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jelliclesfarm··on A buried ancient Egyptian port reveals connections between distant civilizations
‘Why do they NEED to have a religious state?’

I don’t know, but I guess we can also ask:

Why does England NEED to be the only Christian Anglican country in the world?

Why does Saudi Arabia NEED to be an Islamic State?

Why would Indian Hindus want a Hindu nation? I guess it’s called Democracy.

Are you against Democracy?

jelliclesfarm··on A buried ancient Egyptian port reveals connections between distant civilizations
Praveen Mohan is a YouTube influencer. He is hardly an authority on anything except bad takes.
jelliclesfarm··on A buried ancient Egyptian port reveals connections between distant civilizations
There is no point of a discussion if you dismiss everything I present without countering it with your sources.

You haven’t offered one single citation of any feather..never mind wing. Except your ‘belief’ which doesn’t have much worth except to you.

Your beliefs have nothing to do with facts.

FACT: India is not a ‘90% Hindu state’.

FACT: India is not run by a ‘Hindu nationalist government’.

(Define ‘nationalist’)

jelliclesfarm··on A buried ancient Egyptian port reveals connections between distant civilizations
Judaism, Christianity and Islam are all ‘People of the Book’. Hindus scriptural texts are the Vedas.

Abrahamic faiths are monotheistic and against idol worship. While not all Hindus worship idols and multiple gods, these practices are not blasphemy or apostasy.

There is a binary criteria amongst Abrahamic religions about what constitutes membership.

jelliclesfarm··on A buried ancient Egyptian port reveals connections between distant civilizations
Let me explain: there is State religion, Dominant religion, Secularism.

1. Western Europe has a dominant religion but not officially secular.

2. Only 5 nations(please correct me with source material) that are secular by constitution.

3. The secular nations are : India United States, France, Japan and Australia.

4. Exceptions: Russia for example has no religion. Vietnam is officially atheist. But the dominant religion is Buddhism.

5. Nepal was the only Hindu nation until recently before the Maoist insurgency and Hindu as official state religion was struck off.

6. India is officially a Secular State. The dominant and majority religion is Hinduism, but principles of secularism is not practiced as Muslims and minorities enjoy more religious privileges than the majority Hindus.

7. This makes India secular in name only. It penalizes the majority of the religious citizens by denying them equal rights and privileges under law.

8. My opinion is that Hindus should have a Hindu nation where they are a majority at one billion especially because there is no other Hindu nation in the world and India is civilisationally Hindu and all Hindu shrines and holy places and sacred texts have ancient India or Bharat as its origin site.

All of this information with supporting evidence and official state dictates is available in the public domain and official state records.

I am going to ignore your second paragraph. It was an attack, unnecessary and personal.

jelliclesfarm··on A buried ancient Egyptian port reveals connections between distant civilizations
Is Shridi Sai Baba a religion?
jelliclesfarm··on A buried ancient Egyptian port reveals connections between distant civilizations
What are the ‘standards of HN discourse’? I am willing to learn. Please..do tell.
jelliclesfarm··on A buried ancient Egyptian port reveals connections between distant civilizations
Which part do you find ‘extremist’. Facts are not rhetoric.
jelliclesfarm··on A buried ancient Egyptian port reveals connections between distant civilizations
Hinduism is a new term. We follow Sanatana Dharma and our basis is Vedism.

Judaism..as it is now.. wasn’t always monotheist. And it evolved over time. And not as old as Hinduism.

Texts and inscriptions and temples from the Vedic period are much older. And that’s why there has been a systematic purge, revisionism, faulty translations and suppression of civilizational history. Hinduism..as it’s known now..is and was decentralized giving it the ability to survive and thrive millennia.

While it can be called many names and has been co opted, our source text is common to all who call themselves Hindu and that is the Vedas…our religious text.

jelliclesfarm··on A buried ancient Egyptian port reveals connections between distant civilizations
I think you mean State Religion and if you are looking up wiki, here it is: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_religion
jelliclesfarm··on A buried ancient Egyptian port reveals connections between distant civilizations
Sure, perhaps they are not your gods and artifacts that are hundreds of years old as I don’t know anything about your faith. I think a billion other Hindus would disagree with you.

