The Maha Shivrathri : auspicious occasion for Indians

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We all know Lord ‘Shiva’. He is the supreme God and known to be the transformer in the Hindu Trinity. His biggest day of the Darkest Night is coming, The Maha Shivrathri.

Every month we all observe Shivrathri. However, Maha Shivrathri is one of the biggest, darkest and lengthiest nights and is an auspicious occasion for Indians. It is known to be the most significant and sacred nights of India. Maha Shivrathri this year falls on February 24, 2017 (Tomorrow). This is so special that it is going to be celebrated on Friday, known to be the day for Maha Sakthi.

The reason to celebrate Shivrathri:

Why do we exist in this universe. Do we have a definite answer to this miraculous question. Of course NO. It can be due to a pre-written plan or a chance by. Anything or whatever it may be.

But all of us one day want liberation.

Liberation : We need to be discharged from all the sorrow, pain, suffering, torture, desolation, unhappiness, etc (Even if all are the same, they can act unique at some stages and situations). The power for liberation can only be acquired from Lord Shiva –the legend. The night of Maha Shivarathri should be the prayer night for deliverance.

As said by Manickavachagar in Thiruvasagam, Shiva always holds his devotees close and deep to his heart. By the lyrics “Imai pozhudum en nenjil neengadhan taal vazhga” (I do not leave you even for a fraction of a second). So, it is a special day for devotees of Lord Shiva.

In order to gain Lord Shiva’s attention, we need to utilize this Day. Also, it is said that He is the master of  yoga. It is said that during this darkest night there is a gush of energy flow in human body given by nature.  But this energy is activated only on vertical position. So, you are asked not to lay down positioning horizontal and should be awake in a sitting position throughout this night.

Devotees can chant the Maha Manthiram of Lord Shiva: OM NAMA SHIVAAYA. Also, they can read Shivapuranam, Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam etc. On doing this, we devotees are rewarded with success, prosperity and a long life.

The pooja is split into four sessions. So it goes on like this,

First Session:  From 6pm TO 9pm

Second Session:  From 9pm TO 12 am

Third Session: From 12am TO 3am

Fourth Session: From 3am to 6am

All the four pojas are said to signify man’s life. –childhood, youth, middle age and old age. For each puja, the aradhanai, nivedhanam, bhajan and parayanam will  be different. You can offer Panchamrut made at home to the linga. You can visit  the Shivan temple or observe Shivrathri at your home.

Worshipping gods and their idols with Panchamrut is considered to be highly auspicious.

The Five ingredients used are:

Milk is for the blessing of purity.

Yogurt is for prosperity.

Honey is for sweetness.

Ghee is for victory.

Sugar is for happiness.

Water is for purity.

Preparation:

Whisk 2 cups of curd, add cold milk of ½ cup, now add sugar – ¼ cup, add honey – 1 tabblespoon, and some water to it. You can finally add some basil leaves to this mixture to make this a holy thing.

Wishing all Happy Maha Shivarathri. May Lord Shiva bless us all success and happiness and rescue us from all our sins, sorrows and pains.

OM NAMA SHIVAAYA

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Pick, Pack and be Ready

Leisure is how you spend your free time qualitatively on the things that you enjoy and make you relax both mentally and physically. In our daily lives, we do travel but sometimes compelled to spend our free time disinterested, not knowing how to spend it joyfully and wholeheartedly. In olden days, it was very difficult to spot some beautiful and exotic locations for our vacation.

But, in today’s world, information via technology is taking you into unimaginable world. So, with your fingertips you can easily pick out the interesting and most desirable and wanted location of yours to travel. The time spent on a tour, accommodation and the kind of food you have, all these stuffs can be prioritized to your wish. When you are touring to a different environment apart from yours, you tend to meet people of different custom, practices etc. There are surprise moments that we disguise into.

When we talk about transportation, journey in water or space is considered to be the most exotic type. One of the best things you shouldn’t stop doing in your lifetime is to earn money, save money and set out to a tour to the most relishing places of the world.

Here are some of the unbelievable pictures that nature offers us:

Black Sand Beach, Vik, Iceland:

Here these Basalt columns in the pic are the fracture pattern that forms as a result of cooling and cracking of an unusually thick basaltic lava flow. These long geometric Columns are often 50 feet high or more.

Don’t dare to think these images have been staged!

