The Year Was 1555. Portuguese Colonial Power Was At Its Peak In The 1500’s. They Destroyed Zamorins

The year was 1555. Portuguese colonial power was at its peak in the 1500’s. They destroyed Zamorins of Calicut. Defeated the Sultan of Bijapur. Took away Daman from the Sultan of Gujarat, Established a colony in Mylapore, Captured Bombay and made Goa as their headquarters. And while they were at it, pretty much unchallenged, they even ruined the ancient Kapaleeswarar Temple to build a Church over it.

Their next target, the super profitable port of Mangalore.

Their only bad luck, just 14 kilometers south of Mangalore was the small settlement of Ullal - ruled then by a feisty 30 year old woman - RANI ABBAKKA CHOWTA

Initially, they took her lightly and sent a few boats and soldiers to capture and bring her back to Goa - Those boats never came back.

Shocked and enraged, they sent a huge fleet of ships this time, under the command of much celebrated Admiral Dom Álvaro da Silveira - The admiral soon returned, badly injured and empty handed.

Thereafter, another Portuguese fleet was sent - only a few injured from the crew managed to make it back.

Then the Portuguese went on to capture the Mangalore port and the fort anyways, perhaps planning to tackle Rani Abbakka Chowta from the convenient distance of the Mangalore fort.

After the successful capture of Mangalore, a huge army under João Peixoto, an experienced Portuguese General was sent to Ullal.

The brief was simple: Subjugate Ullal and capture Abbakka Chowta.

The plan was foolproof- there was no way a 30 year old lady with a few men could withstand the might of an army of thousands with advanced weapons.

The Portuguese reached Ullal and found it deserted. Abbakka was nowhere in sight.

They roamed around, relaxed and thanked their stars - Just when they were about to call it a victory - Mrs Chowta attacked with 200 of her chosen men - there was chaos all around and many portuguese lost their lives even without a fight

General João Peixoto was assassinated, 70 Portuguese were captured and the rest just ran away.

So if you’re Abbakka Chowta, who’s just defeated a large army of aggressors, killed a general, captured fighters and defended her city - What will you do?

- Rest and enjoy the moment right?

- Right?

- No!

Rani Abbakka Chowta, rode with her men towards Mangalore that same night, and laid a siege of the Mangalore fort - She not just broke inside the fort successfully - but assassinated Admiral Mascarenhas the Chief of the Portuguese power there and forced the remaining Portuguese to vacate the fort.

She didn’t just stop at this but went on to even capture the Portuguese settlement at Kundapura, a full 100 kms, north of Mangalore - Just to make a point.

The Portuguese finally managed to get back at Abbakka Chowta by convincing her estranged husband, to betray for money. She was arrested and put in the prison where she revolted again and was killed while trying to escape.

Abbakka Chowta was a Jain who fought against the Portuguese for four decades, with an army comprising of both Hindus and Muslims, a full 300 years before the First War of Indian Independence in 1857.

What did we Indians do to her, as a mark of our respect and gratitude? - We just forgot her.

We didn’t name our girls after her. We didn’t even teach her stories to our kids.

Yes we did release a Postal Stamp in her name, named a boat after her and erected 2 statues - yes just 2 statues in the whole of India for someone who should be our national hero.

The Indian Coast Guard ship ICGS Rani Abbakka the 1st of a series of five inshore patrol vessels built at Hindustan Shipyard Ltd is named after Abbakka Mahadevi.

We might have got to read a chapter about her in our text books, had she been a European or an American.

Many talk about her being the last Indian to have the power of the agni-ban. In all this cacophony, our generation has lost a great hero - a great source of inspiration.

Still wondering why you’ve not heard about her yet?

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"Those Who Are Devoted And Have Love For Me, In Their Constant Contemplation Of Me, Their Lives Intertwined

"Those who are devoted and have love for Me, in their constant contemplation of Me, their lives intertwined with Mine, they illuminate each other with their knowledge of Me, and their conversations are filled with the joy and contentment they find in Me." ~Bhagavad Gita 10.9


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heyy thank you for tagging! 💞💞

uhmm I had to think for a bit haha cos im introspective but also not? ygm haha

anyway! so

1. I like that I'm funny (atleast to myself 😂😂) or that i make the people around me laugh one way or another :D

2. I like that i'm curious about loads of things and genuinely enthusiastic to know more 😯

3. I like, or appreciate, that i'm super motivated in terms of self development and stuff like that - overall kinda helpful in life I'd say ahaha (even tho it doesn't escape the fact that things are hard!)

