A window into history. Shot 3.5 months ago at Kaniyooru Matha, #Udupi #India

Picture 2 is a view of the #temple inside, peering into the middle hole in Picture 1.

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Love it when natural light hits objects at an angle like here.

Shot two months ago at adamaaru matha in #Udupi #India. The green veggie is a kind of eggplant the locals call "gulla". Beside it is a spindle of plantain string.

Tuesday* #sunrise in Udupi.

*Jan. 28th

"teppotsawa" (teppa + utsawa), a boat ride for #Udupi Krishna, part of "saptotsawa", the 7-day festivities leading up to "makara samkraamti".

1. Boat awaits Krishna
2. Paryaya Swamiji's aarati
3. Krishna (top) and Hanuma

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Sunday #sunrise in #Udupi.

Inside the vast digital campaign by Hindu nationalists to inflame India

The BJP and affiliated Hindu nationalist groups have been in the global vanguard of using social media for political aims — to advance their ideology and cement their grip over the world’s largest electoral democracy. They have perfected the spread of inflammatory, often false and bigoted material on an industrial scale, earning both envy and condemnation beyond India’s borders.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/26/hindu-nationalist-social-media-hate-campaign/

Karnataka cops dismiss communal angle in Udupi college incident; BJP deems police action ‘harassment’

Several accounts, including the Karnataka BJP's official handle, painted the incident in communal colours despite the Udupi police asserting that an unrelated old video was being used to flare up tensions.

#karnataka #udupi #NetraJyotiCollege #RashmiSamant #YashpalSuvarna #misinformation #propaganda #hindutva #muslims #islamophobia #BJP #india

https://thesouthfirst.com/karnataka/karnataka-cops-dismiss-communal-angle-in-udupi-college-incident-bjp-deems-police-action-harassment/