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Saturday, November 19, 2011
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Greet Brihaspati and “Make-A-Wish”, it shall be fulfilled!
Today on the auspicious day of KarthikaPournami we were able to see the mostbeneficial planet Jupiter that is Brihaspati, bright and beautiful. We enjoyedwatching the Full Moon and Jupiter from atop the hillock at Keesara the abodeof Lord Sri Ramalingeshwara Swamy, a very important place of pilgrimage andalso from our house. The above photographs are of these sightings. The photosconvey very little of the dazzling views we have witnessed.
It is very strongly believed that when you sight Brihaspati /Jupiter and make a wish; it would be fulfilled! According to Hindu mythology,Brihaspati is the teacher of Gods. Hence in Vedic astrology, Brihaspati isreferred as Devaguru or Guru. Thursday is named after Brihaspati the Guru asGuruvar or Guruvaramu. In astrological predictions Brihaspati is a goodindicator of fortune, wealth, luck, fame, wisdom, devotion, compassion, spiritualityand morality. When one is passing through a bad phase in life several remediesare suggested for pleasing Brihaspati and other planets to bring about goodtimes.
Today is the holy day of “Karthika Pournami”.
Today is the holy day of Karthika Pournami. Karthika Masam is thename of the current Lunar month and today is Pournami that is Full Moon Day andhence the day is called Karthika Pournami. Today is also called as KarthikaPunnami and Karthika Poornima / Purnima. It is a holy celebration to both LordShiva and Lord Vishnu. It is the day on which Lord Shiva killed Tripurasura ademon king and protected the world. With boons from Lord Ganesha, Tripurasurabecame indestructible, grew into an evil force and defeated all the kings of Earthand the Gods in Heaven. According to Lord Ganesha’s boon, Tripurasura could bekilled only by Lord Shiva. After witnessing the evil deeds and destructionunleashed by Triupurasura, Lord Ganesha approached Tripurasura in the guise ofa Brahmin with a plan to eliminate him. The Brahmin displayed 64 arts to the demon king, and pleased with theBrahmin; Tripurasura offered to grant him any wish he made. The Brahmin askedfor the Idol of Chinthamani which is with Lord Shiva. As Lord Shiva refused topart with the Idol, a war took place between Lord Shiva and Tripurasura. TheChariot that Lord Shiva rode in this war is described as Prithvi (Earth) withthe Sun and Moon as its wheels and the bow as Meru (the huge mountain) and LordVishnu as the arrow. This single arrow from Lord Shiva destroyed all thematerialistic boons that Lord Ganesha had offered to Tripurasura in the form ofpalaces and vimanams (planes). The speed and force of the arrow caused heavylightening which made Tripurasura faint and ultimately brought about his end.
People in very large numbers bathe in the holy rivers of thecountry today. They visit Temples and offer prayers. ‘Abhishekam’ is performedto Lord Shiva. As such, Karthika Masam that is the entire month of Karthikam isconsidered very auspicious. During this entire month and specially today oillamps are lit at Temples, at holy rivers and houses with hundreds of wicks,sometimes thousands of wicks (‘Karthika Deepa-aradhana’) and in modern days 365wicks to represent the days of the year. Lord Vishnu and Goddess Lakshmi alongwith all the Gods are said to visit and reside under Amla that is Usiri orGooseberry trees by the side of Tulisi plants that is Basil plants, in thismonth. Hence a lot of prominence is given to these plants, prayers are offeredto the plants on this day and in this month, and picnics are organized outdoors,preferably under Amla trees. These rituals are called Vana Mahotsavam orVanabhojanalu. All these actions are considered very beneficial, they are saidto liberate us from all sins and bless us with good health, wealth, prosperity,success, longevity and fulfillment of all wishes.
The above photographs are of Karthika Pournami festivities at SriRamalingeshwara Swamy Temple, at Keesara Gutta (Keesara hillock), Keesara Village,30 Kms. from our house in Secunderabad.
You may click on the following links to read articles I wroteearlier on Karthika Masam:
Monday, November 7, 2011
Are people fed up with too much Cricket!? The Cricket crazy crowds are missing!
Are people fed up with too much Cricket!? The Cricket crazy crowds are missing! It certainlyseems so! Yesterday the Delhi Cricket fans stayed away from the first day ofthe First Test Match between West Indies and India at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium- despite it being a Sunday and tremendous hype created by the media overSachin Tendulkar’s 100th International century, which has been evading him formonths. Only 8,058 people turned up at the 40,000 capacity Stadium! People seemto be losing, ball by ball interest in the game, they just want to know thescores at the end of the day or the final result!
Since long; this situation was seen at most of the internationalvenues but off late it has become common in India. For example, in the recentlyconcluded World Cup Matches, especially those played on 15th, 18th and 20thMarch 2011, at Calcutta, at the world famous Eden Gardens Stadium having acapacity of 90,000! The turnout was very poor. For the Match played on 20thMarch, only 15 spectators bought tickets! At the 90,000 capacity Stadium!
