Russia Now…..In Ancient Times It Was Rishivarsham !!!!!

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

Message For The Day….Sound Of Manthra is as Valuable as its Meaning !!!

Every little moment or incident results in sound; be it the falling of an eyelid over the eye or the dropping of dew on a petal. The range of one’s ear is limited to what one can hear. Even a poisonous cobra can be quietened by music. Sound (Naadham) has that property. The child in the cradle stops wailing as soon as the lullaby is sung. It may not carry any meaning that the child interprets, but the sound does soothe the nerves and induce sleep. So too, the sound of a Manthra is as valuable as its meaning. The meaning of the Gayathri Manthra, is very direct and profound. It does not ask for mercy or pardon. It asks for a clear intellect, so that the Truth may be reflected therein correctly, without any disfigurement. This can be chanted by people of all times and will help aspirants to intensify their Sadhana and achieve success.

Sathya Sai Baba

 

கவலை வேண்டாம் ….நாம சங்கீர்த்தனம் இருக்கே !!!!

வாழ்க்கைல எந்தக் கஷ்டத்தையும் பகவானோட நாமசங்கீர்த்தனம் போக்கிடும். கவலைப்படாதே!

 Kanchi Periva Avatar

1964ல் சோழவரத்தில் இருந்த ஒரு பள்ளி ஆசிரியர், வேலைப்பளு காரணமாக பெரியவாளை தர்சனம் பண்ண போகமுடியவில்லையே என்று ரொம்ப ஏங்கிக் கொண்டிருந்தார். அன்று காரடையார் நோன்பு. பங்குனி மாசம் ராத்ரி பிறந்ததால், நோன்பையும் ராத்ரி பண்ணிவிட்டு ரொம்ப நேரம் கழித்து அவர் மனைவி தூங்கப் போனாள். அவளுக்கு அற்புதமான ஒரு கனவு!

எந்த ஒரு அவதாரத்தால் காஷாயத்துக்குப் பெருமையோ, அந்த மஹா பெரியவா அந்த அம்மா முன்னால் நிற்கிறார். அவருடைய பாதங்களில் நமஸ்கரிக்கிறாள். பெரியவாளின் தெய்வீக குரல் ஒலிக்கிறது…..
“வாழ்க்கைல எந்தக் கஷ்டத்தையும் பகவானோட நாமசங்கீர்த்தனம் போக்கிடும். கவலைப்படாதே! நா……ஒன்னோட ஆத்துல பூஜை பண்ணுவேன்”…
சந்தோஷத்தில் திடுக்கென்று எழுந்தால், கனவு என்று உணர்ந்தாலும், மனஸ் ரொம்ப நிறைந்து இருந்தது. அடிக்கடி அந்தக் கனவை எண்ணி எண்ணி தம்பதிகள் மகிழ்வார்கள். “ஆனாலும், எனக்கு ரொம்ப பேராசைதான்… மஹா பெரியவா நம்மாத்துல பூஜை பண்றார்…ன்னு எப்பிடி ஆசைப்பட்டிருக்கேன்!..” மனைவி சொன்னாள்.
1965ல் நவம்பர் மாசம் ஏதோ ஒரு ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை. மத்யான்னம் அவர்கள் வீட்டு வாசலில் ஒரு கார் வந்து நின்றது. அதிலிருந்து பூணூல், சிகை வைத்துக்கொண்டு பஞ்சகச்சம் கட்டிக் கொண்டு ஒரு பெரியவர் இறங்கினார்.
“மீனாக்ஷி சுந்தரமையர்…..” பெயரைச்சொல்லி விஜாரித்தார்.
“நாந்தான்…..மீனாட்சிசுந்தரம். வாங்கோ! நீங்க யாருன்னு தெரியலியே!.”
“நா….ஸ்ரீமடம் முகாம்லேர்ந்து வரேன்..பெரியவா திருப்பதிலேர்ந்து மெட்ராஸ் வந்துண்டு இருக்கார்…ஒரொரு 15 மைலுக்கு ஒரு எடத்துல தங்கி பூஜை பண்ணிண்டு, மாஸக் கடைசீல மெட்ராஸ் போகணும்ன்னு உத்தேஸம்!….”
[அவர் அடுத்து சொன்ன செய்தியைக் கேட்டு தம்பதிகள் இருவரும் மயக்கம் போடாத குறைதான் !]
“….நவம்பர் 15 இங்க சோழவரத்துல தங்கப் போறா….அதான்….ஒங்களோட க்ருஹத்தை ரெண்டு நாளைக்கு கொஞ்சம் குடுத்தா…..பெரியவா இங்கேயே தங்கி பூஜை, அனுஷ்டானங்கள் பண்ணிப்பார்…..எப்டி, ஒங்களுக்கு சௌகர்யப்படுமா?.”
“சௌகர்ய…படு…மாவா? எங்களோட பரம பாக்யம்…ன்னா !! எத்தனை நாள் வேணாலும் பெரியவா தங்கிக்கலாம். என்ன ஏற்பாடு பண்ணணுமோ சொல்லுங்கோ!..” உணர்ச்சி வேகத்தில் அவர்கள் கண்களில் கண்ணீர் வழிந்தது.
“நாங்க மடத்துலேர்ந்தே எல்லா ஏற்பாடும் பண்ணிடுவோம். எடம் மட்டும் குடுத்தா போறும்..”
அன்று சாயங்காலமே ஊர் முக்யஸ்தர்களை கூப்பிட்டு பெரியவா தன் பரிவாரங்களோடு தங்க, தக்க ஏற்பாடுகளை வகுத்தார்கள். ஒரு தெருவையே மடத்துக்கென்று காலி பண்ணிக் குடுத்தார்கள். யானை, ஒட்டகம் கட்ட, ஆபீஸ், பாரிஷதர்கள் ஓய்வெடுக்க, சமையல் செய்ய, சாப்பாடு போட என்று ஒவ்வொருவரும் ஆசை ஆசையாய் ஏற்பாடு பண்ணினார்கள். சுற்று வட்டார க்ராம மக்கள், தான்யம், காய்கறி கொடுத்தனர். செட்டிநாடு ராஜா அரிசி மூட்டைகளை அனுப்பினார்.
நவம்பர் 14 அன்று பூர்ண கும்பத்தோடு பெரியவாளை ஊர் எல்லையிலிருந்தே தக்க மரியாதையோடு அழைத்து வந்தனர். மூன்று நாட்கள் தங்குவது என்று முடிவானது கடைசியில் ஐந்து நாட்கள் தங்கி அத்தனை பேர் மனங்களையும் குளிரப் பண்ணினார்.
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இப்படி ஊர் ஊராக, க்ராமம் க்ராமமாக பாதங்கள் தேய நடந்து, மூன்று கால பூஜை [அதுவும் க்ரமம் தப்பாத பூஜை], அனுஷ்டானம், சமையல் சாப்பாடு, நேரங்காலம் தெரியாமல் கோடிக்கணக்கான பக்தர்கள் குறைகளை கேட்பது, தீர்வு சொல்வது, பரிவாரங்களோடு, மடிசஞ்சி வைத்துக்கொள்ள கூண்டு வண்டி, வெய்யிலோ, மழையோ, அத்வானக்காடோ, ஆகாசம் பார்க்கும் குடிசையோ, கல்லோ, முள்ளோ எல்லாவற்றையும் “ஒன்றே” எனக்கொண்டு, பெரியவா எதற்காக, யாருக்காக தன்னை இப்படி வருத்திக் கொண்டார்?  “எல்லாம் நமக்காகத்தான்” என்பதை நாம் துளி உணர்ந்தால் கூட, அதுவே நாம் பெரியவாளுக்கு செய்யும் நமஸ்காரம், பூஜை.
 source::::periva.proboards.com
Natarajan

