Glory, Destruction, Tragedies and Defiant Resilience of Eternal Kashi | Dr. Meenakshi Jain on ACP 71

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In this engaging podcast episode, Dr. Meenakshi Jain, a renowned Indian historian, returns to discuss her latest book "Vishwanath Rises". Dr. Jain shares the accidental origins of her book, which initially focused on Ayodhya but expanded to cover the Kashi Vishwanath Temple following significant archaeological developments at the Ganvapi site in Varanasi.
The episode delves into the profound historical and spiritual significance of Kashi (Varanasi) in Hindu civilization. Dr. Jain articulates the shift from Vedic rituals to the philosophical discourses that occurred in Eastern India, particularly in Kashi.
Furthermore, Dr. Jain discusses the archaeological findings that substantiate Kashi's ancient religious history, dating back to 8,000 BC. She explores how myths and historical facts intertwine, providing a captivating narrative of Kashi's enduring legacy as a center of learning and spirituality. The podcast not only highlights the historical depths of Kashi but also its continuous influence on Indian culture and spirituality.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
02:29 - Exploring the historical significance of Kashi Vishwanath Mandir
08:15 - Atma and Brahma's philosophy permeated Indian culture
11:11 - Kashi's association with Lord Shiv and the myth of Ganga's descent
16:46 - Discovery of ancient artifacts during railway line expansion in 1940
19:10 - Kashi's early history and its significance as a center of Vedic knowledge and education
24:13 - Kashi Vishwanath Mandir is a revered old place with unmatched grandeur.
26:39 - Kashi faced attacks and destruction with religious motivations.
31:39 - The significance of Dharm Nibandhs in the medieval period
34:10 - Inscriptions found in Sarat showcase victories over foreign invaders.
38:54 - History of destruction and rebuilding of Bindu Madav Temple
41:29 - Destruction of Kashi Vishwanath Mandir
46:29 - The Kashi Vishwanath Temple was destroyed and rebuilt.
48:52 - Vishwanath Temple's relocation and reconstruction
53:49 - Rebuilding Vishwanath Temple at the site of destruction by Sikandar Lodi
56:04 - Coronation of Shivaji as per Vedic rituals
1:00:36 -Indians showing commitment to their heritage
1:02:50 - The destruction and preservation of Kashi Vishwanath Mandir
1:07:49 - Maratha movement led by Balaji Vishwanath
1:10:35 - Intense negotiations and invasions impact Kashi Vishwanath Mandir
1:15:21 - India's Resilience Through Turbulent Times
1:17:30 - End
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[@Sankhyame]

Meenakshi Jain is one of the greatest Indic contributors of our times.

[@nitinshet7717]

We need to celebrate that we have personalities such as Dr Meenakshi in our country!

[@sandeepkhanal_13]

i am from nepal Nepal and its connection to kashi is deep majority of people in nepal are shiva bhaktas

[@sreenivasanmahadevan1028]

Nepal is and has always been a part of Bharatiya culture..so please come back to Bharat..don't fall in the laps of other foreign powers.

[@sandeepkhanal_13]

@@sreenivasanmahadevan1028 we should not forget out roots that's it

[@sandeepkhanal_13]

@@sreenivasanmahadevan1028 come back to Bharat what does that mean ???

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We are same people don't forget that 😊​@@sandeepkhanal_13

[@unknown.145gvgugbj]

@@sandeepkhanal_13 Bro ignore him. I am also indian but I know many indians think nepal is part of bharat. but this is not true , our cultures may be same but Nepal has remained a separate kingdom since 2000 years. So please ignore these dumb indians who always want include every every region in subcontinent into bharat

[@AJITSINGH-bc1jk]

Proud of you all - Dr. Meenakshi Jain Ji & Abhijit Chavda Ji! We are taught only history books doctored by Romila Thapar & Company in school days. Hope present generation should be taught the true Indian History. Mughal History should go for retirement. Bharat Mata Ki Jai!

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We are so fortunate to have gems like Meenakshi mam among us. Salute to your knowledge and work.

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Guys push the channel...Make 1M soon 🎉..Reach of the channel is so crucial for Dharma

[@ssaklani]

This service by both meenakshi ji and abhijeet ji will be remembered by future generations of india..thank you

[@sravanvedala7811]

Dr Jain is a courageous and talented historian.

