#Pachad

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In Hebrew, fear has two sides: Pachad and Yirah. Pachad is that gut-clenching, run-for-the-hills kind of fear. Yirah is awe, the fear that elevates, like standing at the foot of Sinai. Two faces of the same coin.

So today, we need to ask ourselves, do we "Forget Everything And Run or Face Everything And Rise." Even when facing adversity, a situation that seems to call for 'defense,' remember, the goal is never to destroy, but to elevate.

You might say, "But Rabbi Bernath, the world is complex! What about the war, the strife, and the hatred?" My dear friends, you might have noticed that Judaism isn't a religion of simple answers.

The Rebbe taught us that we can be assertive, even preemptive in defense, but always with the sanctity of life in mind. We are obligated to protect, but also to elevate, to turn an enemy into a friend. "The sins should cease—not the sinners themselves," as the Talmud instructs us.

So, let us walk this tightrope of life with Yirah, with awe, facing the complexities and rising above them. For in a world fraught with binaries, Judaism teaches us to embrace the divine complexity and paradox of creation, elevating sparks even in the murkiest of places.

Dont give into fear, then terrorism wins. We must rise above it! L’Chaim, to life and to transcending fear, one step at a time!

Rabbi Yisroel Bernath

[hum-suffer]

If only my family wasn't around me, I'd be cussing Anupama (haa ben gadhedi j chu tu, aur mathu pachad)

[anarkali-disco-chali]

Too much khachad-pachad in my head now mere pasandida mard ka text mujhe fix kr skta hai ( m uski pasandida aurat ni hu)

[le-matpardo]

Planeta (MARTE)

Cualidades que desarrolla: Valor, decisión, fortaleza, vitalidad

Nombre de Dios Elohim Gibor

Arcángel Kamael

Coro de Ángeles Seraphim,

Color: Rojo

Signo Zodiacal: (1-Aries, 8-Escorpión) caída: (Cáncer)

GEBURAH (GEBURAH), EL QUINTO SEPHIRAH  TITULO : Gueburah, Fuerza, Severidad (Hebrero: Guimel, Beth, Vau, Resh, Hé).

IMAGEN MÁGICA : Un poderoso guerrero en Su carro.

POSICION EN EL ARBOL : En el centro del Pilar de la Severidad.

TEXTO YETZIRATICO : El quinto Sendero es llamado la Inteligencia Radical, porque se parece a la Unidad uniéndose a Binah, el Entendimiento que emana de las profundidades primordiales de Kjokmah, la Sabiduría.

TITULOS DADOS A GUEBURAH : Din, la Justicia. Pachad (Pajad), el temor.

NOMBRE DIVINO : Elogim Gebor. (Elojim Guebor).

ARCANGEL : Khamael.

ORDEN ANGELICO : Seraphim, las Serpientes de Fuego.

CHAKRA MUNDANO : Madim, Marte.

EXPERIENCIA ESPIRITUAL : Visión de Poder.

VIRTUD : Energía, Valor.

VICIO : Crueldad, Destrucción.

CORRESPONDENCIA EN EL MICROCOSMOS: El brazo derecho.

SIMBOLOS : El Pentágono. La Rosa Tudor de cinco pétalos. La Espada. La Lanza. La Verga.

La Cadena.

CARTAS DEL TAROT : Los Cuatro Cinco.

Cinco de Bastos : La Lucha.

Cinco de Copas : Placer enturbiado.

Cinco de Espadas: Derrota.

Cinco de Oros : Conflicto terrestre.

COLOR EN ATZILUTH : Naranja.

" BRIAH : Rojo Escarlata.

" YETZIRAH : Escarlata brillante.

" ASSIAH : Rojo moteado de negro.

