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Padmanabhaswamy Temple

2011-07-02T11:32:00.000-07:00

Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple is one of the most famous Lord Vishnu Temples in Kerala, South India. Also known as Sree Ananda Padmanabhaswamy Temple, this Mahavishnu Temple is located inside East Fort, in Thiruvananthapuram - the capital city of Kerala, India. Lord Vishnu is enshrined here in the Anananthasayanam posture (in eternal sleep of yognidra), lying on Sri Anantha, the hooded snake. According to traditions, Sree Padmanabhaswamy Kshetram is believed to have been worshipped by Chandra (Moon God) and Lord Indra (the head of the Devas).

Recently officials counted /evaluated the gold and precious stone treasures of sree padmanabhaswamy temple trivandrum and came to know that its worth 75000 crores of indian rupees. still a room has to be opened to count. Maybe it cross 100,000 crores .It is certainly the Indias richest temple, Is it the world's richest?

Significance of Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple

Sree Anantha Padmanabhaswamy Temple is one of the 108 Divya Desams of Lord Vishnu. Divya Desams are the holiest abodes of the Lord Mahavishnu that are mentioned in the works of the Tamil Azhvars (saints).

Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple is also one of the seven Parasurama kshetras in Kerala. The city of Thiruvananthapuram is named after the Lord. The word Thiruvananthapuram literally means "The land of Sree Anantha Padmanabhaswamy".

Importance of the Idol

The idol of Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple is made up of 12008 salagramams that compose the reclining lord. They are special because they are from Nepal, from the banks of river Gandhaki and they were brought to the temple with all pomp and gaiety on elephant top. On top of them "Katusarkara Yogam", Navaratnams, a special Ayurvedic mix, was used to give a plaster. Followers believe that the Lord has personally come in disguise and had saved many times the Travancore Kingdom from the clutches of enemies.

Vishu 2011 Festival in Kerala

vishukkani or vishu kani

Vishu festival 2011 is celebrated all over Kerala on 15th April 2011. Read more here.

Nuclear(New Clear) Reactors

2011-05-17T00:23:00.000-07:00

After the Quake in Japan recently one should believe that nothing is powerful than Nature. We should think hundred times before construction of a Nuclear reactor.
In Japan there is no other way to cope with their elelctricity consumption.
But in India I think we have many ways to generate electricity. Alternative energy is also there.Efficient Distribution system and Anti theft systems should be implemented . Proper Management is a must.

Wright Brothers were WRONG

2010-07-10T13:54:00.000-07:00

Orville Wright demonstrated on December 17th 1903 that it was possible for a ‘manned heavier than air machine to fly’. But, in 1895, eight years earlier, the Sanskrit scholar Shivkar Bapuji Talpade had designed a basic aircraft called Marutsakthi (meaning Power of Air) based on Vedic technology and had it take off unmanned before a large audience in the Chowpathy beach of Bombay. The importance of the Wright brothers lies in the fact, that it was a manned flight for a distance of 120 feet and Orville Wright became the first man to fly. But Talpade’s unmanned aircraft flew to a height of 1500 feet before crashing down and the historian Evan Koshtka, has described Talpade as the ‘first creator of an aircraft’.

As the world observes the one hundredth anniversary of the first manned flight, it is interesting to consider the saga of India’s 19th century first aircraft inventor for his design was entirely based on the rich treasury of India’s Vedas. Shivkar Bapuji Talpade was born in 1864 in the locality of Chirabazar at Dukkarwadi in Bombay.

He was a scholar of Sanskrit and from his young age was attracted by the Vaimanika Sastra (Aeronautical Science) expounded by the great Indian sage Maharishi Bhardwaja. One western scholar of Indology Stephen-Knapp has put in simple words or rather has tried to explain what Talpade did and succeeded!

According to Knapp, the Vaimanika Shastra describes in detail, the construction of what is called, the mercury vortex engine the forerunner of the ion engines being made today by NASA. Knapp adds that additional information on the mercury engines can be found in the ancient Vedic text called Samaranga Sutradhara. This text also devotes 230 verses, to the use of these machines in peace and war. The Indologist William Clarendon, who has written down a detailed description of the mercury vortex engine in his translation of Samaranga Sutradhara quotes thus ‘Inside the circular air frame, place the mercury-engine with its solar mercury boiler at the aircraft center. By means of the power latent in the heated mercury which sets the driving whirlwind in motion a man sitting inside may travel a great distance in a most marvellous manner. Four strong mercury containers must be built into the interior structure. When these have been heated by fire through solar or other sources the vimana (aircraft) develops thunder-power through the mercury.