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.

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

 

 

Message For The Day….Burn The Lamp of Love in The Niche of Your Heart !!!!!

Everyone has inside them a whole set of animals. You must suppress the tendencies of these animals and encourage the human qualities of love and friendship to shine forth. Begin the cultivation of virtues even when young, it is very important and more beneficial than book-learning. Treat everyone as your own people and even if you cannot do them any good, desist from causing any injury. Burn the lamp of love in the niche of your heart and the nocturnal birds of greed and envy will fly away, unable to bear the light. Love makes you humble, it makes you bend and bow when you see greatness and glory.

 Sathya Sai Baba

Mumbai “s CSI Airport New International Terminal is Ready to Welcome You This Year!!!!

Mumbai airport's stunningTerminal 2

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

Departure - Gate lounge.

Retail space.

Retail space.

Mumbai airport's stunningTerminal 2

Mumbai airport's stunningTerminal 2

Departure kerb.

Immigration Hall.

Mumbai airport's stunningTerminal 2

Mumbai airport's stunningTerminal 2

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 !!!

 

Question: What time zone do you live by? Do you switch off the lights at “night”?
We live on Greenwich time, UTC, same as London, England. We shut of most lights at bedtime – it feels right to do it.
Question: How long does it take for you to orbit around the Earth?
ISS orbits the world every 92 minutes, so that makes it 8 km/sec, or 500 km/minute – 28,000 km/hr. Or about Mach 25.
Question: Have you done any space walks? If so, what was it like?
I was Canada’s first spacewalker, doing two to help build the mighty Canadarm2 robot onto ISS. It was the most magnificent experience of my life. Alone in a 1-person spaceship (my suit), just holding on with my one hand, with the bottomless black universe on my left and the World pouring by in technicolor on my right. I highly recommend it.
Question: You tweet a lot. When do you find the time?
The priorities are crew health, vehicle health, work/science & then personal pursuits; I take photos, tweet & play guitar when I can!
Question: How long does the mission last?
I’m in orbit, working onboard ISS for 5 months, until mid-May 2013.
Question: What are your personal quarters like on the ISS?
I’m typing now in my ‘Sleep Station’, a small padded room with a door, completely private, like a bedroom without the bed, and phone booth sized.
Question: How often do you exercise on the ISS?
We work out 2 hours per day, every day, just to stay at a constant level of fitness to be ready to do a spacewalk, and to have strong bones and muscles when we come home.
Question: How long did it take you to learn how to maneuver in zero gravity? Are you much better at it now than when you originally came aboard the ISS?
 
I’m still learning! But sometimes now, I am graceful. I feel like an adapted ape swinging through the jungle canopy … until I miss a handrail and crash into the wall.
source:::babamailnet
Natarajan

Meet Chris Hadfield….Canadian Space Walker !!!

Chris Hadfield is a Canadian astronaut who was the first Canadian to walk in space. A former Royal Canadian Air Force fighter pilot, Hadfield has flown two space shuttle missions. On 19 December 2012, Hadfield launched in the Soyuz TMA-07M flight for a long duration stay on board the ISS as part of Expedition 35. He arrived at the station on 21 December, as scheduled, and became the first Canadian to command the ISS when the crew of Expedition 34 departed. Cmdr.Hadfield was described as “perhaps the most social media savvy astronaut ever to leave Earth” by Forbes after building a considerable audience on social media, including over 500,000 Twitter followers As of March 2013, and has been enlightening many readers and viewers about what it means to live in space, including simple acts such as shaving, brushing your teeth or just crying.Here are some of the most fascinating lessons this astronaut floating above the sky has to show us! 
Chris explains how a kitchen works on the International Space Station.  

source::::babamailnet

Natarajan