Observe que la asociación de la quinta Sefirá, Gueburá, es el ta-baco. Actualmente, hay tantos adulterantes autorizados que se añaden al tabaco que su pureza y, por lo tanto, su valor resultan dudosos. Se eligió originalmente, según Aleister Crowley, porque el tabaco, se dice, es el «aroma» favorito de los hombres que trabajan duro, y Gueburá representa la fuerza. Durante mucho tiem-po, he puesto en duda el valor del tabaco como incienso mágico, pues normal-mente me limitaba a deshacer un cigarrillo y a echar el material de desagradable aroma a un montón de brasas de carbón. Un día entré en una tienda en donde venden muchas variedades de tabaco de pipa. Allí encontré varios tipos de tabaco relativamente puros que me han resultado excelentes. Intente conseguir algunos que le gusten, que le proporcionen la sensación de fuerza y poder, la esencia de Gueburá

Conjuración de Geburah  Yo los conjuro y llamo ángeles poderosos y buenos, en los nombres, YA , YA , YA, HE, HE, HE, VA, HY, HY, HA, HA, HA, VA, VA, VA, AN, AN, AN, AIA, AIA, AIA, EL , AY , ELIBRA, ELOHIM, ELOHIM, Y por los nombre de Dios altísimo, que a creado el mar y secado la tierra y quien con su palabra creo la tierra y esta produjo árboles y a puesto su sello sobre los planetas con su precioso, honorable , reverenciado y santo nombre, y por los nombres de los ángeles que gobiernan en la quinta casa, quienes son subordinados del gran ángel Acimoy, el cual es poderoso , fuerte y honorable y por el nombre de su estrella la cual es llamada Marte Yo te Conjuro (R.S.E.) SAMAEL y por los nombres antes mencionados , gran ángel que presides el día marte y por el nombre Adonai el Dios viviente y verdadero te mando a que me asistas y lleves a cabo las labores que te encomiende.

Si el ángel aparece se prosigue asiéndole una juramentación y se continua con la encomendacion de la labor que el mismo habrá de realizar, luego se le bendice y despide, de no aparecer se continua con el exorcismo del aire.

Himno Orfico

Vicio Abuso de poder, frialdad e insensibilidad, crueldad.

Aspecto divino que opera en este nivel La fuerza de Dios unís activa y la más manifiesta en este nivel es Elohim Gibor. Significa el Dios Todopoderoso o el Dios de las Batallas, Juez y Vengador del Mal. Es el aspecto de Dios que corta con el poder de escasa utilidad.

• Arcángeles que pueden invocarse Kamael es el Arcángel que podemos encontrar en este nivel. Se le denomina el Príncipe de la Fuerza y el Coraje. Defiende al equivocado y protege al débil. Es con quien se debe trabajar y a quien se debe invocar cuando hay un dragón que debemos matar en el interior de nosotros. Trabajando con él están los Serafines, también llamados los Flameantes. A veces se los ha llamado los Poderes, y trabajar con ellos nos asistirá para detener a quienes pretenden destruir y arruinar nuestro mundo.

Camino de la mano Izquierda

Golachab Golachab es el más brutal de los poderes Qlifóticos. El nombre de esta Qlifa es significativamente revelador en relación a la naturaleza de esta esfera: 'incendiarios', 'los llameantes', 'el volcán' o 'aquellos que arden en llamas'. Según ciertas teorías, esta es la Qlifa de las Qlifot y el reflejo de Geburah, la Sefira a partir de la que las Qlifot fueron dadas a luz. Geburah es la fuerza imperativa y punitiva que en los mitos es comparada a los fuegos del Infierno. Geburah es la ira de Dios que inspira miedo en los piadosos. Es el aspecto castigador de Dios y del Árbol de la Vida.

Algunos afirman que las Qlifot son un castigo de Dios. Las Qlifot son el caos y los acechadores que Dios envía al hombre desobediente. Como se reveló más arriba, muchos Qabalistas afirman que la ira de Dios hizo una fractura en la Creación, y la ira vertida así creó las Qlifot. La teoría más común respecto a Geburah y Golachab es que el Árbol de la Vida consiste en un equilibrio entre la misericordia de Dios (la Sefira Chesed, también llamada Gedulah) y Su severidad (Geburah). Los lados sombríos de estas Sefirot contienen estas funciones de una forma desequilibrada. La contraparte desequilibrada de Chesed entonces se corresponde con una falta de limitaciones, y el lado oscuro de Geburah se corresponde con la crueldad.

