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In Hindu esoteric teachings, one day of Brahma is a length of time consisting of a thousand cycles of four yugas, or ages: Satya, Treta, Dvapara and Kali.
The cycle of Satya is characterized by virtue, wisdom and religion, there being practically no ignorance and vice, and the yuga lasts 1,728,000 years.
In the Treta-yuga vice is introduced, and this yuga lasts 1,296,000 years.
In the Dvapara-yuga there is an even greater decline in virtue and religion, vice increasing, and this yuga lasts 864,000 years.
And finally in Kali-yuga (the yuga we have been experiencing over the past 5000 years) there is an abundance of strife, ignorance, irreligion and vice, true virtue being practically nonexistent, and this yuga lasts 432,000 years.
In Kali-yuga vice increases to such a point that at the termination of the yuga the Supreme Lord himself appears as the Kalki Avatara, vanquishes the demons, saves his devotees, and commences another Satya-yuga. Then the process is set rolling again.
These four yugas, rotating a thousand times, comprise one day of Brahma, and the same number comprise one night. Brahma lives one hundred of such years and then dies. These hundred years by earth calculations total to 311 trillion and 40 billion earth years. By these calculations the life of Brahma seems fantastic and interminable, but from the viewpoint of eternity it is as brief as a lightning flash.
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In Hindu esoteric teachings, one day of Brahma is a length of time consisting of a thousand cycles of four yugas, or ages: Satya, Treta, Dvapara and Kali.
The cycle of Satya is characterized by virtue, wisdom and religion, there being practically no ignorance and vice, and the yuga lasts 1,728,000 years.
In the Treta-yuga vice is introduced, and this yuga lasts 1,296,000 years.
In the Dvapara-yuga there is an even greater decline in virtue and religion, vice increasing, and this yuga lasts 864,000 years.
And finally in Kali-yuga (the yuga we have been experiencing over the past 5000 years) there is an abundance of strife, ignorance, irreligion and vice, true virtue being practically nonexistent, and this yuga lasts 432,000 years.
In Kali-yuga vice increases to such a point that at the termination of the yuga the Supreme Lord himself appears as the Kalki Avatara, vanquishes the demons, saves his devotees, and commences another Satya-yuga. Then the process is set rolling again.
These four yugas, rotating a thousand times, comprise one day of Brahma, and the same number comprise one night. Brahma lives one hundred of such years and then dies. These hundred years by earth calculations total to 311 trillion and 40 billion earth years. By these calculations the life of Brahma seems fantastic and interminable, but from the viewpoint of eternity it is as brief as a lightning flash.
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Contents[hide]
1 Time
1.1 Sidereal metrics
1.1.1 Small units of time used in the Vedas[citation needed]
1.2 Lunar metrics
1.3 Tropical metrics
1.4 Reckoning of time among other entities
2 See also
3 External links
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Time
The Hindu metrics of time (Kaala Vyavahara) can be summarized as below.
Hindu units of time on a logarithmic scale.
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Sidereal metrics
a paramanu (परमाणु) is the normal interval of blinking in humans, or approximately 4 seconds
a vighati (विघटि) is 6 paramaanus, or approximately 24 seconds
a ghadiya (घटि) is 60 vighatis, or approximately 24 minutes
a muhurta is equal to 2 ghadiyas, or approximately 48 minutes
a nakshatra ahoratram (नक्षत्र अहोरत्रम्) or sidereal day is exactly equal to 30 muhurtas (Note: A day is considered to begin and end at sunrise, not midnight.)
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Small units of time used in the Vedas[citation needed]
a trasarenu is the combination of 6 celestial atoms.
a truti is the time needed to integrate 3 trasarenus, or 1/1687.5th of a second.
a vedha is 100 trutis.
a lava is 3 vedhas.[1]
a nimesha is 3 lavas, or a blink.
a kshanas is 3 nimeshas.
a kashthas is 5 kshanas, or about 8 seconds.
a laghu is 15 kashthas, or about 2 minutes.[2]
15 laghus make one nadika, which is also called a danda. This equals the time before water overflows in a six-pala-weight [fourteen ounce] pot of copper, in which a hole is bored with a gold probe weighing four masha and measuring four fingers long. The pot is then placed on water for calculation.
2 dandas make one muhurta.
6 or 7 dandas make one yamah, or 1/4th of a day or night.[3]
4 praharas or 4 yamas are in each day or each night.[4]
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Lunar metrics
a tithi (also spelled thithi ) or lunar day is defined as the time it takes for the longitudinal angle between the moon and the sun to increase by 12°. Tithis begin at varying times of day and vary in duration from approximately 19 to approximately 26 hours.
a paksa (also paksha) or lunar fortnight consists of 15 tithis
a masa or lunar month (approximately 29.5 days) is divided into 2 pakshas: the one between new moon and full moon is called gaura (bright) or shukla paksha; the one between full moon and new moon krishna (dark) paksha [5]
a ritu is 2 masa
an ayanam is 3 rituhs
a year is 2 Aayanas [6]
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Tropical metrics
a yaama (याम) is 7½ Ghatis (घटि)
8 yaamas 1 half of the day(either day or night)
an ahoratram is a tropical day (Note: A day is considered to begin and end at sunrise, not midnight.)
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Reckoning of time among other entities
Reckoning of time amongst the pitrs.
1 human masa = 1 day of the pitrs
30 days of the pitrs = 1 month of the pitrs
12 months of the pitrs = 1 year of the pitrs
The lifespan of the pitrs is 100 years of the pitrs (= 3000 human years)
Reckoning of time amongst the Devas.
1 human year = 1 day of the Devas.
30 days of the Devas = 1 month of the Devas.
12 months of the Devas = 1 year of the Devas
The lifespan of the Devas is 100 years of the Devas (= 36,000 human years)
Reckoning of time for Brahma.
12,000 years of the Devas = 1 day of Brahma (432,000,000 human years). This day is divided into 1000 parts called charanas. The charanas are divided as follows:
The Four Yugas
4 charanas (1,728,000 solar years)
Satya Yuga
3 charanas(1,296,000 solar years)
Treta Yuga
2 charanas(864,000 solar years)
Dwapar Yuga
1 charanas(432,000 solar years)
Kali Yuga
[7]
The cycle repeats itself so altogether there are 1000 cycles of yugas in one day of Brahma.
One cycle of the above four yugas is one mahayuga (4.32 million solar years)
A manvantara consists of 71 mahayugas (306,720,000 solar years). Each Manvantara is ruled by a Manu.