4. I like, again or appreciate, that I'm drawn to spirituality or curious about it, and so now it's lead me back to shri krishna, which is nice! hehe

5. I like that I am open-minded and willing to consider everyone's povs - I like trying to be a mediator between people.

yay! there we go!

imma tag some mutuals! anyone else who wants to can do it too! would love to know more abt you 🥰 also self love yay:D

@krishna-sangini @ramayantika @kaal-naagin @animucomedy @keshavsmelody @sambhavami @mad-who-ra @janaknandini-singh999

"firstly, when you get this, you have to answer with 5 things you like about yourself, publicly. then, send this ask to 10 of your favourite followers (non-negotiable, positivity is cool)"

Okay here goes...

I like the fact that i'm not like other teenagers, i'm somewhat different and much more mature attitude wise.

I like the fact that i'm loooved by all aunties, like literally all aunties be setting me up as an example to their "pretending to be a teenager" kids.

I like that i'm an introvert... yes idk why. You will always find me sitting at back of the class, just not interacting with peeps and writing some random shit in my diary

I like that i have such great parents who don't beat the shit out of kids just cause they got lower marks than that brainy topper.

I like that i gave myself an opportunity to be all Dharmic cause that shit really chases all anxiety and depression out. Jai Dwarkadheesh.

tagging: @btw-its-tamanna , @etherealmistt , @krishna-sangini , @janaknandini-singh999 , @budugu , @stardustkrishnaverse , @maraudersbitchesassemble , @poisoninmycoffee , and lastly....

you @manishehehe

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this is so beautiful! shri krishna says that the true yogi or realised one is who is steady across all opposing conditions and emotions. and He is the param yogi, yogeshwar. He is also sat-chit-ananda. I had not connected that steadiness to this bliss:)

❝there is only one meaningful word in life, and that is bliss. Happiness and unhappiness are not meaningful; they have been created by dividing bliss into two. The part that is in accord with you, that you accept, is called happiness, and the part that is discordant to you, that you deny, is called unhappiness.❞

❝They are our interpretations of bliss, divided - and as long as it agrees with you it is happiness and when it begins to disagree with you it is called unhappiness.❞

Bliss is truth, the whole truth.

❝It is significant that the word bliss, is anand in Sanskrit, is without an opposite. Happiness has its opposite in unhappiness, love has its opposite in hate, heaven in hell, but bliss has no such opposite. It is so because there is no state opposed to bliss. If there is any such state, it is that of happiness and of misery both. Similarly, the Sanskrit word moksha, which means freedom or liberation, has no opposite. Moksha is the state of bliss. Moksha means that happiness and misery are equally acceptable.❞


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this is so random but like its so funny to me that the krishna actor from radha krishn said "fr" on his ig story like ik he's only a few years older than me but idk


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I’m so emotional about dinosaur stuffed animals,,, there are these creatures, extinct long before any of us were alive, but we found their bones and their eggs and their footprints. And we made drawings and models of what they could’ve looked like. And we made them into stuffed animals so we could hold them. We made them soft so we could love them. I’m sobbing


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The OG Heartthrob 💫🦚

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Saurabh Raaj Jain as Krishna>>>

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@kaal-naagin @h0bg0blin-meat @stardustkrishnaverse (thank you🥺) @janaknandini-singh999 @inc0rrectmyths


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Navratri Mahotsav 2023 Day -7

Naavratri group 2023 is thankful to all of you for your constant support and encouragement for our efforts during this navratri festival too and tonight on seventh day of Navratri Mahotsav we worship Maa Jagdamba as Maa Kaalratri and welcome everyone who celebrate this day as mahasaptami and We welcome maa Saraswati as the goddess of wisdom peace art and knowledge with her utmost protection for our soul and mind and body .

Maa kaalratri is the most fearsome goddess and considered the most firece one in all forms of durga as everyone says but

She is fierce just like a storm or flood when lands get too dirty , nature clears it up . Like a force necessary to awaken the soul within human body . Like a pain required to realise we are not dead , like Medicine or Surgery ; bitter in taste or difficult to survive but required to Live life disease free . Like A death to ego and past to bring regeneration. Like anger to bring calmness when expressed. 

Like night necessary to welcome morning, like dark so that we appreciate the light we have . Like Wisdom So to get rid of ignorance. 

Like Force of destruction or death required for new birth , and achieving sustainability.

So tonight Along with her shade as Dark as as night we celebrate the festival with color of peace as shades of purple and violet

ॐ देवी कालरात्र्यै नमः॥ ॐ देवी महासरस्वत्यै नमः॥

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For every re-incarnation of kaalratri-the most terrorising form of Ma Durga, Raas is the fearless battle-ground where she brings death to the darkness, to the past traumas, and everything that is evil.


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