Source….input from a friend of mine
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Discipline
Photo Of The Day: This Is What The Driest Place On Earth Looks Like This Year !!!
Chile’s Atacama desert is the driest place on Earth, but this year it is filled with color.
The desert has the longest dry streak on record after it went 173 consecutive months without a single drop of rain in the early 1900s. But this year, the Atacama was breaking records of a different kind. One day in March, the Atacama got .96 inches of rain. That may not sound like much, but given that the desert’s average rainfall is about .07 inches per year, that one day in March was the equivalent of having 14 years of rain in a single day.
Thus we now have the stunningly pink malva flowers (pictured above), which bloom every five to seven years depending on the El Nino cycle. This year’s rainfall has been especially heavy, even for an El Nino year, and people are calling it the “most spectacular blossoming of the past 18 years.”
Source…..www.all-that-is-interesting.com
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Once a Fruit Vendor, This 63-Year-Old Will Now Travel Across India in His Self-Designed Solar Car…….
I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.” – Albert Einstein.
63-year-old Syed Sajjad Ahmed is a perfect example of how passion can drive people to do things that might be difficult to achieve. At an age when many would hesitate before trying something new, this enthusiastic man has started a journey across India to spread the message of a pollution free country. And he is doing this on a solar powered car that has been designed by him.
About 15 years ago, Syed came to Bengaluru from Kolar and started working as a fruit vendor. He then opened a small shop where he used to repair televisions and radio sets. He had a passion for innovation that slowly developed and he started making television antennas on his own. He even designed a two-wheeler for people with disabilities.
In 2004, Syed decided to take his ideas to the next level, and designed a solar-powered car.
Photo: spinningthegreenwheel.wordpress.com
Now, with his solar car, this innovator has kick-started a campaign against pollution and corruption in India. He started on a journey from Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru on Nov. 1, 2015, and will cover a distance of 1,740 kilometres to reach the Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi. On his special car, which runs at a speed of 100 kms per hour, he will drive through Hindupur, Ananthpur, Kurnool, Mahaboobnagar, Hyderabad, Bhopal, Itarsi, Jhansi and Agra. His plan is to reach Delhi in a month and to participate in the India International Science Fair in the first week of December.
Syed says that he has dedicated this trip to Late APJ Abdul Kalam who has been his inspiration to make his dream a reality.
A school dropout, Syed spends one fourth of his earnings to design energy sufficient devices and another 25 percent on social service. Earlier, he had spent about four years and Rs. 10 lakh to develop electric two-wheelers and three- wheelers for differently-abled people, before making this solar-powered four-wheeler worth Rs. 50,000.
Back in 2012, Syed had travelled 1,000 kms in South India to spread awareness about a corruption-free India. “I want to further modify this car, refine and improvise it before I set out on my longest journey to cover more miles,” he had said at that time.
Source…..Shreya Pareek….www.the betterindia.com
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” If there is A Will … There is a Way…”
If we cannot do what we will, we must will what we can. So, when residents belonging to a cluster of villages near Karnaprayag in Uttarakhand got tired of waiting for forest officials to clear a mountain road project, they decided to take charge. And in just 10 days, about 300 villagers built their own road connecting Bhatkwali with Bainoli village.
Men and women worked for almost eight to nine hours a day, and carved out a three kilometre long motorable road with basic tools like chisels and hammers. And they managed to do so without cutting even a single tree.
Picture for representation only. Photo Credit: draskd/Flickr
“We strongly believe in strengthening the environment, and all of us had vowed not to raze any trees to build the road. Luckily, there were not many trees on the stretch,” Kunwar Singh, a 56-year-old ex-serviceman told The Times of India.
Ironically, they were told that the project was not being initiated because forest officials believed that it would involve shredding of trees. The road was supposed to be built under the Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojna.
Most of these villagers come from the mountain regions of Bhatkwali, Chorasain and Bainoli near Karnaprayag. The villages are located at altitudes of 5,000 to 7,000 feet about sea level, and accessibility between them is very difficult. Thus, travelling for healthcare facilities or children’s education becomes a very troublesome task. So they formed a Sangharsh Samiti (Agitators’ Group), to solve their problem themselves. Women also played a very active role in this project
“All of us held a meeting, and decided that we will go ahead with the road construction ourselves. We followed the survey plan that officials had prepared for making the road. All the materials used were natural – like the sheets of rocky stones and mud from hill sides which were utilized to build the stone walls on both sides of the road. The villagers simply donated their time and effort and there was no substantial cost involved in the construction,” says Pushpa Devi, who was involved in the exercise.
