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King Kharavela partonised Jainism. He avenged Magadhas’ conquest of his ancestors. Where did Kharavela rule?

Rajasthan

Bengal

Odisha

Gujarat

Udayagiri hills in Bhubaneswar boast a carved cave called Hathigumpha. This cave holds inscriptions detailing the life of King Kharavela, a patron of Jainism.

Ruling shortly after Ashoka in the 2nd century BCE, Kharavela invaded Magadha to avenge Kalinga’s defeats. He also retrieved the Jain deity Rishaba, taken earlier by Magadha’s Nanda I.

Notably, the Hathigumpha inscription is the first to use “Bharatavarsha” for India. Udayagiri and nearby Kandagiri hills are Bhubaneswar’s treasured heritage sites.

Source: “The Hathigumpha Inscription of Kaharavela and The Bhabhru Edict of Asoka”, Shashi Kant
Compendium of Jainism, Jaina Education Committee

Picture Credit: Hathigumpa cave, Ramanujam S. R

Udayagiri hills in Bhubaneswar boast a carved cave called Hathigumpha. This cave holds inscriptions detailing the life of King Kharavela, a patron of Jainism.

Ruling shortly after Ashoka in the 2nd century BCE, Kharavela invaded Magadha to avenge Kalinga’s defeats. He also retrieved the Jain deity Rishaba, taken earlier by Magadha’s Nanda I.

Notably, the Hathigumpha inscription is the first to use “Bharatavarsha” for India. Udayagiri and nearby Kandagiri hills are Bhubaneswar’s treasured heritage sites.

Source: “The Hathigumpha Inscription of Kaharavela and The Bhabhru Edict of Asoka”, Shashi Kant
Compendium of Jainism, Jaina Education Committee

Picture Credit: Hathigumpa cave, Ramanujam S. R

A place in Uttarakhand does not worship Hanumanji. Why?

This is the birthplace of Ravana

It is considered as Vali's birth place and since Hanumanji and Sugreeva were his rivals, Hanumanji is not worshipped here

Hanumanji is sleeping here and cannot be disturbed

Hanumanji carved away the Dronagiri hill from here while looking for Sanjeevani herb

Dronagiri in Uttarakhand is the place where Hanuman ji is not worshipped. The local people are supposed to be upset with Hanumanji as he had desecrated the place by dislocating the mountain and carrying it to Lanka. Even today, there is a reddish discharge from the portion said to have been torn off by Hanumanji, which is a discharge of Sulphur and oil. Ramlila performances stop at the abduction of Sita, since after that the narration involves Hanumanji.

Source
Footsteps of Rama, Vikrant Pande and Neelesh Kulkarni.

Picture Credit
Ramanujam

Source
Footsteps of Rama, Vikrant Pande and Neelesh Kulkarni.

Picture Credit
Ramanujam

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