Golachab pertenece al plano mental y es uno de los dos polos a través de los que Thagirion opera. Thagirion representa al Yo y la iluminación oscura. Thagirion es la personalidad total, oYo, que opera en la existencia a través de una completa cooperación entre la fuerza, la visión y la acción. Los dos polos del plano mental son la lujuria y el sufrimiento. El factor lujuria pertenece a Chesed, y el sufrimiento a Geburah. Están dispuestos en una estructura especial y adoptan ciertos principios, tales como la misericordia y la severidad de Dios. Las Sefirot operan dentro de un cosmos ordenado ilustrado por el Árbol de la Vida.

Las contrapartidas Qlifóticas de la lujuria y el sufrimiento no existen dentro de estas estructuras, sino que operan en el caos.

Aquí son generalmente intercambiables, la lujuria da paso al sufrimiento y el sufrimiento se convierte en lujuria. Aquí podemos encontrar una forma de sadomasoquismo complejo en estas dos Qlifot en las que representa simultáneamente a la lujuria y el sufrimiento, la atracción y la repulsión, el sexo y la muerte.

Estas dos Qlifot están gobernadas por demonios que a menudo están asociados, concretamente Astaroth y Asmodeus; los dos demonios centrales de la misa negra original. Asmodeus gobierna Golachab. Asmodeus, el trigésimo segundo demonio Goético, aparece en numerosos grimorios y en la literatura apócrifa. Es llamado 'Samael el Negro' y es el hijo, o un aspecto, de Samael.

Golachab y Asmodeus representan el fuego violeta, la revolución y la rebelión. Esta Qlifa se corresponde con Marte, el planeta de la guerra. Asmodeus rompe los lazos maritales e inspira la promiscuidad. El mago que alcanza esta Qlifa aprende a controlar y a darle la vuelta a las experiencias de pérdida y sufrimiento de una forma que rompe las estructuras Sefiróticas.

Golachab está asociada con fuerzas extremadamente violentas y peligrosas, y los rituales de maldición más brutales vienen de esta esfera. Los adeptos que están trabajando con Golachab pueden usar ciertas ceremonias de fuego: caminar sobre o comer brasas ardientes, o ritos especiales de sadomasoquismo para contactar con las fuerzas de la Qlifa.

Golachab El Martillo cae, el hierro suelta rojas chispas. Lava volcánica mana y se extiende a través de la desolación. Negro es el gigante con la espada. En cenizas y fuego el pequeño Fénix es bautizado.

La Qlifa está asociada con el coraje, la lucha, la guerra, la defensa, la protección, la energía volcánica, el poder, la transformación, la diversidad y la multiplicidad.

Iniciáticamente: Empieza la segunda parte del sendero iniciático. No todos deciden dar este paso, de darlo significará que en el largo camino hacia el abismo se dejará atrás al Daemon y se entrará en el proceso iniciático más allá del tiempo y el espacio.

Alquímicamente: Fermentación. Fuego. El elixir y la piedra empiezan a ser capaces de transformar los metales base. El azufre y la sal en el objeto alquímico tienen la habilidad de transformar a otros objetos con su calor.

Mágicamente: La voluntad puramente mágica da a luz a lo nuevo y se convierte en múltiple.

Artes Negras: Maldiciones, guerra mágica, trato con tribulaciones extremas y dominio del sufrimiento.

Mantra: MRRRDRM SVRT MA

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Raigad heritage walk

15-16 June 2024, Saturday-Sunday (overnight stay).

We were around 24 friends.

This blog post is divided as follows:

Experience in photos.

How did we go?

Time frame.

Expenses.

EXPERIENCE IN PHOTOS:

Our cozy home stay

Ride in the cable car.

This trip was arranged by my good friend and we were glad to be a part of his family and friends. Mr. RP & Mr. S were the expert historians whose storytelling raised goosebumps and brought tears in our eyes. They literally created history live in front of us at the fort. Raigad was alive and spoke with us, its untold secrets and stories. My blog post may have everything, but this experience of Raigad through the stories of our story teller friends.

While returning, our car did not start and we all cramped up ourselves in the tempo traveler. I must thank all the parents and their kids who adjusted to accomodate the car passengers, at the expense of their own comfort.