[@prekshakah]

Thank you Mr. Chavda for this interview. I really enjoy your style of interviewing where you ask the questions and dont interrupt the guest. Best wishes.

[@Prussianrider]

A million salutes to Meenakshi ji & Abhijit ji for this wonderful podcast. I have read a few books by Meenakshi ji, after listening to this podcast I shall buy the books on Ayodhya, Mathura & Vishwanath, I am also one of the first subscribers to AC ji's shows.

[@OrichalcumHammer]

The initial part of Dr. Meenakshi Jain's speech, her humble attitude considering her achievements which can be estimated through her contributions to the Hindu psyche - only thing I can say - Heartfelt 'Naman' to her

[@ravdhillon5710]

Can’t thank you enough. This information and podcast is so enlightening and important for all Indians and especially for NRI’s like me. I am learning about my heritage from these awesome talks on you tube.

[@MJay558]

Amazing interview. Dr. Meenakshi Jain is a distinguished scholar. Her narratives have the impressive quality of effortlessly immersing the audience in the historical context, allowing us to vividly experience the stories as if they were part of that era.

[@snathan3198]

Dr.Meenakshi Jain, koti koti dhanyawad!

[@deenamitrataduri8731]

Meenakshi Ji so impressive 🙏 The way you put the whole discussion is great 🙏 And what a beautiful powerful conclusion you gave😊🙏🙏👏👏

[@SUBBUTUMKUR]

renaissance of hindu civilisation

[@sandeepkaranam7061]

it is great to hear meenakshi jain mam.one of the greatest intellectuals of Bharat.

[@surendergupta7123]

Those who are preparing for UPSC should read Meenakshi's mam books on History i.e. "The India They Saw".🧐👌👌👍

[@yamraj742]

Well they won't as anything out of them iknow because I'm reading

[@katyarkhukri7003]

Amazing facts by Dr Meenakshi Jain! Must watch. Such gross atrocities by the foreginers and we have not yet retreived out lands and temples even after 75 years after independence.

[@shitanshusabharwal7433]

Kudos to Meenakshi for her stellar contributions

[@riteshprakash6361]

Ji*

[@Scintillatingkids]

Salute to Meenakshi madam for the profound contribution she is making to revive civilizational memories!

[@amoghaudupa]

The last wish of Chhattrapathi Shivaji Maharaj was to get back Kashi Vishwanath Temple!!!

[@VedicRevival]

He wished to get all the Jyotirlingas back, not only Kashi. At that time, even Somnath was in ruins

[@VedicRevival]

@@cg8397 Does it matter? The fact that Shivaji Maharaj freed India from the barbaric turk rule is enough to place him at the highest pedestal. Him being Kshatriya or Shudra doesn't matter much. Not to me at least. I will respect him equally with both the identities

[@amoghaudupa]

@@cg8397 lmao this theory which was born in the leftist cocoon has been proved that it's false

[@ramadevilingaraju5375]

Wow!I hope your findings become a part of history text books we have good reason to be proud of our heritage ,we just need to be informed of it, by scholars like you. ❤

[@sumitrabrahma4466]

Thankyou for informing about our people and our DIVINITY 🙏🏼

[@abhishekpaleriya2714]

What a brilliant source of wisdom and knowledge.... Pranaam 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@alokkumarjena5740]

The best study on Kashi ❤ we need this kind of people in India to go ahead,,,,,*******

[@montuedge]

One of the best Episode. Such a great auther.

[@smritimishra9721]

Such an eye opener... Thank you do much.

[@Mrinalini.m]

Looking forward to yet again Informative session with Dr Meenakshi !

[@VishB-nf5ye]

Simply wonderful conversation.

[@alex_2020]

Fortitude-India, Resilience-India, surviving against all odds-India❤

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Backstabbing- India, Stockholm Syndrome- India

[@shashwatparth3672]

❤awesome, my entire school is nothing in front of her knowledge.

[@greenray5647]

Dr Meenakshi Jain 🙏

[@reportedstolen3603]

Look towards history to better shape the future

[@neetakirane8104]

Amazing..... Thank you Abhijit sir and Minakshi ma'am. This history is never taught to us in Indian curriculum. Inspite of all the violence and devastation, Indian civilization n culture has survived. It is our responsibility that our further generations know it n carry it further with respect. Thank you again.