NASA (National Aeronau-tical and Space Administra-tion) world’s richest/ most powerful scientific organisation is trying to create an ion engine that is a device that uses a stream of high velocity electrified particles instead of a blast of hot gases like in present day modern jet engines. Surprisingly according to the bi-monthly Ancient Skies published in USA, the aircraft engines being developed for future use by NASA by some strange coincidence also uses mercury bombardment units powered by Solar cells! Interestingly, the impulse is generated in seven stages. The mercury propellant is first vapourised fed into the thruster discharge chamber ionised converted into plasma by a combination with electrons broke down electrically and then accelerated through small openings in a screen to pass out of the engine at velocities between 1200 to 3000 kilometres per minute! But so far NASA has been able to produce an experimental basis only a one pound of thrust by its scientists a power derivation virtually useless. But 108 years ago Talpade was able to use his knowledge of Vaimanika Shastra to produce sufficient thrust to lift his aircraft 1500 feet into the air!

According to Indian scholar Acharya, ‘Vaimanika Shastra deals about aeronautics including the design of aircraft the way they can be used for transportation and other applications in detail. The knowledge of aeronautics is described in Sanskrit in 100 sections, eight chapters, 500 principles and 3000 slokas including 32 techniques to fly an aircraft. In fact, depending on the classifications of eras or Yugas in modern Kaliyuga aircraft used are called Krithakavimana flown by the power of engines by absorbing solar energies!’ It is feared that only portions of Bharadwaja’s masterpiece Vaimanika Shas-tra survive today.

The question that comes to one’s mind is, what happened to this wonderful encyclopaedia of aeronautical knowledge accumulated by the Indian savants of yore, and why was it not used? But in those days, such knowledge was the preserve of sages, who would not allow it to be misused, just like the knowledge of atomic bombs is being used by terrorists today!

According to scholar Ratnakar Mahajan who wrote a brochure on Talpade. ‘Being a Sanskrit scholar interested in aeronautics, Talpade studied and consulted a number of Vedic treatises like Brihad Vaimanika Shastra of Maharishi Bharadwaja Vimanachandrika of Acharya Narayan Muni Viman yantra of Maharish Shownik Yantra Kalp by Maharishi Garg Muni Viman Bindu of Acharya Vachaspati and Vimana Gyanarka Prakashika of Maharishi Dhundiraj’. This gave him confidence that he can build an aircraft with mercury engines. One essential factor in the creation of these Vedic aircraft was the timing of the Suns Rays or Solar energy (as being now utilised by NASA) when they were most effective to activate the mercury ions of the engine. Happily for Talpade Maharaja Sayaji Rao Gaekwad of Baroda a great supporter of the Sciences in India, was willing to help him and Talpade went ahead with his aircraft construction with mercury engines. One day in 1895 (unfortunately the actual date is not mentioned in the Kesari newspaper of Pune which covered the event) before an curious scholarly audience headed by the famous Indian judge/ nationalist/ Mahadeva Govin-da Ranade and H H Sayaji Rao Gaekwad Talpade had the good fortune to see his un manned aircraft named as ‘Marutsakthi’ take off, fly to a height of 1500 feet and then fall down to earth.

But this success of an Indian scientist was not liked by the Imperial rulers. Warned by the British Government the Maharaja of Baroda stopped helping Talpade. It is said that the remains of the Marutsakthi were sold to ‘foreign parties’ by the relatives of Talpade in order to salvage whatever they can out of their loans to him. Talpade’s wife died at this critical juncture and he was not in a mental frame to continue with his researches. But his efforts to make known the greatness of Vedic Shastras was recognised by Indian scholars, who gave him the title of Vidya Prakash Pra-deep.

Talpade passed away in 1916 un-honoured, in his own country.

As the world rightly honours the Wright Brothers for their achievements, we should think of Talpade, who utilised the ancient knowledge of Sanskrit texts, to fly an aircraft, eight years before his foreign counterparts.