Too much Cricket and too often encounters between same countries,frequently and sometimes month after month in the form of Test Matches, CountyMatches, Limited over Matches and 20Twetny Matches is rather confusing andcumbersome to follow, with some tournaments being played between 8 or 10 Teams,may be 60 Matches over two months to determine the Winner! Added to this, anygiven time of the day you will find at least three TV sports channelstelecasting Cricket Matches from the past or current with unending Cricket analysis,quoting of Match records, Player records, Country records and unnecessary ball by ball commentaries for TVviewers! Too much Cricket is certainly a waste of time; it is proving to be badfor spectators. More and more people seem to be realizing this fact and losinginterest in the game.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
False and biased media, shame on you, we don’t need you.
Theelectronic and print media in our State is almost entirely owned byanti-Telangana groups, they report against the ongoing struggle and thejustified demand for a separate State. The truths, the misrule, the injustices, the broken agreements andpromises are not reported. Their approach is always false and negative,supported by interviews and debates with buffoons. For example yesterday’s news that you canread only in standard and honest Newspapers is not reported by any of theseanti-Telangana media. You may click on the clippings below to read the newsfrom an ideal Newspaper. As the agitation is getting prolonged, it is gettingstronger but the dishonest media is trying its level best to falsify everyaspect of the agitation. But how long can this media or the opportunisticpoliticians undermine and postpone the truthful, long-pending and promiseddemand.
Ourcountry’s motto ‘Satyameva Jayate’ (‘Truth Alone Triumphs’) will ultimatelyprevail and the State of Telangana will be formed with its Ten Districts andHyderabad as its Capital, in spite of all these villains and their wicked moves.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
The saddest day in the history of Telangana – 1st November 1956, gets sadder every year.
Today, as in the past many years, “The AndhraPradesh Formation Day” will be observed as “Betrayal Day” in entire Telanganaregion. Black flags will be hoisted at every place, especially at places wherethe national flag is normally hoisted. Therewill be protest rallies and meetings demanding separate statehood forTelangana. Ministers, MLAs and political party members belonging to Telanganahave decided to boycott all celebrations and events pertaining to Stateformation day. Sri Konda Laxman Bapuji, freedom fighter and one fighting forSeparate Telangana State for over four decades and who is 96 years old now willbe going on a 7-day fast from today morning at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi,demanding Telangana State. Former State Minister and Congress MLA SriKomatireddy Venkat Reddy will commence his indefinite hunger strike at Nalgondatoday, demanding the Government to announce and speed up the process offormation of Telangana State.
Andhra and Telangana were merged on 1stNovember 1956, against the recommendations of the ‘First States ReorganizationCommission’ (First SRC) popularly known as ‘Fazal Ali Commission’ and thereafterall agreements made from time to time and corrective actions to safeguard job opportunitiesand development in Telangana have been diluted. The list of injustices in everyaspect of governance is enormous. Protests against these injustices have been madeby the people from the very beginning but unfortunately due to selfishpoliticians from Telangana who turned a blind eye to the local problems tosafeguard their personal interests and priorities, the problems of Telangana andthe frustration of the people simply grew. The yearlong separate Telangana agitationin 1969 was violent, over 360 agitators were shot dead and the agitation was suppressedpolitically by luring politicians and with a fresh agreement which was neverimplemented.
The demand for separate State continued andstarting from 2004 every major political party in the State and Center startedpromising Telangana State during elections and forgot the Telangana issueimmediately after winning the elections or gave excuse after excuse fordelaying or not fulfilling the promise. This trend continued in the 2009general elections too, just for the cause of winning elections and coming topower to fulfill their personal agendas. And on 9th December 2009, when theCentral Government announced that the process for formation of ‘Telangana State’has commenced, there were protests by some politicians who all along fooled theTelangana electorate that they have no objection to the formation of Telanganaand that they would abide by the decision of the Central Government. With theseprotests the Central Government buckled and since two years it is saying thatit is carrying out discussions to find a permanent solution, narrowdiscussions, wider discussions, consensus discussions, all party discussions,sub-core committee discussions, core committee discussions, discussions afterelections, discussions after results, discussions in the new year, discussionsafter Ramzan, discussions after Dasara, Discussions after Diwali and nowdiscussions after Bakrid festival. I do not know when these discussions wouldend and in the meantime over 600 frustrated aspirants of Telangana haveunfortunately ended their lives.
The agitation in Telangana is continuing in spiteof several tricks and moves to suppress it. I wish it continues until theseshameless deceivers bow down to fulfill their promise of a separate TelanganaState, exactly as the people are demanding it.
P.S. Dated-2nd November: You may read about theintensity of the Betrayal Day/Black Day agitation in Telangana yesterday, 1stNov. - I am producing below today’s newspaper clippings; if you read themcarefully you will understand the intensity of the agitation. I hope the irresponsibleand the deceiving politicians busy with their profiteering activities wouldtake time to read newspapers to understand the ground situation in Telangana.
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