After each manvantara follows one Sandhi Kala of the same duration as a Krita Yuga (1,728,000 = 4 Charana). (It is said that during a Sandhi Kala, the entire earth is submerged in water.)
A kalpa consists of a period of 1,728,000 solar years called Adi Sandhi, followed by 14 manvantaras and Sandhi Kalas.
A day of Brahma equals
(14 times 71 mahayugas) + (15 x 4 Charanas)
= 994 mahayugas + (60 Charanas)
= 994 mahayugas + (6 x 10) Charanas
= 994 mahayugas + 6 mahayugas
= 1000 mahayugas
as is confirmed by the Gita statement "sahasra-yuga paryantam ahar-yad brahmano viduH", meaning, a day of brahma is of 1000 (maha-)yugas. Thus a day of Brahma, kalpa, is of duration: 4.32 billion solar years. Two kalpas constitute a day and night of Brahma
30 days of Brahma = 1 month of Brahma (259,200,000,000 human years)
12 months of Brahma = 1 year of Brahma (3,110,400,000,000 human years)
25 years of Brahma = 1 kalpa (77,760,000,000,000 human years)
2 kalpas = 1 parardha (155,520,000,000,000 human years) [6]
2 parardhas = 100 years of Brahma, the lifespan of Brahma (311,040,000,000,000 human years)
We are currently in the 28th kaliyuga of the first day of the 1st year of the shvetavaraha kalpa of the second parardha of Brahma in the reign of the 7th Manu, Manu Vaivasvata. This is the 51st year of the present Brahma and so about 155 trillion years have elapsed since He took over as Brahma.
The current Kali Yuga (Iron Age) began at midnight 17 February / 18 February in 3102 BC in the proleptic Julian calendar.
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See also
Hindu calendar
Day of Brahma
Jyotish
Vedas
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External links
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Old Indian measures are still in use today, primarily for religious purposes in Hinduism and Jainism. They also are employed in the teachings of Surat Shabda Yoga.
Contents[hide]
1 Time
1.1 Sidereal metrics
1.1.1 Small units of time used in the Vedas[citation needed]
1.2 Lunar metrics
1.3 Tropical metrics
1.4 Reckoning of time among other entities
2 See also
3 External links
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[edit]
Time
The Hindu metrics of time (Kaala Vyavahara) can be summarized as below.
Hindu units of time on a logarithmic scale.
[edit]
Sidereal metrics
a paramanu (परमाणु) is the normal interval of blinking in humans, or approximately 4 seconds
a vighati (विघटि) is 6 paramaanus, or approximately 24 seconds
a ghadiya (घटि) is 60 vighatis, or approximately 24 minutes
a muhurta is equal to 2 ghadiyas, or approximately 48 minutes
a nakshatra ahoratram (नक्षत्र अहोरत्रम्) or sidereal day is exactly equal to 30 muhurtas (Note: A day is considered to begin and end at sunrise, not midnight.)
[edit]
Small units of time used in the Vedas[citation needed]
a trasarenu is the combination of 6 celestial atoms.
a truti is the time needed to integrate 3 trasarenus, or 1/1687.5th of a second.
a vedha is 100 trutis.
a lava is 3 vedhas.[1]
a nimesha is 3 lavas, or a blink.
a kshanas is 3 nimeshas.
a kashthas is 5 kshanas, or about 8 seconds.
a laghu is 15 kashthas, or about 2 minutes.[2]
15 laghus make one nadika, which is also called a danda. This equals the time before water overflows in a six-pala-weight [fourteen ounce] pot of copper, in which a hole is bored with a gold probe weighing four masha and measuring four fingers long. The pot is then placed on water for calculation.
2 dandas make one muhurta.
6 or 7 dandas make one yamah, or 1/4th of a day or night.[3]
4 praharas or 4 yamas are in each day or each night.[4]
[edit]
Lunar metrics
a tithi (also spelled thithi ) or lunar day is defined as the time it takes for the longitudinal angle between the moon and the sun to increase by 12°. Tithis begin at varying times of day and vary in duration from approximately 19 to approximately 26 hours.
a paksa (also paksha) or lunar fortnight consists of 15 tithis
a masa or lunar month (approximately 29.5 days) is divided into 2 pakshas: the one between new moon and full moon is called gaura (bright) or shukla paksha; the one between full moon and new moon krishna (dark) paksha [5]
a ritu is 2 masa
an ayanam is 3 rituhs
a year is 2 Aayanas [6]
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Tropical metrics
a yaama (याम) is 7½ Ghatis (घटि)
8 yaamas 1 half of the day(either day or night)
an ahoratram is a tropical day (Note: A day is considered to begin and end at sunrise, not midnight.)
[edit]
Reckoning of time among other entities
Reckoning of time amongst the pitrs.
1 human masa = 1 day of the pitrs
30 days of the pitrs = 1 month of the pitrs
12 months of the pitrs = 1 year of the pitrs
The lifespan of the pitrs is 100 years of the pitrs (= 3000 human years)
Reckoning of time amongst the Devas.
1 human year = 1 day of the Devas.
30 days of the Devas = 1 month of the Devas.
12 months of the Devas = 1 year of the Devas
The lifespan of the Devas is 100 years of the Devas (= 36,000 human years)
Reckoning of time for Brahma.
12,000 years of the Devas = 1 day of Brahma (432,000,000 human years). This day is divided into 1000 parts called charanas. The charanas are divided as follows:
The Four Yugas
4 charanas (1,728,000 solar years)
Satya Yuga
3 charanas(1,296,000 solar years)
Treta Yuga
2 charanas(864,000 solar years)
Dwapar Yuga
1 charanas(432,000 solar years)
Kali Yuga
[7]
The cycle repeats itself so altogether there are 1000 cycles of yugas in one day of Brahma.
One cycle of the above four yugas is one mahayuga (4.32 million solar years)
A manvantara consists of 71 mahayugas (306,720,000 solar years). Each Manvantara is ruled by a Manu.
After each manvantara follows one Sandhi Kala of the same duration as a Krita Yuga (1,728,000 = 4 Charana). (It is said that during a Sandhi Kala, the entire earth is submerged in water.)
A kalpa consists of a period of 1,728,000 solar years called Adi Sandhi, followed by 14 manvantaras and Sandhi Kalas.