There are 79000 temples in TamilNadu alone. Most of the churches and mosques are built upon temples destroyed by the invading hordes and conversion mafias. Many of the existing temples are hundreds of years old and are heritage buildings.

The rest of the abrahamic monotheistic faiths do not have idol worship and are barely two thousand years old compared to ancient Vedic Hinduism. Their wealth is looted wealth while ancient India is millennia old.

Christies and Sothebys and the British museum is full of looted treasures.

jelliclesfarm··on A buried ancient Egyptian port reveals connections between distant civilizations
How manuscripts used to be preserved :

https://drperumal.wordpress.com/2013/05/10/indigenous-method...

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/03400352221103...

I have been to a few museums and libraries where the palmyra manuscripts and texts are still preserved. They should remain with people who value them instead of handing them over to the govt.

In our home library, we lost so many books where the pages were so brittle that they would break like biscuits. But the religious palm leaf scripts that have been in the family for generations were well preserved as they were wrapped in cloth. We also had some inscriptions on copper plates or some other kind of alloy metal. They were at the altar in the prayer room and kept submerged in water always. I don’t know what language it was but it was none of the known modern languages.

Even today., in the deep south, there are palm leaf astrologers whose lineage have owned Nadi astrology palm leaf manuscripts that is supposed to relate everything about you life and past lives including when you will visit the astrologer. There are some authentic lineages.

The text is written in Vatteluttu and script knowledge is passed down lineages only https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatteluttu

Nadi astrology https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadi_astrology

jelliclesfarm··on A buried ancient Egyptian port reveals connections between distant civilizations
No. Please enlighten what the WAQF board does and what it means..
jelliclesfarm··on A buried ancient Egyptian port reveals connections between distant civilizations
What do you mean ‘it’s working in Europe?

The dominant and official state religion in Europe is mostly Christianity.

[..]Europe

Christianity (Eastern Orthodox)

1. Belarus 2. Bulgaria 3. Cyprus 4. Georgia 5. Greece 6. Moldova 7. Montenegro 8. North Macedonia 9. Russia 10. Serbia

Christianity (Roman Catholicism)

1. Andorra 2. Austria 3. Belgium 4. Bosnia and Herzegovina (also Islam) 5. Croatia 6. Czech Republic 7. France 8. Hungary 9. Italy 10. Latvia 11. Lithuania 12. Luxembourg 13. Malta 14. Monaco 15. Poland 16. Portugal 17. Slovakia 18. Slovenia 19. Spain 20. Switzerland

Christianity (Protestantism)

1. Denmark 2. Estonia 3. Finland 4. Germany 5. Iceland 6. Netherlands 7. Norway 8. Sweden 9. United Kingdom (Anglican)

Mixed/Other

1. Albania (Islam and Christianity) 2. Kosovo (Islam and Christianity) [..]

jelliclesfarm··on A buried ancient Egyptian port reveals connections between distant civilizations
These are legal cases and writs filed in courts.

https://indiankanoon.org/search/?formInput=hr%20and%20ce+doc...

Or

https://hindupost.in/dharma-religion/tn-heritage-destroyed-g...

Or

https://swarajyamag.com/amp/story/news-brief/misuse-of-templ...

Or

https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD1nfo-60R_Kn2R58RLIaNB...

What would satisfy you as a ‘reputable source’. I will try and find it for you. Obviously this is very important for you.

Modi’s BJP govt is central govt. This is happening in Tamil Nadu.

jelliclesfarm··on A buried ancient Egyptian port reveals connections between distant civilizations
It’s not working in India. It’s not working there. We’ll see what happens.

Why shouldn’t one billion Hindus have a Hindu nation? There is no country in the world that has Hinduism as official religion.

Religious conversions and by extension, secularism is a form of colonization.

jelliclesfarm··on A buried ancient Egyptian port reveals connections between distant civilizations
No. Buddhism is not Hinduism. Buddhists are not Hindus.

Perhaps what you say is true. But Hinduism came from India and most of the world’s Hindus live in India.

One would expect India will declare Hinduism as their official religion as they should.

When a nation’s religious majority is unable to defend its rights, then it’s an invasion. It can be by the sword or by conversion. It’s still a displacement and replacement strategy. Indian Hindus are waking up to it. About time.

