Many years ago, some Russian scholars had come to Chennai for a research on Hindu culture. Maha Swami was then camping at Mylapore and so they had darshan of Him and took many photographs of Him. They gave the photographs to the Russian Ancient Culture Academy in Russia also.
In 1987, Russia held a festival of Indian Culture in the Soviet Cultural Academy in Chennai. Dr.Padma Subramanyam (PS) gave a lecture on Bharatham, Kutchipidi, etc. Then, she was invited to Russia, where she met Prof.Ribakov, who was the chief of Russian Scientific Academy and Russian Ancient Culture Institute.
She was surprised to see a portrait of Maha Periava in his room. When asked, he said it was given by a friend who had visited Him in Chennai and he also wanted to meet Him and clarify a few doubts. Subsequently, he came to Chennai and Dr.PS accompanied him to Kanchipuram. But, Maha Swami was down with fever and the sishyas said they cannot meet Him. They were disappointed and didn’t know what to do.
Just then another sishya came to them and said that Periava asked them to come in. They went in, and Prof.Ribakov and Periava kept looking at each other for a while. Then, Dr.PS asked the Prof to clarify his doubts. But the Prof said that all his doubts have already been clarified.
Now comes the best part. Periava asked ‘Russians speak their language mixed with Sanskrit, but in Northern Russia do they speak the language without any mix of Sanskrit?’ Ribakov was surprised and said ‘yes’.
Then Periava said, ‘ you say Russia now. In the ancient times it was known as Rishivarsham. You know why? That is where Rishis like Yagnavalkiyar were running a Vedic Research Center. Then he spoke about the history of Russia at length. Then the Prof said that he wanted to become a Hindu.
Periava said ‘you already are’. But the Prof insisted on a Hindu name for him. Periava laughed and said ‘ he has grey beard like Rishis. So, from now on his name is Rishi’.
Well, that Rishi, runs a branch of Ramakrishna mutt in Moscow now!!!!!
source:::: input from a Periava devotee…
Natarajan
environment
People at Southwest China…Why are They short built ?…It is Still A Mystery ….

40% of the population of a village in southwest China’s Sichuan Province are dwarves. Between the 1920s and 1970s residents in Yangsi village started to suffer from a mystery condition that particularly struck children aged between 5 to 7. The main symptom was that the children stopped growing any taller. Experts visited the village many times, testing the water, soil, grain, and examining those affected, but were unable to discover the cause of the condition. Today, around 80 people live in the village and 36 of them are between 0.8m to 1.4m tall.Picture: HAP/Quirky China News / Rex Features
source:::: Pictures of the Week….The Telegraph UK
Natarajan
Magic Behind The “Magic” !!!!!
Mind boggling one …..
Watch this video – it’s only a couple of minutes, and the ending
WILL surprise & SHOCK you.
It is NOT what you might think, but something to behold for the
modern times we live in. BEWARE!!!!Really a surprise! Magic behind the “magic”
It only takes 2 minutes but in this world of technology, it is true,
and should make us all think twice.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/F7pYHN9iC9I?rel=0
source::::input from a friend of mine
Natarajan
Mumbai “s CSI Airport New International Terminal is Ready to Welcome You This Year!!!!

The Swanky New terminal is all set to open this year !!!!











The swanky Terminal 2 at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai is all set to open this year.
With a vision of making the airport one of the best in the world, the Terminal 2, or T2 has been built with a state-of-the-art four-level terminal with an area of over 4,39,000 sq. mts.
The new terminal will have new taxiways and apron areas for aircraft parking designed to cater to 40 million passengers annually.
Photographs, courtesy: MIAL
The Mumbai International Airport Pvt. Ltd. (MIAL), a joint venture between the GVK led consortium (74%) and Airports Authority of India (26%), got the mandate to modernise and upgrade Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) in February 2006.
The Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) has been ranked as one of the top performing airports in the annual ACI Airport Service Quality Awards for 2012.
It has been rated the third best airport worldwide for airports in the 25-40 million passengers per annum (mppa) category by the Airports Council International (ACI).
Terminal 2 has a retail space spread across 21,000 sq. mts and 5,000 sq. mts of landscape area.
With 41 travelators, people can easily move about in the airport. The departure gate lounge has a seating capacity of 10,000.
A 6 lane elevated express way leading to the Terminal is another big highlight…
Making it easy for travellers, the T2 will have 188 check-in counters, 60 departure immigration counters and 76 arrival immigration counters.
Terminal 2 will also have 25 fixed link bridges and 52 passenger boarding bridges. The magnificent artworks adorning the walls will be an added attraction.
T2 will have 47 escalators and 73 elevators to make travel a pleasant experience.
The Terminal 2 will have 104 security check positions and 10 baggage carousels.
The new terminal will have a multi-level car park for 5,000 cars.
source::::input from a friend of mine …
Natarajan
A Question Answer Session With Chris Hadfield !!!
Meet Chris Hadfield….Canadian Space Walker !!!
source::::babamailnet
Natarajan