A day of Brahma equals
(14 times 71 mahayugas) + (15 x 4 Charanas)
= 994 mahayugas + (60 Charanas)
= 994 mahayugas + (6 x 10) Charanas
= 994 mahayugas + 6 mahayugas
= 1000 mahayugas
as is confirmed by the Gita statement "sahasra-yuga paryantam ahar-yad brahmano viduH", meaning, a day of brahma is of 1000 (maha-)yugas. Thus a day of Brahma, kalpa, is of duration: 4.32 billion solar years. Two kalpas constitute a day and night of Brahma
30 days of Brahma = 1 month of Brahma (259,200,000,000 human years)
12 months of Brahma = 1 year of Brahma (3,110,400,000,000 human years)
25 years of Brahma = 1 kalpa (77,760,000,000,000 human years)
2 kalpas = 1 parardha (155,520,000,000,000 human years) [6]
2 parardhas = 100 years of Brahma, the lifespan of Brahma (311,040,000,000,000 human years)
We are currently in the 28th kaliyuga of the first day of the 1st year of the shvetavaraha kalpa of the second parardha of Brahma in the reign of the 7th Manu, Manu Vaivasvata. This is the 51st year of the present Brahma and so about 155 trillion years have elapsed since He took over as Brahma.
The current Kali Yuga (Iron Age) began at midnight 17 February / 18 February in 3102 BC in the proleptic Julian calendar.
[edit]
See also
Hindu calendar
Day of Brahma
Jyotish
Vedas
[edit]
External links
One Cosmic Day of Creator Brahma
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In the traditional Hindu calendar, the breaks were observed on pratipada (first day of the waxing and waning phase of the moon) and ashtami (eighth day of waxing and waning phase). The main divisions of the year were: season, month, half-month (paksha), day-night and sunrise. However, an alien system (Gregorian) was imposed upon the entire country during the colonial rule. The concept of Sunday as a day of rest is just one example. When the British came to the subcontinent, observance of Sunday as a day of rest was limited to Europeans – Indians worked all seven days. However, in 1842 the Governor of Bombay Sir George Arthur ordered that no government work was to be done either by Indians or Europeans on a Sunday and that future government contracts with outside tenderers were to specify this. As a result, we overtly subscribe to one set of politically correct assumptions that dominate the world today, but these are constantly belied by the reality of our everyday experience. Even though we would now feel quite lost without the Gregorian calendar, many people still think that the weather turns cold only after Diwali (amavasya or the new moon in the month of Kartik) and warm weather only beings after Holi (Poornima or the full moon in Phalgun).
After independence, the government created an Indian civil calendar based on the Shaka samvat in an attempt to have a unified calendar for the country incorporating elements of the traditional calendar and the Gregorian calendar. However, this has done little to limit the loss of knowledge about the traditional calendars, as it has not become popular with our people who continue to follow the traditional system in their region.
We need to acknowledge as well as appreciate the strengths of our society and understand the premises upon which it functions. In order to do this we need be more informed. We are making a small beginning by taking a fresh look at the complexities of the Hindu calendar- the oldest calendar in the entire world (it is 1,9455,885,107 years old). This planner is an attempt to understand the traditional way we perceive the world and the cosmos, even though over the past few centuries we may have been alienated from our original nature. However, this alienation is not yet complete and so we seem to be living in two different worlds - one which was our own and one that is an imposition.
We hope this planner will help us become better acquainted with the traditional component of our world. However, we recognize our dependence on the January to December cycle, and for this reason, have made this planner span a period of 15 months to cover both the Hindu and Gregorian year. We have also included information about our country that has never been taught to us, with the hope it will help reconnect us with ourselves. We can respect others only after we accept and respect ourselves. When we see that in reality there are no opposites only differences; no competition only complementarity; only then can we truly participate in creating a harmonious world where we can mutually enrich one another.
Organization of the Hindu Calendar The Hindu calendar is a combined lunar and solar calendar as is based on the position of both sun and moon. When referring to the lunar cycle we refer to tithi and paksha, but when referring to the solar cycle we talk in terms of sankranti and gate. Festivals and other religious occasions are based both on the solar and the lunar cycles. For example some of the sankrantis (corresponding to the solar calendar) like the Mesh Sankranti (more popularly known as Baishaki), Kark Sankranti, etc. are very important and celebrated throughout the country, while on the other hand important festivals like Basant Panchami, Mahashivratri, Holi, Diwali, Janmashtami, Ramnavami, etc. are determined by the lunar calendar.
The names of the months like Chaitra, Baishaka, etc. are the same in both the lunar and solar cycles. These two cycles cannot be separated and seen in isolation. However, it should also be remembered that these two cycles are not in step. This creates a slight difficulty for those unacquainted with the Hindu calendar as demonstrated by the following example. In 2006, Baishaki falls on April 14th. According to the solar calendar it is the first day (or sankranti) of the month of Vaishakh, but according to the lunar cycle it is Chaitra Shukla Dwadashi (or the twelfth day of the bright half/waxing phase of the month of Chaitra). So it can be seen that according to the lunar cycle it is the month of Chaitra, but according to the solar cycle the month of Baishaka has started.
SOLAR CYCLEA solar month is the time it takes the sun to travel through a zodiac sign (rashi). The entry of the sun in a rashi is celebrated as sankrant and is also the start of the solar month. Thus there are twelve sankrants in a year. For example, the month of Baishaka begins when the sun enters the zodiac sign Aries.
A solar year has two ayana (halves) of six months each, solar month is further divided in to 30 or 31 gate (days). The northern declination of the sun when it appears to move between the constellation Capricorn and Gemini is called Uttarayan. This corresponds to the movement of the sun from the Tropic of Capricorn northwards towards the Tropic of Cancer. Uttarayan starts on the day of Makar Sankranti. The southern declination of the sun when it appears to move between the constellations Cancer and Sagittarus is called Dakshinayan. This corresponds to the movement of the sun from the Tropic of Cancer southwards towards the Tropic of Capricorn. Dakshinayan starts on the day of Kark Sankranti. The solar year begins with the entrance of the sun into Mesha (Aries) or Makara which is around 14/15 of January.
LUNAR CYCLEThe lunar month (masa) consists of 30 tithis (days) which can begin at any time of the solar day, but for practical purposes they are considered to commences at sunrise and last through the whole solar day. The tithes are grouped into pakshas with 14-15 days each. The Krishna Paksha is the dark half or waning phase, from purnima to amavasya, and the Shukla Paksha is the bright half or waxing phase, from amavasya to purnima. In North India, the lunar month starts on the first day of the Krishna Paksha (Krishna Paksh Pratipada) and the last day of the month is the day of purnima. In Bengal, Maharashtra and South India, the amanta system is used, in which the lunar month instead starts on the first day of Shukla Paksha (Shukla Paksha Pratipada) and ends on the day of amavasya. Each masa is named after the naksatra in which the full moon occurs in each successive month. In South India the months are named after the constellations in which the sun is moving at that time.