Source…. Nisha Chawla….www.the betterindia.com
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Message for the Day…” What a Modern woman Should Learn from the Lives of Great Holy women of Past …’
Unbridled freedom is destructive of dharma, and it also harms the woman herself. Mixing in society without any discrimination produces ruinous results. Of course there were educated women in the past, but they never gave up theirdharma, they never forgot the goal of Atmic dharma. Education must be built on the basis of discrimination. Sulabha, Savitri, Anasuya, Gargi, Nalayani, and other such models of chastity, and devotees of the Lord like Meera or yoginislike Chudala, were born in this country of God (Bharatha-desa); they strengthened dharma by their adherence to it. It is through the examples of such great and holy women, with their character and conduct inspired by devotion and spiritual wisdom, that even today simplicity, humility, and devotion shine in the hearts of most Indian women. Today, women should draw inspiration from them and efforts must be made to live as they did in the past.
இன்று படித்து ரசித்த கவிதை ….
காலம்!
கோவணம்
கட்டத் தெரியாத
இக்காலத்திலும்
பேருந்து நிலையங்களில்
அர்ணா கயிறு
விற்கிறார் ஒருவர்!
ஜீரண சக்திக்கு
பற்பல மருந்துகள்
வந்து விட்டபோதும்
இஞ்சி மிட்டாய்
விற்கிறார் ஒருவர்!
வாசல் முற்றம்
தெரியாமல் அடுக்குமாடி
குடியிருப்புகள்
வந்து விட்டபோதும்
தெரு தெருவாய்
கோல மாவு
விற்கிறார் ஒருவர்!
தன் எதிர்காலம்
அறியாமல் பிறர்
எதிர்காலம் சொல்லும்
கூண்டுக்கிளி வைத்து
பிழைத்து வருகிறார்
ஒருவர்!
வீதிக்கு வீதி
காய்கறிகள் விற்கும்
‘ஏசி’ சூப்பர் மார்க்கெட்டுகள்
வந்து விட்டபோதும்
தெருவில்
கூறு கட்டி காய்கறி
விற்கிறார் ஒரு பாட்டி!
யாரையும் ஏமாற்றாமல்
எக்காலத்திலும்
வாழ வைத்து கொண்டிருக்கிறது
உழைப்பும், முயற்சியும்
நம்பிக்கையும்!
Source….
— சொல்கேளான் ஏ.வி.கிரி,
சென்னை. in http://www.dinamalar.com
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Shirdi’s Maha-Kitchen ….Shirdi Sai Prasadalaya…Largest Solar Powered Kitchen …
A Documentary telecast on the National Geographic channel in a show called ‘India’s Megakitchens’, focusing on the functioning of some of India’s mammoth kitchens.
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Sri Sai Sansthan Prasadalaya Is A Free Kitchen In Shirdi, Maharashtra. It Is Spread Across 4 Roof Tops With 73 Solar Dishes, Making It The Largest Solar-Powered Kitchen In India. The Solar Dishes Fuel The Preparation Of Nearly 40,000 Meals Each Day And The Concentrated Heat From All These Dishes Create 2800 kgs Of Steam In A Single Day! As per the Ministry of Non- Conventional Energy Sources, New Delhi, this has been identified as the world’s largest solar heating cooking system.
In 2013, it bagged an ISO 22000-2005 certification for food safety where an organization in the food chain must demonstrate its ability to control safety hazards to ensure that food is safe during consumption.
Source….www.youtube.com
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படித்ததில் பிடித்தது ….” நம் திறமை வெளிப்படும் நேரம் …”
கடவுளிடம் ஒரு விவசாயி கடுமையாகச் சண்டைக்குப் போனான்.
”உனக்குப் பயிர்களைப் பற்றி என்ன
தெரியும்? நீ நினைத்தபோது மழையை
அனுப்புகிறாய். தப்பான சமயத்தில் காற்றை
வீசுகிறாய். உன்னால் பெரிய தொந்தரவாக இருக்கிறது.