There is no country in the world where Hinduism is the official religion. Even India where 79% of the population are Hindus.

Nepal used to be the only Hindu nation in the world but that changed recently during the Maoist insurgency.

Who knows. We will have to wait and see.

jelliclesfarm··on I'm terrified of old people
My reply as to the person who queried why women in Finland are not conscripted.
jelliclesfarm··on A buried ancient Egyptian port reveals connections between distant civilizations
The temples are places of worship for Hindu deities. If that’s not Hindu identity, what is?

India is Hindu. Hinduism was a term coined later for Sanatana Dharma that was based on Vedism, the study and worship of Vedas.

It included all forms of worship under one umbrella. It worked out well as a diverse society with one identity until monotheistic Abrahamic faiths and their adherents came as invaders and colonizers.

For most of the rest of the world, a few hundred years ago is ancient history. For India, it goes back thousands of years. And that is the identity of India. Everything else is imported and new.

jelliclesfarm··on A buried ancient Egyptian port reveals connections between distant civilizations
http://templeworshippers.in/ : for the state of TamilNadu.
jelliclesfarm··on A buried ancient Egyptian port reveals connections between distant civilizations
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/1200-ancien...

1,200 Ancient Idols Stolen From Tamil Nadu Temples In 25 Years: Audit

All of these Hindu Temples are managed by the HRCE and they are responsible for its security and yet untold artifacts have been smuggled and despite repeated legal writs and petitions and legal cases against them, nothing is moving ahead.

Hindu Temples can be managed by non Hindus. Meanwhile, every other religion in India..Xianity, Islam, Sikhism.. their places are worship are run independently and the state has no control over it or its assets or resources.

jelliclesfarm··on A buried ancient Egyptian port reveals connections between distant civilizations
The tweets literally quotes the problematic issues with the HRCE Act.

Which part do you find ‘not reputable’ source of facts?

[..] The Tamil Nadu HR&CE Act

The Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Act has been a point of contention due to various issues highlighted by critics. Lets see some significant problems associated with the Act and its implementation, with actual examples from newspapers in Tamil Nadu.

1. Control Over Temples Government Control: The Act allows the government to take control of any Hindu temple under the pretext of 'a reason to believe' there has been an irregularity, even if no actual wrongdoing is proven (Page 14, Clause 2 & 4). Example: In 2021, the Tamil Nadu government took control of the Nataraja Temple in Chidambaram citing irregularities. This action faced backlash from the Dikshithars, the traditional custodians of the temple, who claimed it was an unjustified takeover .

Non-Hindus Managing Temples: Non-Hindus, including the Chief Minister and state HR&CE officials, can manage temples despite not practicing Hinduism (Page 20, Sec 6-7a; Page 21, Sec 6-23). Example: In 2017, controversy arose when it was revealed that non-Hindu officials were involved in the management of several temples in Tamil Nadu, leading to protests by Hindu groups demanding that only practicing Hindus should hold such positions .

2. Fund Management and Financial Control Payments to HR&CE Officials: The Act mandates that salaries and pensions of HR&CE officials be the first expenditure from temple funds, questioning the secularism of such a provision (Page 23, Sec 12). Example: In 2021, it was reported that significant funds from the Madurai Meenakshi Temple were being used to pay HR&CE officials' salaries, diverting resources away from temple maintenance and services .

Asset Mismanagement: There are numerous issues with how temple assets are managed, including missing asset registers, undervaluation of leases, and questionable audit practices (Page 18, Sec 17; Page 35, Sec 29; Page 41, Sec 34-A). Example: The Hindu reported in 2020 about the undervaluation of temple properties leased at rates far below market value, particularly concerning lands belonging to the Tiruchendur Murugan Temple .

3. Vagueness and Ambiguity Undefined Terms: Key terms like 'professing Hindu religion' and 'acting in public interest' are not clearly defined, leading to potential misuse (Vagueness of Terms section). Example: An article in The Times of India highlighted the ambiguity of the term 'public interest' being used to justify the removal of trustees from the Kapaleeswarar Temple in Chennai without clear evidence of wrongdoing .