Adhika Masa and Kshaya MasaIn order to reconcile the lunar and solar years, an ingenious system was devised. It was ordained that any month in which the sun did not enter a new sign of zodiac would not count and would be followed by another month of the some name. Thus in the lunar month of Chaitra the sun must enter the sign of Mesha (Aries). If it does not, there will be an intercalary Chaitra followed by the proper month of the some name during which the sun does enter Mesha. These intercalary months occur approximately once in three years. By this reckoning, the twelve lunar months are adjusted to the solar year.
There is a possibility that two Sankrantis may occasionally occur in the same lunar month. When this happens, the month to which the second Sankranti properly belongs, is called Kshaya or eliminated month. Eliminated months occur at intervals varying from 19 to 141 years. Intercalary months occur generally seven times in a cycle of 19 years.
The Hindu new year or samvatsar starts on the day of Chitra Shukla Pratipada (the first day of the bright half of the month of Chaitra). But the New Year is celebrated on different days in different part of country. Some regions and communities start their new year on KartikShukla Pratipada (the first day of the bright half of the month of kartik). This would be the time of Diwali. In Bengal and Punjab the New Year starts on the day of Mesh Sankrant (popularly known as Baisakhi), while the Tamil New Year called Pongal falls on the day after Baishakhi (i.e. 15 April).
SamvatsarsThere are many calendars in India. There are over 30 samvatsars (eras) that have been used in different parts of the country at different times. The Vikram Samvat is most widely used today, although the Hijri samvat (used by Muslims), Bangla Samvat, Kali samvat, Kolam samvat, Yazdejardi samvat, Buddha Nirvana samvat, and Mahavir Nirvana samvat continue to be used by some. There is a lot of similarity between different calendars. Festivals are celebrated on the same day with different names in the different parts of India according to different calendar. As per the traditional Hindu calendar each samvatsar (year) is given a specific name and they recur in cycles of sixty years. The names are as follows:Prabhava, Vibhava, Shukla, Prajapati, Angirasa, Srimukha, Bhava, Yuva, Dhatu, Iswara, Bahudhanya, Pramadi, Vikrama, Vishnu, Chitrabhanu, Swabhanu, Tharana, Parthiva, Vyaya, Sarvajitu, Sarvadhary, Virodhi, Vikriti, Khara, Nandana, Vijay, Jaya, Manmatha, Durmukh, Hevilambi, Vilambi, Vikari, Sharvari, Plava, Shubhakritu, Krodhi, Viswavasu, Parabhava, Plavanga, keelaka, Saumya, Sadharana, Virodhikritu, Paridhavi, Pramadicha, Ananda, Rakshasa, Nala, Pingala, Kalayukti, Siddharti, Roudri, Dhurmathi, Dundbhi, Rudhirodghari, Rakthakshi, Krodana, Akshaya,
The complete cycle of one year was traditionally divided into six ritus (seasons) as follows:
Season
Months
Vasant (Spring) Chaitra and Vaishaka (March-May)
Greesham (Summer) Jyashtha and Ashadh (May-July)
Varsha (Rain) Shravan and Bhadrapad (July-Sept)
Sharad (Autumn) Ashwin and Kartik (Sept-Nov)
Hemant (Winter) Margshish and Paush (Nov-Jan)
Shishira (Early Spring) Magh and Phalgun (Jan-March)
Panchang (Almanac)
In India the panchang is used for reckoning time and thus regulating the social and cultural life of the people. Panchang means having five limbs. A panchang is so named because it gives information regarding the five basic divisions of time. These are the: (a)Thiti (phase of the moon) (b)Vaar (day) (c)Nakshatra (star or constellation through which the moon is passing) (d)Yoga (total distance traversed by the sun and moon from any specific point) (e)Karana (half a thithi)
In additional, the panchang also gives tables for the correction of the time of sunrise at different longitudes, the time taken by the sun to traverse each rashi (zodiac sign) and the moon to traverse each nakshatra, the positions of the sun, moon and other planets, time of sunrise/sunset, auspicious day, date, time for various rituals, etc.
Panchangs are used at two levels: (a) in the house and (b) professionally by pundits. At the household level panchangs are used for checking when to keep fasts, auspicious time for starting puja etc. The pundits use it for casting horoscopes, deciding auspicious dates and time for major events like marriages, moving into a new house, etc.The Hindu Concept of TimeThe Hindu concept of time is extremely vast and divided into yugas and mahayugas. They are calculated as follows:One human year represents one for the divine.360 divine days make one divine year12,000 divine year makes one mahayuga.
One mahayuga is divided into 4 yugas, which are called: Krita, Treta, Dwapar and Kali.In terms of human years:Kali Yuga = 432,000 yearDwapar yuga = 864,000 year (dwa means twice)Treta Yuga = 1,296,000 year (tre means trice)Krita Yuga = 1,728,000 year (4 times Kali Yuga)
Hence one complete mahayuga is equal to 4,320,000, (4.32 million) human years.The following are considered the ruling gods in each of the four yugas:Krita Yuga Sri RanganathaTreat Yuga Sri RamaDwapar Yuga Sri KrishnaKali Yuga Sri SrinivasaSeventy-two mahayugas constitute one manvantara (i.e., the life of Manu) and fourteen such manvantaras make one day (kalpa) of Brahma. This works out to 4.35 billion human years (72 x 14 x 4.32 million).
Param and Para Ardham
Brahma’s whole day is 8.70 bilion human years (1 day of 4.35 billion human years + 1 night of 4.35 billion human years). Thirty such days make one month for Brahma (i.e. 8.70 x 30 = 261 billion human years) and 12 months make one year. Brahma is supposed to live for 100 such years, which works out to 313.2 trillion human years. This is called Param and half of it is Para Ardham.
The Span of Time
Time, or kala in Hindu philosophy, is considered in three ways/ranges. The first is cosmic or epochal time determined in terms of the life span of Brahma. The second range is Panchang time, measured in units of days and months used in determining the seasons etc. The last is horological time for measuring the duration of the day and is determined by lesser units.