[@dev_peace_soul]

She is fantastic ❤

[@devanshisrivastava3373]

Very grateful for this session from such a learned and revered historian. I wish we were taught this history in this manner in school. All of us would have grown up to be loyal patriots of this great nation. Thank you.

[@sankalp3513]

Meenakshi Jain, Ram Swarup, Sitaram Goel, Jadhunath Sarkar, and R.C Majumdar, Arun Shourie. Make it a point to know their invaluable contributions.

[@Raut-warrior]

Vikram Sampath and Gajanan Mehendale as well

[@johnbarber3794]

BEAUTIFUL conversation and great minds - 21st centrury brain cleaning

[@mamlibaral6074]

Great podcast.Our heartfelt gratitude to Dr.Minakshi for giving us a detailed narrative of our heritage and how our brave ancestors had toiled hard to preserve it in the midst of a period of turbulence . Very rightly she termed our civilization a "living civilization " Thank you

[@Arungattu28]

I got tears in the last when she expressed her gratitude and is a great reminder of how we must act and preserve what our ancestors have fought for. Truly remarkable Thank you for this 🙏🙏🙏

[@ranjanihn]

These are precious knowledge from genuine researchers. Thanks for bringing this to the world❤

[@a_c555]

Such a fantastic episode. Pranam to Meenakshi Ji🙏 n her wealth of knowledge, which she is sharing with us all. Thank you Abhijit ji, thank you for educating us with real knowledge.

[@Amelie447]

Thank you for this wonderful lecture. I was in Kashi for two months in January and February, it is a spiritual enlightenment what I experienced in Kashi

[@shashikhanna7512]

Both of you are amazing.Thanks for being there❤

[@Shompi66]

Fantastic conversation, thank you so much❤

[@kennethtan6403]

Thank you and Much Love from the Philippines, this is gonna be an awesome episode whilst on my daily hike. will buy her books. Her latest book "VISHWANATH RISES AND RISES: The Story of Eternal Kashi" is only available on Amazon India thus far.

[@Nationalist04]

❤ love from India brother

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Jai Mahakal

[@sukeshchandersharma2832]

Each one of us who love Bharat must listen to this interview.

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Definitely good video.

[@rameshnatarajan9739]

We Indians Bharatiyas Hindus are valorous and proud of our Heritage. Jai Hind ...Jai Bhavani.Jai Sri Ram....Har Har Mahadev.

[@jimmybassan]

I wish i had teacher like Dr. Meenakshi Jain mam in my school years, it would hv been pleasure to learn bcs she is full of knowledge n so soft spoken n kind hearted its pleasure to hear her speaking..... N as always Abhijit Sir also never fails to impress with his knowledge n skills of explaining difficult things in dimpler ways

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Abhijit sir, please invite Aabhaas Maldahiyar for a podcast.🧐🙏🙏👍

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Salute to our ancestors for keeping our culture alive.A very informative podcast.

[@arunasuresh384]

Glad you added among the modest sturctures. ...... the current Bindu Madhav shrine on Panchaganga ghat.... nothing compared to what it must have been. Look at the size of the Garuda on the sthamba that must have been the dwaja sthamba earlier

[@ssaklani]

My salute to both of them...

[@PAmbastha]

As usual, great topic & great podcast 🙌🙌 These discussions are like addiction!

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Great.

[@Ronak_Nayak]

Very insightful podcast Abhijit Sir.

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Deepest respect to you Madam

[@Anand2024]

When India got independence after 1000 years of foreign occupation in 1947 drastic measures should have adopted by the Indian government to restore The lost languages culture heritage of Indian civilization 😢 When we lost the past or the history I forgot who we are and where to go 🥺

[@tarapranav]

Wonderful conversation

[@alex_2020]

❤Bharatvarsh!

[@sumanamaheswari]

Amazing!!!bharatiyoi aur bharat ki sadev jai ho!

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Such a great podcast. Should be shared in Hindi also so that it can reach to maximum Sanatani people.

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knowledge base content Thanks for 1041 subscriber

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Romilla Thapper Should LEARN of history from this AMAZING ,INterECTUAL DOCTOR.Romilla is not even a patch of this DOCTOR

[@thunrou]

Romilla Thapar is not even eligible to touch Meenakshi Ji's feet

[@karunasharma6768]

Romila Thapar was Nehru's keep. So she distorted the history way her Master Lehru did

[@2304rani]

What a deep knowledge. I salute both of them. I feel such episodes should be in Hindi to have more reach.