But apart from this small hiccup, the rest of the trip was just fantastic and I look forward to traveling again.

HOW DID WE GO?

We had hired an AC tempo traveller and an AC 7-seater car.

Base village: Hirakaniwadi in Pachad.

Pick up: Mumbai.

Drop: Mumbai.

Route: Mumbai > Pachad > Cable car from Pachahd to Raigad top abd back > Walk on Raigad fort > return home by hired vehicles to Mumbai.

TIME FRAME:

15-06-2024, Saturday.

15:10 leave home.

15:45 board the car.

22:30 reach base village.

16-06-2024, Sunday.

01:30 sleep

07:00 wake up

07:30-08:30 breakfast

09:30 - 09:33 cable car ride

10:00 - 18:00 explore the fort

20:00 back to base village

22:00 return journey starts

17-06-2024, Monday.

04:30 reach home

EXPENSES:

Travel, food and stay were commonly shared.

Exclusion: cable car (Rs. 310/- return fare for adult & Rs. 200/- return fare for senior citizen). Online booking if the cable car is preferred, to avoid the mad rush to book the tickets at the counter. There will be 2-3 hours waiting time for even those who have booked online.

TOTAL: INR 2000/- per head.

Did you notice the arc in the sky against those clouds? My first one for this rainy season's!

Sun halo: notice the red is INSIDE as opposed to a rainbow, whose red is OUTSIDE.

[shalomelohim]

Mashiaj El Mesias Viene Ya (Le Messie arrive) / subtitles Hebreo - Español / Hébreux - Espagnol

Chanson joyeuse au son de l’accordéon ! Happy song with accordion !

♥  ♥  ♥

Mashehu balev Yahalom tzorev Algo hay en el corazón cuál diamante encendida Il y a quelque chose dans le cœur comme un diamant enflammé There's something in the heart like a flaming diamond Menachesh bi Velochesh kochav gadol karev Que susurra en mi cual acentijo : “gran estrella luchad” Ce murmure en moi auquel je fais un signe de tête : « grand combat d’étoiles » This whisper within me to which I nod: "great battle of the stars"

Mi hamevochah Mi ha'anachah Desde el desconcierto y de el suspiro De la perplexité et du soupir Perplexity and sighing Na'aleh t'filah g'dolah Elevemos una gran oración Élevons une grande prière Let us raise a great prayer Unevakesh brajah E imploremos benedicion Et implorons la bénédiction And let us implore the blessing

[Refrain / Chorus] Al halechem al hamayim Por el sustento y el agua Pour la nourriture et l’eau For food and water Al ha'or sheba'einaim Por la luz resplandecente que podemos ver Pour la lumière vive que nous pouvons voir For the bright light we can see Vehachoref, vehakayitz, stav va'avivo Por el invierno y por el verano, Por el otoño y su primavera Pour l’hiver et pour l’été, pour l’automne et son printemps For winter and summer, for autumn and spring Od nisa t'filah bishnaim Aún elevamos una oración juntos Nous élevons toujours une prière ensemble We always raise a prayer together Ad el sha'arei shamaim Hacia los portones de los cielos Aux portes du ciel At the gates of heaven El hamashiach bo yavo He aquí el Mesías viene ya Voici, le Messie vient Behold, the Messiah is coming

Ish be'ish nabit Cuidémonos el uno al otro Prenons soin les uns des autres Let's take care of each other Yad el yad noshit Extendamonos la mano en Tendons la main les uns aux autres Let's reach out to each other Uveyachad uvli pachad Juntos y sin ningún temor Ensemble et sans crainte Together and without fear Nechapes atid Busquemos el futuro Tournons-nous vers l’avenir Let's look to the future Lasadot nered Na'aleh bahar Bajemas hacia los campos y subamos a los montes Descendons dans les champs et montons dans les montagnes Let's go down into the fields and up into the mountains Na'amin od na'amin beshemesh hamachar Confiando que el sol volver a salir mañana Confiant que le soleil se lèvera demain Confident that the sun will rise tomorrow

[Refrain / Chorus]