4. Temple Services and Personnel Stifling Temple Services: The Commissioner has the power to limit spending on temple services such as salaries for archakas (priests) and annadanam (free food distribution), citing financial reasons (Page 66, Sec 61). Example: In 2022, the HR&CE department's decision to cut down on annadanam services at the Palani Murugan Temple due to 'financial constraints' was heavily criticized by devotees, leading to protests .

Appointment and Dismissal of Archakas: The Act allows the appointment of archakas by the HR&CE and their dismissal by trustees for vague reasons such as 'disobedience of orders' (Page 61, Sec 55; Page 62, Sec 56). Example: The dismissal of an archaka from the Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai in 2018, allegedly for disobedience, sparked a debate on the arbitrary use of this provision .

5. Trustees and Governance Trustee Appointments: The criteria for becoming a trustee are minimal, leading to potential mismanagement. Trustees must merely declare faith in Hinduism without any mechanism to verify their adherence (Page 32, Sec 25-A; Page 33, Sec 26-i-1A). Example: In 2020, it was reported that several trustees appointed to the Srirangam Ranganathaswamy Temple had minimal experience in temple administration, leading to administrative inefficiencies .

Board of Trustees: The government can appoint a significant portion of the board of trustees, potentially undermining the autonomy of the temple administration (Page 52, Sec 47). Example: The appointment of politically affiliated individuals to the board of trustees of the Srirangam Temple in 2021 raised concerns about political interference in temple affairs .

6. Asset Management Issues Asset Registers: There are inconsistencies in the maintenance and publication of asset registers, leading to mismanagement and loss of temple properties (Page 35, Sec 29-D & E). Example: The Deccan Chronicle reported in 2019 that several valuable assets of the Madurai Meenakshi Temple were not properly recorded, resulting in losses and mismanagement .

Leasing Issues: The Act allows for the leasing of temple properties at undervalued rates and provides insufficient mechanisms for lease recovery (Page 42, Sec 34-B; Page 39, Sec 34). Example: In 2018, a major controversy erupted when it was discovered that prime land belonging to the Kumbakonam Temples as well as Agastheeswara Prasanna Venkatesa Perumal temple at Nungambakkam was leased at extremely low rates to private parties, leading to significant revenue losses .

Conclusion The TN HR&CE Act, while intended to regulate and manage Hindu temples and charitable institutions, has several provisions that lead to government overreach, mismanagement, and potential misuse of temple funds and assets. These issues highlight the need for a thorough review and amendment of the Act to ensure transparency, accountability, and respect for religious autonomy. The call to #FreeTNTemples reflects a growing demand for reforms to protect the interests of Hindu temples and their devotees.[..]

jelliclesfarm··on A buried ancient Egyptian port reveals connections between distant civilizations
Politics. A lot of items of archeological significance was looted by the British and many were smuggled out.

During Mughal invasions, the priests buried the idols and inscriptions and many were drowned for safe keeping. As many rural areas are being developed, these are all coming out.

Current state is politics ( at least in the southern states) is such that all Hindu temples are under the control of the state. The corrupt ruling parties have claimed all the revenues and have appropriated land that used to belong to temples and were rented out for services. Temples used to run schools and fed the needy population as the land donated by the rulers and they were essentially outsourcing the work to the temples. This was interrupted during the 250 years of colonial rule when the British eliminated kingdoms.

Further complicating the issue are the other religionists of Islam and Christianity who have strong conversion agendas and are being funded by foreign interests.

For example. The issue of the WAQF board of Islam. Recently this came up in the news : [..]The Tamil Nadu Waqf Board has claimed ownership of the 1500-year-old Manendiyavalli Chandrashekhara Swami temple land. The temple has 369 acres of property in and around Tiruchenthurai village in the Tiruchi District of Tamil Nadu.[..]

How is it possible that a 1500 year old temple can be owned by a religious board that is younger than the temple?

And I found this article: https://organiser.org/2023/01/30/106679/bharat/106679/.. it was specific to that region but spoke about the WAQF Board.

And I had to learn what the WAQF board was and learn more from here:https://www.opindia.com/2022/09/waqf-boards-india-properties...

[..]The very literal meaning of Waqf is detention or confinement and prohibition. As per Islam, it is the property that is now available only for religious or charitable purposes, and any other use or sale of the property is prohibited. As per Sharia law, once Waqf is established, and the property is dedicated to Waqf, it remains as Waqf property forever.