The French Alps

  Iceland's Hidden Airplane Wreck

  The Cliffs Of Moher

Grand Canyon

  Prague

     Budapest, Hungary

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Our Own Personal Changes: DEMONETISATION AND THE DAY-TO-DAY LIVES : Part 2

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I had mentioned that there are some inconveniences in Cash free transaction. Especially, on referring to one such scenario, we Indians generally have some of our lending mentors for urgent demand of cash. As we all know cash can be the easiest of giving and taking. If a person is willing to help you and has cash in-hand then it becomes a magic wand for him and you are blessed. No cash then the lending/borrowing for our necessary needs will be affected.

We can’t always have enough savings in our bank account. Even in bigger banks there are at some deficiency of money, so it is not necessary that we people always have money left with us.

In those situations, when someone in the family is ill, we will fetch the help of a near by private hospital for immediate medication. And the hospital administration is first concerned on the bill pay…Not on the treatment of the admitted but decides whether the person (his relatives) will be able to pay the bill? This is their way of showing wisdom – not to blame, they have got to take back their investment.

When there is no sufficient savings in our bank account, there is no other choice but to ask for loan to our known person. And the person will only be able to lend us the money if he has currency notes.  Or else, he should transfer money from his account to our account and as we all know the procedures. Then , the transaction is being recorded and accounted for taxation (tAx : this word still makes some perplexed L)

So, there will be problems arising on lending money which isn’t in currency form. Not only in this scenario, in our country to aid the other person, the helping hand has to face many problems ()):). But I see that this phenomenon is changing right now –{For our info, I read a latest news saying that Any individual, except an eyewitness, who calls the police to inform them of an accidental injury or death need not reveal his or her personal details such as full name, address or phone number and the police will not compel the Good Samaritan to disclose the same in record or log register.} GOOD ONE.

Now coming back to our articles, next thing is… We can’t say that everyone is updated about all the electronic features (digitization.) We may say/feel, we being youth talking like this,, Of course we should take initiative in updating the new technologies to our people, educate all our fellowmen etc. I understand our voices. But, in reality and thinking as of now to say many are unaware of net banking and related stuffs. There are many people who aren’t updated to perform the techniques. Hence, they are only ready to lend money if at all it is currency notes available handy. Until our people have the rupee in hand, we won’t be able to pay the hospital bills and therefore not able start with our treatment.:)JJ(:

If at all, what is the solution for this. There is only one way…

I know we all are eager to know what it is, because we have been practicing the same old way of someone guiding and we following it…Let change our blueprint. Can be the taxes, can be the education, can be the jobs, can be the ignorance… I’m sorry I really don’t know as of now and thinking like you guys. However, by some of our Government initiatives and our own personal changes we can expect them to happen. The tax levied on income and goods can be rechecked and helping-hand can extend. (Again I understand that all people won’t come under this chart even though the Government does the initiatives, however some people with real hearts does that) J

Another thing to be mentioned here is. People should also be interested in learning new science and technology for the benefit of our country and thereby do net transactions rather than cash transaction. Now-a-days, even with small merchants we see the availability of swiping machines. By this, their business isn’t affected in any ways.

But the ordinary grocery stores, petty shops, roadside vendors are being suffering in large-scale from 8 November 2016 since not able to inherit to digitization due to their mindset. Our Government has given the guidelines for their problems too.

These small vendors can certainly organize their transactions through the phone application and obtain their money in their bank accounts.

It is not necessary to do these transactions only with a smart phone, it can also be done on an ordinary phone. You can send and receive money with an basic model. However, smart phones make it more easier. It is just enough to know the basics on how to use the smartphone in order to proceed with the transaction.

My request to all of you reading this article is to share the important message on doing digi-transaction to general public, our fellowmen – it can be your neighbor, your vegetable seller who comes in the tri-cycle, milk vendor, hair stylist, news paper merchant and to anyone who is waiting to update him or her on this.

Go to the play store on your smart phone and download the application for Money-transaction. There are many private firms and bankers giving you apps for digi-transactions. We also have the NPCI (National Payments Corporation of India’s) app known as BHIM to do our daily digital transactions. BHIM has the UPI(Unified Payment Interface) feature. It is thereby connected and you can avail the services of multiple banks.

Thanks for reading this article. Lets stand united, be updated and establish a valuable India.

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