Starlink. 😂

The only photos available of Shrimati Kusumāvatī Apte (1846-1917) daughter of Bajirao-2 Peshwa. The only photograph available of anyone from Peshwa family. The second photo is authenticated by author Shri Pramod Oak. The first photo is perhaps AI rendition of first photo when she was not a vidhavā. She was married to Sardar Apte of Gwalior. Baizabai Shinde (wife of Daulatrao Shinde) lobbied very hard to have daughter of Peshwa marrying in Gwalior to Sardar Apte. Apte was worried about prospects of marrying a girl of such high lineage so Baizabai gave him plenty of promotions and estate to make Apte’s worthy of marrying Peshwa’s daughter. The home of this last of the bloodline of Peshwas is what is today “Apte Bada” in Gwalior. Stories say that Baizabai was very respectful towards Kusumāvati after marriage and even after all attempts of reviving swarajya ended 1857-58) till the very end. Historian V K Rajwade managed to meet her and get first hand details about second Bajirao, second Nanasaheb Peshwas from her during his researches.

भीमरूपी महारुद्रा वज्र हनुमान् मारुति वनारि अंजनीसूता रामदूता प्रभंजना ध्वजांगे उचली बाहो आवेशे लोटिला पुढे काळाग्नि कालरुद्राग्नि देखता कांपती भये ब्रह्मांडे माईली नेणो आवळे दंतपंगती नेत्राग्नी चालिल्या ज्वाळा भ्रुकुटि ताठिल्या बळे कोटिच्या कोटि उड्डणें झेपावे उत्तरेकडे मंदाद्रीसारिखा द्रोणू क्रोधें उत्पाटिला बळें आरक्त देखिलें डोळां ग्रासिलें सूर्यमंडळा वाढतां वाढतां वाढे भेदिलें शून्यमंडळा The rage of Hanumān is perhaps the most important feature here in this stotra and in the vigrahas consecrated by Samartha Ramdas Swami. “The rage of Hanumān” here is perhaps the most important character in itself - if this were a story. There is another such stotra about angry Hanumān beating/escaping the shadow-catching sea-dwelling rākshasi Simhikā (named Hanumān Vadvānala Stotra - usually chanted to overthrow some “outside influence or susceptibility to the same due to certain planetary combinations in chart”)

1. The vigraha of Shri Hanumān while chanting Hanumān chālisā is this. Meditating Hanumaan (ज्ञानगुणसागर). 2. The vigraha of Shri Hanumān while chanting Maruti Strotra of Ramdas Swami is somewhat similar to pic 2 (couldn’t find angrier version of this with bloodshot red eyes etc). This is the form consecrated by Ramdas Swami in all his temples (and by extension by all temples consecrated by all Swarajya commanders later as well). Same dèvatā is invoked in different forms for different people or different phases of life/history or different purposes. And those different forms activate different aspects of the Prakriti of Bhakta. Hence it is important to know what form of what dèvatā suits us as sādhaka so that our journey towards moksha continues effortlessly without unwanted detours. It is important to know what “setting” one is born with in current birth and choose the dèvatā and His/Her form accordingly (usually if one is lucky a shrotriya+brahmanishTHa guru chooses it for you and prescribes the Upāsanā to you). Effects of each path is different and different prākritik configurations need different prescription. There is no one size fits all in dharma (because - रुचीनां वैचित्र्याद् ऋजु-कुटिल नानापथजुषां नृणामेकोगम्यः त्वमसि पयसां अर्णव इव)

विवादे विषादे प्रमादे प्रवासे जले चानले पर्वते शत्रुमध्ये अरण्ये शरण्ये सदा माम् प्रपाहि गतिस्त्वं गतिस्त्वं त्वमेका भवानि 🙏🙏 काय मागू आता तुज अंबाबाई मागणे लई नाही तुज आता संतसेवा घडो मुखी नाम जडो दर्शन तुझे घडो अंबाबाई.

When he eventually dies of natural causes, his son will do his funeral. The crow won’t touch his pinDa and people will get bored waiting. We would be able to even listen the crows crowing in stomach of the brahmaNa purohita eagerly waiting for crow to touch pinda so that everyone can go eat. When that moment comes - I recommend people present there should shout “Nobel peace prize” 2-3 times. I am sure crow will immediately come and touch the pinDa rescuing everyone from a difficult situation.

उसके कपड़े छोटे नहीं तुम लोगों का मन छोटा हैं। गांधी जी तो टॉपलेस ही सारे आंदोलन करते थे।