Thursday, 29 December 2016
Wednesday, 12 October 2016
Tuesday, 11 October 2016
Thursday, 6 October 2016
Kolam and Rangolis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangoli
i
http://www.ikolam.com/
My
http://mykolam.blogspot.in/
Diwali
http://rangolidesignsfordiwali.in/
Sans
http://www.rangoli-sans-dots.com/
World
http://www.rangoliworld.org/
Tube
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=rangoli+kolam
Slides
http://www.slideshare.net/search/slideshow?searchfrom=header&q=rangoli
Sunday, 11 September 2016
Friday, 26 August 2016
Monday, 20 June 2016
Tuesday, 31 May 2016
Age
1. 2 year old child kumari
2. 3 year old child trimurti
3. 4 year old child kalyani
4. 5 year old child rohina
5. 6 year old child kalika
6. 7 year old child chandika
7. 8 year old child shambhavi
8. 9 year old child durga
9. 10 year old child subadra
Sunday, 29 May 2016
Friday, 27 May 2016
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
Tuesday, 12 April 2016
Saturday, 9 April 2016
Wednesday, 30 March 2016
Shamrock - Bilva
Many moons ago, your columnist lived in a sprawling colony named St Patrick's Town. It was then as green as the robes that the Irish saint was famous for. It even had the Indian version of the three-leaved clover called Shamrock.
According to Irish folklore, St Patrick used the tri-lobed leaf to explain the Christian doctrine of the Trinity, of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, to his pagan audiences.
Ever since, St Patrick's Day, which falls smack in the middle of March, is traditionally celebrated by wearing of green ribbons and three-lobed shamrock leaves on the lapel.
The shamrock today serves as a national symbol for Ireland just as the rose stands for England, the thistle for Scotland and the leek for Wales. The Indic equivalentof the three-pronged clover would be the bilva or bael leaf, which can also be used to elucidate the non-dualistic philosophy of Kashmir Shaivism called Trika.
Although reality is said to be divided into the trinity of Pashu, Pati and Pasham, Trikavada is essentially non-dualistic: the seekers' ultimate goal is to recognise ( pratyabhidnya) their true nature as blissful manifestations of Parama-Shiva, or pure consciousness, and to embrace all of creation as being permeated by divine essence in its entirety.
This is also reflected in a famous Rigvedic verse that says, "The air, the breeze which is blowing, is giving bliss. The water is oozing bliss. The entire universe is full of bliss." Thus, the soul leaps from the humble leafto the cosmic connect, going beyond individual identityto a universal one.
According to Irish folklore, St Patrick used the tri-lobed leaf to explain the Christian doctrine of the Trinity, of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, to his pagan audiences.
Ever since, St Patrick's Day, which falls smack in the middle of March, is traditionally celebrated by wearing of green ribbons and three-lobed shamrock leaves on the lapel.
The shamrock today serves as a national symbol for Ireland just as the rose stands for England, the thistle for Scotland and the leek for Wales. The Indic equivalentof the three-pronged clover would be the bilva or bael leaf, which can also be used to elucidate the non-dualistic philosophy of Kashmir Shaivism called Trika.
Although reality is said to be divided into the trinity of Pashu, Pati and Pasham, Trikavada is essentially non-dualistic: the seekers' ultimate goal is to recognise ( pratyabhidnya) their true nature as blissful manifestations of Parama-Shiva, or pure consciousness, and to embrace all of creation as being permeated by divine essence in its entirety.
This is also reflected in a famous Rigvedic verse that says, "The air, the breeze which is blowing, is giving bliss. The water is oozing bliss. The entire universe is full of bliss." Thus, the soul leaps from the humble leafto the cosmic connect, going beyond individual identityto a universal one.
Monday, 28 March 2016
Thursday, 18 February 2016
Rivers
Amongst the rivers the following are reckoned as chief and holy :-- The
- Ganges,
- Jumnâ,
- Sarasvatî,
- Narmaddâ,
- Gandakî,
- Sindhu,
- Gomatî,
- Tamasâ,
- Cavery,
- Chandrahâgâ,
- Vetravatî,
- Charmanvatî,
- Saraju,
- Tâpî, and
- Sâvramatî.