuch" commonly but it's not exactly accurate.

Hijras have been considered the third sex back in our ancient stories, and by 2014 got official recognition to identify as the third gender (neither male or female) legally. Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and India have accepted: eunuch, trans, intersex people & granted them the proper identification options on passports and other government official documents.

But let's get into some of the history surrounding the Hijra community (which for the longest time has been nomadic, and a part of India's long, rich, and sometimes, sadly, troubled history of nomadic tribes/people who have suffered a lot over the ages. Hijras and intersex people are mentioned as far back as in the Kama Sutra, as well as in the early writings of Manu Smriti in the 1st century CE (Common Era), specifically said that a third sex can exist if possessing equal male and female seed.

This concept of balancing male/female energies, seed, and halves is seen in two places in South Asian mythos/culture and connected to the Hijra history.

First, we have Aravan/Iravan (romanized) - who is also the patron deity of the transgender community. He is most commonly seen as a minor/village deity and is depicted in the Indian epic Mahabharata. Aravan is portrayed as having a heroic in the story and his self-sacrifice to the goddess Kali earns him a boon.

He requests to be married before his death. But because he is doomed to die so shortly after marriage, no one wants to marry him.

No one except Krishna, who adopts his female form Mohini (one of the legendary temptresses in mythology I've written about before) and marries him. It is through this union of male, and male presenting as female in the female form of Mohini that the seed of the Hijras is said to begun, and why the transgender community often worships Aravan and, another name for the community is Aravani - of/from Aravan.

But that's not the only place where a gender non conforming divine representation can be seen. Ardhanarishvara is the half female form of lord Shiva, the destroyer god.

Shiva combines with his consort Parvarti and creates a form that represents the balancing/union between male/female energies and physically as a perfectly split down the middle half-male half-female being. This duality in nature has long been part of South Asian culture, spiritual and philosophical beliefs, and it must be noted the sexuality/gender has often been displayed as fluid in South Asian epics and the stories. It's nothing new.

Many celestial or cosmic level beings have expressed this, and defied modern western limiting beliefs on the ideas of these themes/possibilities/forms of existence.

Ardhanarishvara signifies "totality that lies beyond duality", "bi-unity of male and female in God" and "the bisexuality and therefore the non-duality" of the Supreme Being.

Back to the Hijra community.

They have a complex and long history. Throughout time, and as commented on in the movie, Monkey Man, the Hijra community has faced ostracization, but also been incorporated into mainstream society there. During the time of the Dehli Sultanate and then later the Mughal Empire, Hijras actually served in the military and as military commanders in some records, they were also servants for wealthy households, manual laborers, political guardians, and it was seen as wise to put women under the protection of Hijras -- they often specifically served as the bodyguards and overseers of harems. A princess might be appointed a Hijra warrior to guard her.

But by the time of British colonialism, anti-Hijra laws began to come in place folded into laws against the many nomadic tribes of India (also shown in part in Monkey Man with Kid (portrayed by Dev Patel) and his family, who are possibly

one of those nomadic tribes that participated in early theater - sadly by caste often treated horribly and relegated to only the performing arts to make money (this is a guess based on the village play they were performing as no other details were given about his family).

Hijras were criminalized in 1861 by the Indian Penal Code enforced by the British and were labeled specifically as "The Hijra Problem" -- leading to an anti-Hijra campaign across the subcontinent with following laws being enacted: punishing the practices of the Hijra community, and outlawing castration (something many Hijra did to themselves). Though, it should be noted many of the laws were rarely enforced by local Indian officials/officers. But, the British made a point to further the laws against them by later adding the Criminal Tribes Act in 1871, which targeted the Hijra community along with the other nomadic Indian tribes - it subjected them to registration, tracking/monitoring, stripping them of children, and their ability to sequester themselves in their nomadic lifestyle away from the British Colonial Rule.

Today, things have changed and Hijras are being seen once again in a more positive light (though not always and this is something Monkey Man balances by what's happened to the community in a few scenes, and the heroic return/scene with Dev and his warriors). All-hijra communities exist and sort of mirror the western concept of "found families" where they are safe haven/welcoming place trans folks and those identifying as intersex.

These communities also have their own secret language known as Hijra Farsi, which is loosely based on Hindi, but consists of a unique vocabulary of at least 1,000 words.

As noted above, in 2014, the trans community received more legal rights.

Specifically: In April 2014, Justice K. S. Radhakrishnan declared transgender to be the third gender in Indian law in National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India.

Hijras, Eunuchs, apart from binary gender, be treated as "third gender" for the purpose of safeguarding their rights under Part III of our Constitution and the laws made by the Parliament and the State Legislature. Transgender persons' right to decide their self-identified gender is also upheld and the Centre and State Governments are directed to grant legal recognition of their gender identity such as male, female or as third gender.

I've included some screenshots of (some, not all, and certainly not the only/definitive reads) books people can check out about SOME of the history. Not all again. This goes back ages and even our celestial beings/creatures have/do display gender non conforming ways.

There are also films that touch on Hijra history and life. But in regards to Monkey Man, which is what started this thread particularly and being asked to comment - it is a film that positively portrayed India's third sex and normalized it in its depiction. Kid the protagonist encounters a found family of Hijras at one point in the story (no spoilers for plot) and his interactions/acceptance, living with them is just normal. There's no explaining, justifying, anything to/for the audience. It simply is. And, it's a beautiful arc of the story of Kid finding himself in their care/company.

#hijra #trans representation #monkey man #dev patel #transgender #trans rights #trans rights are human rights #third sex #indian history #indian culture #colonialism #imperialism #south Asian mythos #South Asian myths #Aravan #Iravan #Mahabharata #hindu mythology #hindu gods #kali goddess #krishna #hindu mythology art #Ardhanarishvara #Shiva #Parvarti #sexuality #gender fluid #fluid sexuality #trans community #transgender rights

[lilybug-02]

me vibing to the absolute, most broad spectrum of music humanity can conjure

#this is normal...right :') #electroswing #my little pony music #Go_a #Ukrainian electrofolk #every sad song you can imagine #death metal #Barbie #little richard #taylor swift songs go so hard too #full blues #marching bands #piano playlists that last for hours #country songs <3 🤠 #bread #bongos #South and North Indian styles of music #god dang man I love music #“POP” OF COURSE!!! #many many musicals #i cannot even list all the ones i listen too. Legit