Each unit of time in all three ranges is believed to have two wings and to be made up of a day and night separated by twilight periods. A unit is, therefore, made up of dawn (usha), twilight (sandhya) and night.
The truti (particle) is the smallest unit of duration. In modern term it ranges anywhere between one ten thousand millionth of a second to one kshana (moment).
The kshna (moment) loosely ranges from 2/45th of a second to about four seconds.
The nimesha/mimisha (blink or twinkling of an eye), strictly the time taken for the upward or downward movement of the eyelid, is equal to four kshanas.
The lava (fraction) is the duration of a completed blink (i.e., the time taken to shut and open the eyes in the act of blinking) is equal to 8 kshnas.
The vipala (fleeting) is the duration of four and a half nimishas or about two and a half complete blinks.
The tala (handclap) is the time taken to bring the hands together in the act of clapping. It ranges from one quarter to three quarters of a second. It is extremely elastic unit.
The anu-druta (half druta) is equal to one and a quarter vipalas or half a second.
A druta is the duration of two anu-druta.
The laghu is the duration of a handclap and two or more finger counts. A finger count consists of the thumb touching the tips of the fingers in turn. It equals two drutas, one and a half kahthas or about two seconds.
After independence, the government created an Indian civil calendar based on the Shaka samvat in an attempt to have a unified calendar for the country incorporating elements of the traditional calendar and the Gregorian calendar. However, this has done little to limit the loss of knowledge about the traditional calendars, as it has not become popular with our people who continue to follow the traditional system in their region.
We need to acknowledge as well as appreciate the strengths of our society and understand the premises upon which it functions. In order to do this we need be more informed. We are making a small beginning by taking a fresh look at the complexities of the Hindu calendar- the oldest calendar in the entire world (it is 1,9455,885,107 years old). This planner is an attempt to understand the traditional way we perceive the world and the cosmos, even though over the past few centuries we may have been alienated from our original nature. However, this alienation is not yet complete and so we seem to be living in two different worlds - one which was our own and one that is an imposition.
We hope this planner will help us become better acquainted with the traditional component of our world. However, we recognize our dependence on the January to December cycle, and for this reason, have made this planner span a period of 15 months to cover both the Hindu and Gregorian year. We have also included information about our country that has never been taught to us, with the hope it will help reconnect us with ourselves. We can respect others only after we accept and respect ourselves. When we see that in reality there are no opposites only differences; no competition only complementarity; only then can we truly participate in creating a harmonious world where we can mutually enrich one another.
Organization of the Hindu Calendar The Hindu calendar is a combined lunar and solar calendar as is based on the position of both sun and moon. When referring to the lunar cycle we refer to tithi and paksha, but when referring to the solar cycle we talk in terms of sankranti and gate. Festivals and other religious occasions are based both on the solar and the lunar cycles. For example some of the sankrantis (corresponding to the solar calendar) like the Mesh Sankranti (more popularly known as Baishaki), Kark Sankranti, etc. are very important and celebrated throughout the country, while on the other hand important festivals like Basant Panchami, Mahashivratri, Holi, Diwali, Janmashtami, Ramnavami, etc. are determined by the lunar calendar.
The names of the months like Chaitra, Baishaka, etc. are the same in both the lunar and solar cycles. These two cycles cannot be separated and seen in isolation. However, it should also be remembered that these two cycles are not in step. This creates a slight difficulty for those unacquainted with the Hindu calendar as demonstrated by the following example. In 2006, Baishaki falls on April 14th. According to the solar calendar it is the first day (or sankranti) of the month of Vaishakh, but according to the lunar cycle it is Chaitra Shukla Dwadashi (or the twelfth day of the bright half/waxing phase of the month of Chaitra). So it can be seen that according to the lunar cycle it is the month of Chaitra, but according to the solar cycle the month of Baishaka has started.
SOLAR CYCLEA solar month is the time it takes the sun to travel through a zodiac sign (rashi). The entry of the sun in a rashi is celebrated as sankrant and is also the start of the solar month. Thus there are twelve sankrants in a year. For example, the month of Baishaka begins when the sun enters the zodiac sign Aries.
A solar year has two ayana (halves) of six months each, solar month is further divided in to 30 or 31 gate (days). The northern declination of the sun when it appears to move between the constellation Capricorn and Gemini is called Uttarayan. This corresponds to the movement of the sun from the Tropic of Capricorn northwards towards the Tropic of Cancer. Uttarayan starts on the day of Makar Sankranti. The southern declination of the sun when it appears to move between the constellations Cancer and Sagittarus is called Dakshinayan. This corresponds to the movement of the sun from the Tropic of Cancer southwards towards the Tropic of Capricorn. Dakshinayan starts on the day of Kark Sankranti. The solar year begins with the entrance of the sun into Mesha (Aries) or Makara which is around 14/15 of January.
LUNAR CYCLEThe lunar month (masa) consists of 30 tithis (days) which can begin at any time of the solar day, but for practical purposes they are considered to commences at sunrise and last through the whole solar day. The tithes are grouped into pakshas with 14-15 days each. The Krishna Paksha is the dark half or waning phase, from purnima to amavasya, and the Shukla Paksha is the bright half or waxing phase, from amavasya to purnima. In North India, the lunar month starts on the first day of the Krishna Paksha (Krishna Paksh Pratipada) and the last day of the month is the day of purnima. In Bengal, Maharashtra and South India, the amanta system is used, in which the lunar month instead starts on the first day of Shukla Paksha (Shukla Paksha Pratipada) and ends on the day of amavasya. Each masa is named after the naksatra in which the full moon occurs in each successive month. In South India the months are named after the constellations in which the sun is moving at that time.
Adhika Masa and Kshaya MasaIn order to reconcile the lunar and solar years, an ingenious system was devised. It was ordained that any month in which the sun did not enter a new sign of zodiac would not count and would be followed by another month of the some name. Thus in the lunar month of Chaitra the sun must enter the sign of Mesha (Aries). If it does not, there will be an intercalary Chaitra followed by the proper month of the some name during which the sun does enter Mesha. These intercalary months occur approximately once in three years. By this reckoning, the twelve lunar months are adjusted to the solar year.
There is a possibility that two Sankrantis may occasionally occur in the same lunar month. When this happens, the month to which the second Sankranti properly belongs, is called Kshaya or eliminated month. Eliminated months occur at intervals varying from 19 to 141 years. Intercalary months occur generally seven times in a cycle of 19 years.