Source: http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/dec16/snt2.asp

World (American) Economy

2008-11-15T11:27:00.000-08:00

Its very clear from the recent American economic Crisis that earlier all of our Economic conditons were fair . All of a sudden the American economy started to tumble down and inturn the whole Worlds economic condition started deteriorating. Its clear that we lived a normal life and also we fell down - because of the American economic policies. Can't we have a good Economic policy of our own. Its clear that the Americans controlled the world economy-whatever their intentions may be. Self sufficiency is the best policy.We have our own resources , manpower.But now we are selling it to others- pathetic condition. Shall all of us come out of this? I am not an Economist , but as you know Commonsense Speaks - so do I.

The Big Bang Experiment- Result ?

2008-09-10T04:42:00.000-07:00

Just a few seconds back ,we experienced a minor Quake in United Arab Emirates (at 3.12 pm UAE Time 10/09/2008) .
Today itself Scientists have started the Big Bang Experiment in Geneva.
Was this Quake the result of this Experiment ? who knows? ? ? ?

Harnessing the Free Power-Solar Power

2008-08-22T12:55:00.000-07:00

Its a great thing to hear that one of the Gulf countries have initiated the process of harnessing Solar Power in their region. Solar energy is plenty in the Gulf region so,its the best solution to harness it as much as possible. A good initiative, shall we Indians learn from others?

FOOD FOR SURVIVAL

2008-05-01T01:12:00.000-07:00

As all of u must have read/seen about global warming and climate changes worldwide .You must have also noticed the upcoming food shortage in this world itself.Its better to wakeup now than never.We should go towards our main occupation-Agriculture .No matter what degrees we have we shud take a U-turn to join the farmers to bring the AVAILABLE land into cultivation to increase food production so as to end its shortage and in the long run we can earn a good foriegn exchange. The only thing to keep in mind is better go for eco farming and protect the environment.

Nano - TATA's Pride, Problem for Nature

2008-01-20T01:35:00.001-08:00

I agree that The TATAs have done a great job by putting most of the modern facilities available in the transport industry into their NANO. Ratan Tata will certainly realise his dreams. But think about the traffic jams and pollution which will create chaos everywhere if each lower middle class family aquires a car ?? In delhi I think the cheif minister would certainly float a few more tenders to construct Fly overs. Ask Tatas to make a ecofriendly car. And I know that If he THINKS Then HE CAN do it.

Plant fruitbearing trees during afforestation

2007-10-13T22:44:00.000-07:00

It is important to plant fruit bearing trees to be planted during afforestation . But in certain regions where the atmosphere doesnot support such plants it should be avoided at the initial stage. Initially the plants which can survive harsh climate shud be planted . After these plants growup to 4-5 feet then the fruit bearing plants should be planted in between them.This will help the animals/birds living there to survive when that area becomes a jungle.

Carbon Credit- a Nonsense

2007-10-01T00:49:00.000-07:00

Really its a non sense. How can those developed countries be allowed to purchase/claim credit the efforts of some other person living in the other corner of the world: while polluting the environment badly by themselves. This should be stopped .This is also a sort of BRIBERY.
We should wake against this and ask the developed countries to make efforts to protect the environment around there place itself. One will have to lose something to get some thing. After all we are protecting the environment for the survival of mankind .We should collectively protect it .Environment is a international issue.Think over it .

Clean Yamuna

2007-09-10T22:52:00.000-07:00

Delhi a Historic city with a Historic River -YAMUNA which has noticed many up-downs of famous Emperors/ Rulers of India.The river which was very useful for the people in those days is now totally neglected by the people/Government.In fact the Government had spent crores of rupees( it wud be right to say that politicians pocketed crores) towards protecting Yamuna -but of no use-Its more polluted now.

I wonder why people do not think of water now.Without food one can survive for days but without water its not possible for a single day. Jal hi jeevan hai

Travel & Health

2007-09-10T22:43:00.000-07:00

India a land of simple people with high calibre and a great history.It has a lot of fabulous places to travel,meditate.With lot of cultural diversity and numerous religious places with historical background one can enjoy a blissful travel through India. It has huge treasure of traditional treatment for deadly diseases(Ayurveda). For more details -http://www.incredibleindia.org ,http://www.india-tourism.de -for Tourism. For Ayurvedic treatment- www.aryavaidyasala.com. Get treated and feel relaxed.