Ve'or yu'ar (Ve)shir yushar Y la luz se intensificará y un cantico de integridad Et la lumière s’intensifiera et un chant d’intégrité And the light will intensify and a song of integrity El Baraj bar la'ahavah  Y las flores silvestres serán para el amor Et les fleurs sauvages seront pour l’amour And the wildflowers will be for love Ulai pit'om K'mo bechalom Tal vez de pronto como un sueño Peut-être tout d’un coup comme un rêve Maybe all of a sudden like a dream Yavo shalom K'sheyavo mashi'ach Llegue la paz cuando llegue el Mesías La paix vient quand le Messie vient Peace comes when the Messiah comes

[Refrain / Chorus]

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“The number 5. From this emanates the feminine passive potency, Geburah, strength or fortitude; or Deen, Justice;… also, pachad, Fear.

-Mathers

Matters pertaining to Waite’s “For, honour” and undisclosed reasoning.

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Click to read # Baba beat three wrestlers in four seconds, removed all the fever in one fell swoop. Baba gives dhobhi pachad three pahalwaan video goes viral on social media

Baba took down the ghosts of wrestlers Image Credit source: Instagram/beautiful_new_pix In the age of the internet and social media, it’s hard to say when and what will enter the discussion. Here are some videos so funny that we can’t stop laughing ourselves. At the same time, such videos are often seen here. From which we get a unique life lesson and believe me, you will not find that knowledge…

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When Queen Vashti married King Ahasuerus, she, like all Persian wives, promised to love, honor and obey. Yet, when her husband commanded Vashti to dance before his drunken guests wearing only her royal crown, Vashti refused.

How did she get the idea that a wife could and should refuse to follow her husband’s instructions when they were disrespectful and stupid?

Vashti overheard a young woman named Hadassah giving advice to her much older cousin, Mordecai, a successful merchant and a leader of the Jewish community. Vashti was amazed that Mordecai would listen to and indeed follow the advice of a younger woman.

Vashti asked them about their relationship. Mordecai replied, “We are Jews, descendants of Abraham and Sarah. God told our ancestor Abraham that ‘whatever Sarah tells you to do – do as she says.’ (Genesis 21:12) Thus it is a mitzvah for Jewish husbands to follow the advice of their Jewish wives, especially concerning family and personal matters.”

Vashti asked Hadassah, “Don’t Jewish brides promise to obey their husbands?”

“Of course not,” answered Hadassah, “Jewish husbands and wives are partners who are consecrated to each other according to the rules of Moses (the Jewish religion) and the people of Israel (the Jewish community).

Jewish women never promise to obey their husbands. Jewish spouses should love and respect each other, but no one should blindly obey anyone else, even the King.”

Vashti was so impressed by what Mordecai and Hadassah had told her, that she began studying Torah with them and later with other Jewish teachers. After a year of study, Vashti decided to become Jewish.

She did not tell Ahasuerus that she had become Jewish because when she told him that she was studying the Torah, he was uninterested. Ahasuerus never paid any attention to Vashti’s opinions or ideas, relying only on his seven advisors, especially Memucan whom everyone called Haman.

Vashti had noticed how Haman often manipulated the King to increase Haman’s power. Now that she was Jewish, Vashti felt more self-confident and empowered, so she tried to warn Ahasuerus about Haman’s devious plots against people Haman thought were his rivals, and his tendency to avoid solving problems by finding scapegoats.

...Vashti was divorced and banished from Shushan, the capitol of the Persian empire to a small town in Southern Syria where she married the King of Massa, one of the local towns.

Her son Lemuel always remembered how his mother, Queen Vashti, admonished him that wine is not for kings since it impairs their judgment, and that the most important thing in life is to marry a woman of valor and respect her capabilities...

Vashti’s words were incorporated as the last chapter of the Book of Proverbs which speaks about the virtues of a strong, active Jewish wife.

The reference to a Torah of kindness being on her tongue (Proverbs 31:26) refers to the many good teachings that Vashti learned from Hadassah and that Vashti passed on to her son Lemuel.

...Why was there such widespread conversion to Judaism? The text says, “Because the pachad of the Jews fell upon them.” Pachad is usually translated as “fear.”