பேசாமல்,
இந்த வேலைகளை விவசாயி ஒருத்தனிடம் ஒப்படைத்துவிடேன்!”
என்றான்.
கடவுள் உடனே,
“ அப்படியா? சரி. இனிமேல் வெளிச்சம், மழை, காற்று எல்லாம் உன் கட்டுப்பாட்டிலேயே இருக்கட்டும்” என்று வரம் அருளிவிட்டுப்
போய்விட்டார்.
விவசாயிக்கு சந்தோஷம் பிடிபடவில்லை.
அடுத்த விதைப்பிற்கான பருவம் வந்தது.
”மழையே பெய்” என்றான்.
பெய்தது.
நிறுத்தச் சொன்னபோது,
மழை நின்றது.
ஈரமான நிலத்தை உழுதான்.
தேவையான வேகத்தில் காற்றை வீசச் செய்து, விதையை தூவினான்.
மழை, வெயில், காற்று எல்லாமே அவன் சொன்ன பேச்சைக் கேட்டன.
பயிர் பச்சைப்பசேல் என வளர்ந்தது.
வயல்வெளியைப் பார்க்கவே மிகவும் ரம்மியமாக இருந்தது.
அறுவடைக் காலமும் வந்தது.
விவசாயி ஒரு கதிரை அறுத்தான். அதனை உதிர்த்து, திறந்து பார்த்தான்.
அதிர்ந்தான்.
உள்ளே தானியத்தைக் காணவில்லை, மிகச் சிறிய பதர்தான் இருந்தது.
அடுத்தது, அதற்கடுத்தது என்று ஒவ்வொரு தானியக்கதிராக வெட்டி எடுத்து உடைத்துப் பார்த்தால் ஒன்றிலுமே தானியம் இல்லை.
”ஏ கடவுளே!” என்று கோபத்தோடு கூப்பிட்டான்.
“மழை, வெயில், காற்று எல்லாவற்றையுமே மிகச் சரியான விகிதங்களில்தானே பயன்படுத்தினேன்! ஆனாலும், பயிர்கள் பாழாகிவிட்டதே, ஏன்?” எனக்கேட்டான்.
கடவுள் புன்னகைத்தார்:
“என் கட்டுப்பாட்டில் இருந்தபோது காற்று வேகமாக வீசும். அப்போது பயிர்களெல்லாம், அம்மாவை இறுக்கிக்கொள்ளும் குழந்தைகளைப்போல பூமிக்குள் தங்கள் வேர்களை மிக ஆழமாக அனுப்பிப் பிடித்துக்கொள்ளும்.
மழை குறைந்தால், தண்ணீரைத் தேடி வேர்களை நாலாபக்கமும் அனுப்பும்.
போராட்டம் இருந்தால்தான் தாவரங்கள் தங்களைப் பாதுகாத்துக்கொண்டு, வலுவாக வளரும்.
எல்லாமே வசதியாக
அமைத்துக் கொடுத்ததில் உன் பயிர்களுக்கு சோம்பேறித்தனம் வந்துவிட்டது.
தளதளவென்று வளர்ந்ததே தவிர, ஆரோக்கியமான தானியங்களைக் கொடுக்க அவற்றிற்கு தெரியவில்லை!” என்றார்.
வேண்டாமய்யா, உன் மழையும் காற்றும்! நீயே வைத்துக்கொள்” என்று கடவுளிடமே அவற்றைத் திருப்பித் தந்துவிட்டான் விவசாயி.
பிரச்சினைகள் உங்களைப் போட்டு அழுத்தும்போதுதான், உங்களின் திறமை அதிகரிக்கும்.
இருட்டு என்று ஒரு பிரச்சினை இருந்ததால்தான் மின்விளக்கு கண்டுபிடிக்கப்பட்டது.
பயணம் என்பது பிரச்சினையானபோதுதான் வாகனம் உருவானது.
பிரச்சினைகளே இல்லாமல் இருந்துவிட்டால் நம் மூளையின் திறனை எவ்வாறு அறிவீர்கள்?
எதிர்பாராத திருப்பங்கள்தானே நம் வாழ்க்கையைச் சுவையாக அமைத்துத் தரமுடியும்.