[@Noni1975]

Wonderful podcast

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Thank you 💗

[@glennlopez6772]

This is specially relevant to non Hindus, who were once born Hindus, and suddenly found themselves at the wrong end of things! Other videos on the Indian theme from the uploaders of this video were more enlightening, (than this one) for those thirsting for the truth! If we look around, globally, there have been those who have betrayed their own kind!!

[@jiyojiten4777]

Abhijit's respectful gesture towards Meenakshiji roughout the podcast was remarkable. True gentleman. And thank for the informative podcast.

[@aparnarao7593]

Thank you

[@reghunaathansolutioneervim6398]

Thanks!

[@jovianjollity5244]

Thank you for a panoramic view of Kashi and the long history of this great city. As Meenakshi ji points out, it is to the great credit and foresight of India's ancient Hindu rulers, as well as 18th century rulers like the Marathas, that they undertook great efforts to protect the spiritual, dharmic core of Kashi, despite all the islamic invasions and the desecration of Hindu temples. Meenakshi ji rightly emphasized that their wanton destruction was not just for the wealth of the temples but driven by strong bigotry against sanatana dharma. The mention of the role of scholars like Narayana Bhatt ( during Mughal ruler, Jalaluddin's time- and let's use their actual names instead of glorified titles) including his descendants (of Narayana Bhatt), to the present day, and their dedication to preserving the spiritual greatness of Kashi and Ayodhya, as well as its Vedic sanatana traditions, was fascinating! That lineage, and the 6 families like them, deserve to be recognized with a Bharat Ratna!

[@sanchitwadehra]

Dhanyavad

[@chandnichhabra3648]

I really wish, the knowledge from this podcast see some physical outcomes without hurting any community because it is all based on evidence and research. It is enlightening to know how courageous and resilient our forefathers were. If India was any other country today, it would have been worn torn in the name of religion. Glad our people had found a way to co-exist.❤

[@vasundharasharma6049]

Heartbreaking and devastating. Thank you Meenakshiji and Abhijit sir

[@madhusmritabaruahbarbora7493]

We did not know anything about these. Feeling helpless and tears coming out. 🙏 😢

[@PurnaVarma-rk2rg]

We Hindus should form Sangas (aka Trusts) in pursuit to reclaiming the lost temples in Kasi.

[@neevan7292]

superb,, insights,,, Would request if ACJi, could involve few of these references PICs / links, it would really help,

[@mamlibaral6074]

We await more such authentic informations for the younger generations and India s history should be re-written. Thanks

[@tanujaraje4794]

Thanks

[@raghupadma9900]

Great historian and scholar to do so much research we should give lot of respect for such people

[@indrasingh1792]

Nice podcast

[@geetashrestha7089]

He listens so calmly

[@rameshnatarajan9739]

We hope to see & hear more such enlightening videos.Thx Meenakshiji & Chavdaji.

[@ameetkulkarni6268]

Abhijit Ji great work, thank you for doing this service. One suggestion if I may - for your guests to feel comfortable during the long talks, there has to be a barrier between them and the camera and that barrier can be provided by a table or desk, which also helps them to rest their arms, lean on, keep reference materials, etc..

[@GK-gs1ke]

Thanks to both of you 🙏🙏

[@shiva--1578]

tq

[@Batman099]

Imagine how many tample we have lost that are not even documented.

[@partimanrewien1610]

Thank you for so much knowlegde

[@sun-161]

A wonderful listen ❤

[@kumarkrishnan2327]

Absolutely amazing podcast ❤

[@anushkarajlakshmi1911]

hello chavda sir please invite Dr Raj vedam . Would love to see 2 intellectuals discussing and enlightening. chavda sir and vedam sir

[@maneeshalambert]

Awesome content! This needs to be inked in history books!

[@alex_2020]

❤india

[@smithavempaty9136]

Simply amazing time travel with dr.Jain

[@sainathmahadevan4972]

wow amazing to hear the real incidents that had happened

[@prakashc4u]

Simply amazing. Thank you for this wonderful insight into our rich heritage. Jai Shree Ram 🙏🌺❤️ Meenakshi Ji - Blessed to hear our true history from you. 🙏🙏