The Hindu new year or samvatsar starts on the day of Chitra Shukla Pratipada (the first day of the bright half of the month of Chaitra). But the New Year is celebrated on different days in different part of country. Some regions and communities start their new year on KartikShukla Pratipada (the first day of the bright half of the month of kartik). This would be the time of Diwali. In Bengal and Punjab the New Year starts on the day of Mesh Sankrant (popularly known as Baisakhi), while the Tamil New Year called Pongal falls on the day after Baishakhi (i.e. 15 April).
SamvatsarsThere are many calendars in India. There are over 30 samvatsars (eras) that have been used in different parts of the country at different times. The Vikram Samvat is most widely used today, although the Hijri samvat (used by Muslims), Bangla Samvat, Kali samvat, Kolam samvat, Yazdejardi samvat, Buddha Nirvana samvat, and Mahavir Nirvana samvat continue to be used by some. There is a lot of similarity between different calendars. Festivals are celebrated on the same day with different names in the different parts of India according to different calendar. As per the traditional Hindu calendar each samvatsar (year) is given a specific name and they recur in cycles of sixty years. The names are as follows:Prabhava, Vibhava, Shukla, Prajapati, Angirasa, Srimukha, Bhava, Yuva, Dhatu, Iswara, Bahudhanya, Pramadi, Vikrama, Vishnu, Chitrabhanu, Swabhanu, Tharana, Parthiva, Vyaya, Sarvajitu, Sarvadhary, Virodhi, Vikriti, Khara, Nandana, Vijay, Jaya, Manmatha, Durmukh, Hevilambi, Vilambi, Vikari, Sharvari, Plava, Shubhakritu, Krodhi, Viswavasu, Parabhava, Plavanga, keelaka, Saumya, Sadharana, Virodhikritu, Paridhavi, Pramadicha, Ananda, Rakshasa, Nala, Pingala, Kalayukti, Siddharti, Roudri, Dhurmathi, Dundbhi, Rudhirodghari, Rakthakshi, Krodana, Akshaya,
The complete cycle of one year was traditionally divided into six ritus (seasons) as follows:
Season
Months
Vasant (Spring) Chaitra and Vaishaka (March-May)
Greesham (Summer) Jyashtha and Ashadh (May-July)
Varsha (Rain) Shravan and Bhadrapad (July-Sept)
Sharad (Autumn) Ashwin and Kartik (Sept-Nov)
Hemant (Winter) Margshish and Paush (Nov-Jan)
Shishira (Early Spring) Magh and Phalgun (Jan-March)
Panchang (Almanac)
In India the panchang is used for reckoning time and thus regulating the social and cultural life of the people. Panchang means having five limbs. A panchang is so named because it gives information regarding the five basic divisions of time. These are the: (a)Thiti (phase of the moon) (b)Vaar (day) (c)Nakshatra (star or constellation through which the moon is passing) (d)Yoga (total distance traversed by the sun and moon from any specific point) (e)Karana (half a thithi)
In additional, the panchang also gives tables for the correction of the time of sunrise at different longitudes, the time taken by the sun to traverse each rashi (zodiac sign) and the moon to traverse each nakshatra, the positions of the sun, moon and other planets, time of sunrise/sunset, auspicious day, date, time for various rituals, etc.
Panchangs are used at two levels: (a) in the house and (b) professionally by pundits. At the household level panchangs are used for checking when to keep fasts, auspicious time for starting puja etc. The pundits use it for casting horoscopes, deciding auspicious dates and time for major events like marriages, moving into a new house, etc.The Hindu Concept of TimeThe Hindu concept of time is extremely vast and divided into yugas and mahayugas. They are calculated as follows:One human year represents one for the divine.360 divine days make one divine year12,000 divine year makes one mahayuga.
One mahayuga is divided into 4 yugas, which are called: Krita, Treta, Dwapar and Kali.In terms of human years:Kali Yuga = 432,000 yearDwapar yuga = 864,000 year (dwa means twice)Treta Yuga = 1,296,000 year (tre means trice)Krita Yuga = 1,728,000 year (4 times Kali Yuga)
Hence one complete mahayuga is equal to 4,320,000, (4.32 million) human years.The following are considered the ruling gods in each of the four yugas:Krita Yuga Sri RanganathaTreat Yuga Sri RamaDwapar Yuga Sri KrishnaKali Yuga Sri SrinivasaSeventy-two mahayugas constitute one manvantara (i.e., the life of Manu) and fourteen such manvantaras make one day (kalpa) of Brahma. This works out to 4.35 billion human years (72 x 14 x 4.32 million).
Param and Para Ardham
Brahma’s whole day is 8.70 bilion human years (1 day of 4.35 billion human years + 1 night of 4.35 billion human years). Thirty such days make one month for Brahma (i.e. 8.70 x 30 = 261 billion human years) and 12 months make one year. Brahma is supposed to live for 100 such years, which works out to 313.2 trillion human years. This is called Param and half of it is Para Ardham.
The Span of Time
Time, or kala in Hindu philosophy, is considered in three ways/ranges. The first is cosmic or epochal time determined in terms of the life span of Brahma. The second range is Panchang time, measured in units of days and months used in determining the seasons etc. The last is horological time for measuring the duration of the day and is determined by lesser units.
Each unit of time in all three ranges is believed to have two wings and to be made up of a day and night separated by twilight periods. A unit is, therefore, made up of dawn (usha), twilight (sandhya) and night.
The truti (particle) is the smallest unit of duration. In modern term it ranges anywhere between one ten thousand millionth of a second to one kshana (moment).
The kshna (moment) loosely ranges from 2/45th of a second to about four seconds.
The nimesha/mimisha (blink or twinkling of an eye), strictly the time taken for the upward or downward movement of the eyelid, is equal to four kshanas.
The lava (fraction) is the duration of a completed blink (i.e., the time taken to shut and open the eyes in the act of blinking) is equal to 8 kshnas.
The vipala (fleeting) is the duration of four and a half nimishas or about two and a half complete blinks.
The tala (handclap) is the time taken to bring the hands together in the act of clapping. It ranges from one quarter to three quarters of a second. It is extremely elastic unit.
The anu-druta (half druta) is equal to one and a quarter vipalas or half a second.
A druta is the duration of two anu-druta.
The laghu is the duration of a handclap and two or more finger counts. A finger count consists of the thumb touching the tips of the fingers in turn. It equals two drutas, one and a half kahthas or about two seconds.