Source….unknown….input from a friend of mine
Natarajan
Message for the Day…” Even if you fail to be Helpful to others, Do not cause harm to others…’
Engage yourselves in pure activities with pure hearts and earn a good name. What you have to offer to Me is the good name earned by you. This is the highest expression of your gratitude. In no circumstances should you bring a bad name. Even if you fail to be helpful to others, do not cause harm to others. Students and all spiritual aspirants should cherish in their hearts with gratitude the good done to them by others and always remember the help rendered to them, in whatever form it may be. Only those who lead such grateful lives will be able to find peace and happiness in their lives. I desire that all of you should constantly think of God, continue to render social service, lead ideal family lives and enjoy peace and happiness. This is My benediction for all of you.
” If anyone asks me, whether I have seen God, my answer would be ‘yes’ because I have seen Periva as my Maha Vishnu.”…
A Miracle in the Life of a Devotee Gayathri Rajagopal .. Pl read further and get blessed
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Periva brought life to my left leg fingers after six years ….says HIS devotee Gayathri Rajagopal
I have experienced many Periva’s miracle which I am posting through my weekly articles in Periva forum site. I have also heard the experience of others through “Experience with Mahaperiyava” site in you tube.. But the miracle happened to me on 10th November 2014 is something huge and a medical miracle.
Yes! After six years of my paralytic stoke, my left foot fingers were dead and absolutely no movements. The fingers of my left foot folded inside (against gravity). Hence I could not walk because the folded left foot fingers were scratching on the floor while walking. Consequently there will be ulcers with blood oozing out always, whenever; I try to walk a little. This was very much painful. It is not the pain due to ulcers in the fingers but my inability to go to Kanchi to have darshan of Maha Periva at Periva Adhishtanam was my real pain and unquenchable thirst.
I was unable to wear slippers and go out and if this condition continues my ambitious plan of going to Periva Adhishtanam at Kanchi will become an unfulfilled dream till my last breath. I was really worried and always with the clouded mind and will not speak to others. The food intake was also reduced considerably, which resulted in possible another stoke because of blood pressure variation.
On 9th November 2014, before I retire for bed, I submitted my prayer with the glistened eyes that “I am prepared to undergo my karma but why you don’t, show me some consideration for my prayer. I do not want to go anywhere except “you’re Adhishtanam Periva” at Kanchi “.I submitted my prayer and retired for bed with tears in my eyes. Even during this narration, I shed tears because this miracle was instant by Periva when all my prayers were unanswered by other God and goddess. If anyone asks me, whether I have seen God, my answer would be yes because I have seen Periva as my Maha Vishnu.
On 10th at 4.30 A.M, (next day) I got up with the usual frame of mind and started my morning routine and completed my brahma Muhurtham prayer. Periva already gave life to my left hand fingers and I could light Vilaku without anyone’s help now. I have already posted my article “Periva brought life to my dead fingers after six years” which please note.
With the grace of Periva, lit the Vilaku and dropped the match stick with little fire on the floor but by mistake the match stick was fallen on my left leg fingers. Immediately the fingers started moving and stretching out. The folded left leg fingers for six years were unfolded and released on that day. From that day onwards I started wearing slippers and do walking practice. I was with watery eyes:
“Periva not only wiped my tears
But hold my tears in his hand
Before the tears touches the ground.”
Now I can go to Kanchi with someone’s help. Periva is translating my dream as a reality. Virtually, I was losing mental balance to notice the dead fingers of hand and leg becomes alive instantly on submission of my prayer. Thereby,
Medical Theory was disproved by Periva
What a way to bless his devotees.
Periva’s blessing disproved doctor’s conclusion that I cannot show any further improvement. Periva has enabled me to show remarkable sign of improvement. This improvement has given enormous confidence to me and to my people that they can accompany me anywhere without any problem as days go on. From today onwards, I will walk more to regain my functionalities.
After so much of divine miracles happened in my life, within such a short period of time, I could not find an answer, I am heading towards what? Periva will certainly give me the answer shortly or when time is ripe. I will certainly post my experience once Periva show me the way.
Un assumed Periva
Enabled me to
Assume what I lost!
Hara Hara Shankara Jaya Jaya Shankara
Gayathri Rajagopal ….in http://www.periva.proboards.com
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Read more: http://periva.proboards.com/thread/10460/periva-brought-fingers-after-years#ixzz3qBe0XRQZ
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