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Pandharpur Wari reaches #SupremeCourt

#SupremeCourt to hear a plea stating that Maharashtra govt denying permission to millions of warkaris (pilgrims) & 250 plus registered palkis to complete annual pilgrimage to Lord Vithal Temple violates their fundamental rights
The petition challenges Maharashtra govt's decision to allow only 10 Palkis to perform the Dindi (or pilgrimage to Lord Vithal Temple) in the wake of Delta Plus variant of #COVID19 @OfficeofUT #wari
On account of rising cases in Maharashtra, CJI NV Ramana led bench dismisses the petition.

#supremecourt #Wari
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Un rostro en una bolsa de cuero de llama. El artista que le dio forma —hace 1200 años— le cosió cabello humano para hacerlo más realista. ¿Cómo ha podido conservarse tanto tiempo? ¿y de dónde proviene? [ABRO HILO] #AntiguoPeru #AméricaPrecolombina #Wari
Para empezar hay que decir que este es uno de los tantos tesoros arqueológicos peruanos saqueados durante el siglo XX, por lo que no sabemos exactamente en donde fue encontrado. Pero su estilo y características nos proponen mucha información.
Por ejemplo, la forma de los ojos, las series de figuras escalonadas, las líneas que contornean cada forma y el hecho de que el rostro esté dividido en 2 mitades con distintos diseños, son rasgos clásicos del arte del Periodo Horizonte Medio (600 - 900) durante el cual
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After the sowing of crops in July, as part of a bi-annual 800 yr old #tradition, lakhs of #pilgrims/ warkaris from all over rural Maharashtra walk a distance of around 240 kms from Dehu & Alandi to meet their beloved Lord Vithoba. ruralindiaonline.org/articles/walki… ImageImage
Over the centuries many poets from Maharashtra belonging to the progressive #Bhakti tradition of devotional poetry have walked the Wari. Such was their influence that even centuries later the pilgrims go to Pandharpur to honour the reformist poet-saints. ruralindiaonline.org/articles/the-e… ImageImage
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