Astronomy and Mathematics in Ancient India.....2
Astronomy and Mathematics in Ancient India: "Astronomy and Mathematics in Ancient India
URL: http://www.cerc.utexas.edu/~jay/india_science.html
Astronomy
* Earliest known precise celestial calculations:
As argued by James Q. Jacobs, Aryabhata, an Indian Mathematician (c. 500AD) accurately calculated celestial constants like earth's rotation per solar orbit, days per solar orbit, days per lunar orbit. In fact, to the best of my knowledge, no source from prior to the 18th century had more accurate results on the values of these constants! Click here for details. Aryabhata's 499 AD computation of pi as 3.1416 (real value 3.1415926...) and the length of a solar year as 365.358 days were also extremely accurate by the standards of the next thousand years.
* Astronomical time spans:
The notion of of time spans that are truly gigantic by modern standards are rarely found in ancient civilizations as the notion of large number is rare commodity. Apart from the peoples of the Mayan civilization, the ancient Hindus appear to be the only people who even thought beyond a few thousand years. In the famed book Cosmos, physicist-astronomer-teacher Carl Sagan writes '... The dates on Mayan inscriptions also range deep into the past and occasionally far into the future. One inscription refers to a time more than a million years ago and another perhaps refers to events of 400 million years ago, ... The events memorialized may be mythical, but the time scales are pridigious'. Hindu scriptures refer to time scales that vary from ordinary earth day and night to the day and night of the Brahma that are a few billion earth years long. Sagan continues, 'A millennium before Europeans were wiling to divest themselves of the Biblical idea that the world was a few thousand years old, the Mayans were thinking of millions and the Hindus b"
URL: http://www.cerc.utexas.edu/~jay/india_science.html
Astronomy
* Earliest known precise celestial calculations:
As argued by James Q. Jacobs, Aryabhata, an Indian Mathematician (c. 500AD) accurately calculated celestial constants like earth's rotation per solar orbit, days per solar orbit, days per lunar orbit. In fact, to the best of my knowledge, no source from prior to the 18th century had more accurate results on the values of these constants! Click here for details. Aryabhata's 499 AD computation of pi as 3.1416 (real value 3.1415926...) and the length of a solar year as 365.358 days were also extremely accurate by the standards of the next thousand years.
* Astronomical time spans:
The notion of of time spans that are truly gigantic by modern standards are rarely found in ancient civilizations as the notion of large number is rare commodity. Apart from the peoples of the Mayan civilization, the ancient Hindus appear to be the only people who even thought beyond a few thousand years. In the famed book Cosmos, physicist-astronomer-teacher Carl Sagan writes '... The dates on Mayan inscriptions also range deep into the past and occasionally far into the future. One inscription refers to a time more than a million years ago and another perhaps refers to events of 400 million years ago, ... The events memorialized may be mythical, but the time scales are pridigious'. Hindu scriptures refer to time scales that vary from ordinary earth day and night to the day and night of the Brahma that are a few billion earth years long. Sagan continues, 'A millennium before Europeans were wiling to divest themselves of the Biblical idea that the world was a few thousand years old, the Mayans were thinking of millions and the Hindus b"
Astronomy and Mathematics in Ancient India....1
Astronomy and Mathematics in Ancient India: "Hinduism is the only religion that propounds the idea of life-cycles of the universe. It suggests that the universe undergoes an infinite number of deaths and rebirths. Hinduism, according to Sagan, '... is the only religion in which the time scales correspond... to those of modern scientific cosmology. Its cycles run from our ordinary day and night to a day and night of the Brahma, 8.64 billion years long, longer than the age of the Earth or the Sun and about half the time since the Big Bang' [See 5]. Long before Aryabhata (6th century) came up with this awesome achievement, apparently there was a mythological angle to this as well -- it becomes clear when one looks at the following translation of Bhagavad Gita (part VIII, lines 16 and 17), 'All the planets of the universe, from the most evolved to the most base, are places of suffering, where birth and death takes place. But for the soul that reaches my Kingdom, O son of Kunti, there is no more reincarnation. One day of Brahma is worth a thousand of the ages [yuga] known to humankind; as is each night.' Thus each kalpa is worth one day in the life of Brahma, the God of creation. In other words, the four ages of the mahayuga must be repeated a thousand times to make a 'day ot Brahma', a unit of time that is the equivalent of 4.32 billion human years, doubling which one gets 8.64 billion years for a Brahma day and night. This was later theorized (possibly independently) by Aryabhata in the 6th century. The cyclic nature of this analysis suggests a universe that is expanding to be followed by contraction... a cosmos without end. This, according to modern physicists is not an impossibility. "
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Hindu Calendar.....2
We saw how the Hindus keep their calendar alive till this day. It is very difficult to explain each word and the calculations go with it. I would urge the viewers to use the internet search engines like Google. Type words like Yuga, Kala, Hindu Panchanga or anyword connected with the Hindu Calender and then click search. You will find enormous treatise on this subject. You will be proud of Hindu Wisdom. You will start looking at Vedas, Ithihasa and Puranas and other works of our forefathers in a more scientific angle.
Hindu calendar......(1)
How the Hindus remember their calendar? A very simple method had been evolved and it continues even after many thousands of years, from father to son and from a Teacher to his desciple, generations after generations by oral recitation. The method is like this:
Before performing certain day-to-day duties ( including morning bath), a declaration ( Sankalpa) is made. It runs like this:-
1. Salutations to the Gurus ( Acharyas).
2. Blessings of God invoked.
3. Prayer ( to Lord Vishvakshenar) for carrying out the duties without any hindrance.
Now the recitation of the calender:
!. By the will of Lord Mahavishnu (VishnorAgjaya)
2. Now running( Pravarthamanasya)
3. During the period of First Brahma( Adhya Brahmanaha )
4. In his second half (Dwitheeya Parardhe)
5. In Swethaswaraha Kalpam ( swethasvaraha kalpe )
6. Vaivasvathamanvanthram ( Vaivasvathamanvanthare)
7. In Kaliyugam (Kaliyuge)
8. in the first part of ( the above) ( Prathamepade)
Now, the geographical location of the performer
1. In Bharatha Varsham, In the Island of Jambu ( Jambudweepe,Bharatha Varshe)
2. In the continent of Bharatham (Bharatha Khande)
3. In the Era Saka (Sakabthe)
4. In the South of Holy Mountain Meru (Meroho Dhakshineparsve)
5. In Presently Running(Asmin Varthamane Vyaharike
6. In the period of Sixty Years Beginning From Prabhava( Prabhavadeenam Sashti
Samvathsaranam Madhye
7. In the year Vyaya( Vyaya Nama Samvathsare)
8. In the Southern Phase of the Sun(Dakshinayane)
9. In Summer(Krishmaruthow)
10.In the month of Kataka(Katakamase)
11.In the Full Moon phase(Shulapakshe)
12.On the auspicious day of Fullmoon (Pournamasyam Shubha Thithow)
13.On Wednesday(Sowmyavasara Yukthayam)
14.On the Day of Shravana Star(Shravana Nakshathrayukthayam)
15.On Yoga (Vishnuyoga Vishnu Karana, Shubha Yoga Shubha karana)
16.On Karana (as above)
Finally the declaration of the duty to be performed is done
That is how the calendar beginning from billions and billions of years ago is kept current till this day. This calculation is very near to the present day scientific calculations. We are the proud owners of such scientific knowledge.