Waqf means that the ownership of the property is now taken away from the person making Waqf and transferred and detained by Allah. As per Sharia, this property is now permanently dedicated to Allah, making Waqf irrevocable in nature.

‘Waqif’ is a person who creates a waqf for the beneficiary. As Waqf properties are bestowed upon Allah, in the absence of a physically tangible entity, a ‘mutawalli’ is appointed by the waqif, or by a competent authority, to manage or administer a Waqf.

The history of Waqf and Waqf Boards in India

In India, the history of Waqf can be traced back to the early days of the Delhi Sultanate when Sultan Muizuddin Sam Ghaor dedicated two villages in favour of the Jama Masjid of Multan and handed its administration to Shaikhul Islam. As the Delhi Sultanate and later Islamic dynasties flourished in India, the number of Waqf properties kept increasing in India.[..]

I am still diving into that rabbithole. And I don’t think it’s relevant to post here.

Back to the topic.. I would prefer if Hindu artifacts and texts and ancient Indian history remains hidden. It is not a safe space out there because even though India is allegedly a Hindu majority country, there are strong interests to wish to erase the Hindu identity of India and weaken the only polytheistic faith that managed to survive millennia.

In the article, there were artifacts that depicted Hindu Gods(Krishna, Balaram and Ekanamsa)but the word Hindu did not occur even once. Sadly, it only confirmed my suspicion that western academia wants to erase Hindu history.

jelliclesfarm··on I'm terrified of old people
I don’t know.. why can’t men bleed every month, possess a uterus and bear children ..and the burden of perpetuating the human race.
jelliclesfarm··on I'm terrified of old people
I am terrified of young people fresh out of our public school system who are entitled, raised by the state and aren’t half as productive as the ‘old people’.
jelliclesfarm··on Where is California Forever getting the water for proposed city of 400k people?
There are over a dozen ghost towns in California. And some of them are probably available for purchase. It would be better working on something like that with some semblance of control.

Stumbled upon this: https://m.youtube.com/@GhostTownLiving

IG : https://www.instagram.com/brentwunderwood

Steal for that price: https://www.realtor.com/news/unique-homes/ghost-town-mining-...

jelliclesfarm··on Where is California Forever getting the water for proposed city of 400k people?
I doubt if that was ever in the plan. But YIMBY groups are already supporting this because of that promise.
jelliclesfarm··on Elon Musk has another secret child with exec at his brain implant company
Elon Musk is easy to read for anyone who is a Robert Heinlein fan. He is creating his own version of ‘Howard Families’.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_families

[..]The books Time Enough for Love and To Sail Beyond the Sunset tell the stories of two famous Howard Family members: Lazarus Long and his mother, Maureen Johnson. Lazarus Long also appears in The Number of the Beast and The Cat Who Walks Through Walls.[..]

To understand Elon Musk (and predict future trajectory), Stranger In A Strange Land is a good start.

He is a textbook nerdy sci fi loving teenager trapped in an adult’s body. Turns out it’s that not bad for humanity.

jelliclesfarm··on U.S..D.A. Suspends Avocado Inspections in Mexico, Citing Security Concerns
Thank you. Fantastic article.

This sums it up.. it always comes down to ‘California’s Water War.’

CA Ag is devastating. There is so much more to this story.

[..]Today, groundwater in Michoacán is disappearing and its bodies of water are drying up. Lake Zirahuén is polluted by agricultural runoff. Nearly 85% of the country was experiencing a drought in 2021, and experts project that the state’s Lake Cuitzeo, the second largest in all of Mexico, could disappear within a decade. In part because of the conversion from pine to avocado trees, the rainy season has shrunk from around six months to three. So profound is the drain on the region’s aquifers that small earthquakes have newly become commonplace. The 100-mile avocado corridor has, in effect, become the only live theatre of what is often referred to as “California’s water wars”.

It’s unclear whether the avocado can survive this changing climate. But in Michoacán, the more pressing question is whether its residents can survive the avocado.[..]

jelliclesfarm··on Young women fall out of love with dating apps
Maybe consider that women are picky and the mediocre fruits get unpicked.
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