But why would people fear the Jews who had just recently escaped being plundered and looted? Perhaps the sudden reversal of Jewish fate filled many sensitive non-Jews with awe for the God of the Jews.

The Hebrew word pachad, also means remarkable and “awesome.” It indicates the stunning and overwhelming experience of the Divine, and the stupefying and daunting reaction sensitive mortals have to a Divine eruption.

...The commitment of converts to Judaism to the Jewish people in times of woe as well as times of wonder is why the Book of Esther explicitly states that Jews, their descendants, and all the converts who had joined themselves to the Jewish people, took upon themselves to celebrate Purim. (9:27)

...In later centuries, Vashti’s conversion to Judaism was forgotten. That she was the Jewish mother that Lemuel referred to was also forgotten. It is my honor to restore Vashti’s contribution to the Book of Proverbs.

[Read Rabbi Allen Maller’s full d’var torah.]

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Pachad (fear) is not in ahavah (love), but the ahavah hashleimah (perfect love) casts out pachad, because pachad has to do with pachad of the onesh (punishment) and the one with pachad has not been perfected in ahavah. - 1 John 4:18 | Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

[hum-suffer]

Suddenly aisa close up de de ke hi darane wale hai ye log meko. Bhoot ka VFX toh hai nhi kuch khaas

Btw it's 12:45 am. Cyrus is in black magic room, Raj is in cabin. Sunny is roaming the halls.

Sunny saw the footage of the hathoda levitating and gasped like an English woman in 1872 hearing about a love affair. And he's talking to his camera, to whom he's showing the footage from the other handy cam.

Raj: meri aur owner ki tanhai, aksar kuch baat nhi karti hai. Yaha main baitha hu, ab tak kuch nhi hua hai, and I hope aage bhi kuch na ho...psycho idea hai ye inka. Main provoke nhi karunga owner ko

The poor guy got scared of the walkie noise😭😭 i just know he'll die first

2:05 am. Sunny in production hall, where hundreds of people died at once. Temperature has dropped to five degrees suddenly. Muh se dhua nikal rha hai iske and he's staring at three orbs of light doing a whole ghumi ghumi around him.

OH THE ORBS ARE CIRCLING HIM AND HE'S HEARING HIS MARI HUI FIANCEE KI AWAZ THATS URGING HIM TO GO

Cyrus ko bohot chull hai re baba. He's legit saying "Abe saale darpok kaha chupa hua hai" TO THE BHOOT

Bhoot swatted his hand and made him drop the camera and now he's scratching Cyrus ka haath. Cyrus said himmat hai toh saamne aa and the bhoot threw him into a wall.

Raj heard him yell and instantly checked up on him. Dev Manus. Raj also ran away and left the cabin screaming for Sunny as soon as a table moved. Good boy. And he's telling Sunny ki let's leave. Smart guy.

Sunny and Raj are together, they're looking for Cyrus now, who probably has a concussion from the dhobi pachad with the wall (why am I sounding like I'm narrating the thing)

Live commentary of the movie I'm watching. (It's called 3 am and it's available on YouTube) (Rannvijay Singha is the main lead iykyk)

New tip: if you lose a bet against your bf, just don't give him the bet money and hug him instead—

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What's stopping you to achieve your goals and dreams? . This week's workshop is about exploring and taming your self-limiting beliefs, worries and fears. We have lots of blockers within ourselves. Sometimes we are aware of them, and sometimes not. There are a few powerful questioning and reflection exercises that you can do to uncover them and spin them around. . We will also be talking about developing your resilience, so that you can bounce back quicker if you experience setbacks and obstacles. . Do you know what your self-limiting beliefs are? . Workshop today 19.00 to 21.00 | @the_everyspace | Walthamstow E17 | Link in bio. . . . #walthamstow #e17 #findacareerthatmakesyouhappy #selflimitingbeliefs #selfexpandingbeliefs #fearoffailure #pachad #yirah #taramohr #resilience #selflearnedresilience #workshop #careerchange #careercoaching (at Walthamstow, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvyV2DQnXU4/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1q8esqhom89br

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Siya tv no remote kyan che

Sofa ni pachad jo mali jase

Remote ne pag na aavi jaay

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Explore the history of India - Raigad Fort vlog 1

Explore the history of India, Raigad fort.

The Maratha King, Shivaji who was coroneted here, built his capital city in the Raigad Fort after he seized it in 1656 from the royal house of Chandrarrao Mores, which was then known as the fort of Rairi. Shivaji renovated and expanded this fort and renamed it Raigad. Two very important villages, Pachad and Raigadwadi, were located in the base of this fort, and ten thousand cavalry were always kept standby in the Pachad village during the Maratha rule.

In 1689, the Mughals captured this fort and Aurangzeb renamed it “Islamgad”. In 1765, the Raigad Fort was the target of an armed expedition by the British East India Company who saw it as a piratical stronghold and thereby bombarded and destroyed in 1818, and it was handed over to the same.

In the present day, though the Raigad Fort is in ruins, it still entails the aura of grandness and splendor. Built in as early as 1030 AD, the ruins of Raigad Fort consist of the queen’s quarters or the ‘Rani Vasa’ with six chambers with attached private restrooms which could be entered from the Mena Darwaja. The main palace, the Raj Bhavan, which was Shivaji’s Palace, was made of wood of which only the bases of the pillars remain and in the palace grounds overlooking the Ganga Sagar Lake, there are the fragmented ruins of three watchtowers. The Royal Bath projects an impressive drainage system along with an underground cellar which was used for secretive and highly confidential activities! The Takmak Tok or the execution point is a cliff in the periphery were sentenced prisoners were pushed to death. There are also the ruins of the old marketplace and right in front is the statue of Shivaji himself that leads to the Jadgishwar mandir and his own tomb along with that of his dog, Waghya.

The king’s public court or the Raj Sabha has the replica of the original throne that faces the Nagarkhana darwaja, whilst the enclosure was acoustically designed to aid hearing from even the entrance. Again, in the right side of the Palkhi darwaja is a row of three deep, dark chambers which were believed to be granaries of the fort. The Hirakani Buruj, the famous wall constructed over a huge cliff still stands strong even today. Holi Cha Mal situated outside the Nagarkhana is a wide open ground which was used for holi celebrations. Bara Tanki consisted of more than a dozen water reservoirs, along with Ammunition depot, Rameshwar Mandir, Wagh Darwaja, the Chit darwaja located in Pachad, are among other attractions of the fort.

Owing to the location and structure of the Raigad Fort, it has the best means for trekking, with varying interesting routes right from easy to challenging! The general trek starts at Pachad, 24 kilometers from Mahad, which is a shallow sea port on the banks of the Savitri River. Also, Fort Torana, Fort Lingana, Fort Mangad, and Birwadi, located in and around the Raigad Fort, provides some beautiful trek routes.

Presently, there is the Raigad Ropeway which helps visitors to reach the Raigad Fort, avoiding the arduous climb. It is a rather picturesque climb through the mist-laden clouds, touched upon by the wind. The Ropeway, built in 1996 which an interesting element of the fort, lands at the Mena Darwaja

The Raigad Fort is located at a favourable distance from both Mumbai and Pune. It is a two hour drive from Pune to the fort. One can reach the Raigad Fort from Mumbai in less than two hours by road, located 140 kilometers from the metropolis.

Along with it being a place of immense historical relevance, the Raigad Fort is also considered to be a sacred pilgrimage destination. The Raigad Fort is well-maintained, nurturing the nourishing green across the hilly terrain, thereby preserving its authenticity. No doubt, the best time to visit the Raigad Fort is in the Monsoons

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Angst; dit had ik er eerder over willen weten

Angst; dit had ik er eerder over willen weten

Angst; dit had ik er eerder over willen weten

Wow, wat een prachtige ontdekking: in het boek Playing Big van Tara Mohr leerde ik onlangs iets zeer interessants over angst. Tara was zelf ook zeer aangenaam verrast schreef ze, toen ze het volgende ontdekte over angst. Ze was het boek ‘Be still and get going’ aan het lezen van Rabbijn Alan Lew. Volgens Tara is hij een briljant schrijver en…