So please follow this method to keep this alive and transfer this knowledgeto the posterity.
Before performing certain day-to-day duties ( including morning bath), a declaration ( Sankalpa) is made. It runs like this:-
1. Salutations to the Gurus ( Acharyas).
2. Blessings of God invoked.
3. Prayer ( to Lord Vishvakshenar) for carrying out the duties without any hindrance.
Now the recitation of the calender:
!. By the will of Lord Mahavishnu (VishnorAgjaya)
2. Now running( Pravarthamanasya)
3. During the period of First Brahma( Adhya Brahmanaha )
4. In his second half (Dwitheeya Parardhe)
5. In Swethaswaraha Kalpam ( swethasvaraha kalpe )
6. Vaivasvathamanvanthram ( Vaivasvathamanvanthare)
7. In Kaliyugam (Kaliyuge)
8. in the first part of ( the above) ( Prathamepade)
Now, the geographical location of the performer
1. In Bharatha Varsham, In the Island of Jambu ( Jambudweepe,Bharatha Varshe)
2. In the continent of Bharatham (Bharatha Khande)
3. In the Era Saka (Sakabthe)
4. In the South of Holy Mountain Meru (Meroho Dhakshineparsve)
5. In Presently Running(Asmin Varthamane Vyaharike
6. In the period of Sixty Years Beginning From Prabhava( Prabhavadeenam Sashti
Samvathsaranam Madhye
7. In the year Vyaya( Vyaya Nama Samvathsare)
8. In the Southern Phase of the Sun(Dakshinayane)
9. In Summer(Krishmaruthow)
10.In the month of Kataka(Katakamase)
11.In the Full Moon phase(Shulapakshe)
12.On the auspicious day of Fullmoon (Pournamasyam Shubha Thithow)
13.On Wednesday(Sowmyavasara Yukthayam)
14.On the Day of Shravana Star(Shravana Nakshathrayukthayam)
15.On Yoga (Vishnuyoga Vishnu Karana, Shubha Yoga Shubha karana)
16.On Karana (as above)
Finally the declaration of the duty to be performed is done
That is how the calendar beginning from billions and billions of years ago is kept current till this day. This calculation is very near to the present day scientific calculations. We are the proud owners of such scientific knowledge.
So please follow this method to keep this alive and transfer this knowledgeto the posterity.
Sunday, August 06, 2006
Upakarmam
This year, Upakarma festival falls on wednesday the 9th Aug. To know how and when to perform the ritual, log on to www.ahobilam.com and click Upakarmam(Avani Avittam). The ritual is available in both audio and visual forms.
Thursday, August 03, 2006
A Rare Humane Behaviour...........
A wrong notion about Chennai Auto Drivers being argumentative, quarrelsome and always in pursuit of excess fare is dispelled by my experiense with an Automan.........
In a late evening during a return journey from my daughters residense, after getting down from the city bus at CLRI Bus Stop, I went upto Madhya Kailash Road Junction to catch a City Bus or
share auto to go to Perungudi. It was past 8.30 P.M. and there was no sign of any public conveyance. I was reluctant to part with excess money as the autos charge almost double the justified fare(The present day generation laughs and sometimes gets annoyed with this mindset). I love walking and so I just started walking the distance to the next bus stop about 1.5 km away. . Already it was past 9PM. After passing thru half the distance, an automan slowed down his speed, requested me to get into his auto. He said, with all humility, that an elderly man like me should not walk at this time of the day on this poorly lit road with speeding traffic and he would leave me at the next bus stop. I got into the auto heeding to his request.
I got down at the next bus stop and profously thanked him. I offered the autofare and AMAZINGLY HE REFUSED TO ACCEPT ANY. He just drove away without a second look..........A rare humane behaviour indeed........
In a late evening during a return journey from my daughters residense, after getting down from the city bus at CLRI Bus Stop, I went upto Madhya Kailash Road Junction to catch a City Bus or
share auto to go to Perungudi. It was past 8.30 P.M. and there was no sign of any public conveyance. I was reluctant to part with excess money as the autos charge almost double the justified fare(The present day generation laughs and sometimes gets annoyed with this mindset). I love walking and so I just started walking the distance to the next bus stop about 1.5 km away. . Already it was past 9PM. After passing thru half the distance, an automan slowed down his speed, requested me to get into his auto. He said, with all humility, that an elderly man like me should not walk at this time of the day on this poorly lit road with speeding traffic and he would leave me at the next bus stop. I got into the auto heeding to his request.
I got down at the next bus stop and profously thanked him. I offered the autofare and AMAZINGLY HE REFUSED TO ACCEPT ANY. He just drove away without a second look..........A rare humane behaviour indeed........
Friday, July 28, 2006
Andal, CHOODIKKODUTHA NACHIAR
Today is Thiru Adi Pooram. The celestial Goddess
was born as Andal in this Land of Gods. This is a very sacred day for all Hindus and particularly for Vaishnavas who adore her as one of the ALWARS.
Her intense Bhakthi towards the LORD beckoned
HIM to absorbe her within HIMSELF
On this day we lay at her feet with complete surrender
ANDAL MALARPADANGAL VAZHIYE
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
KARAIPPATTI.
This Village is on the way to Madurai from Trichy in between Karumalai and Thuvarankurichy (via) Manapparai.
Sri LakshminarayanaPerumal Temple is an ancient one and worshiped by the Elders. Now they have left the village on various reasons. We have decided to contact their sons and relatives and to renovate the Temple and to carry out the Daily Pujas and Festivals.
WORKS SO FAR COMPLETED;
This Temple has come under TamilNadu Government HR&CE by getting a grant for “ONE time Puja”-one day, and another grant for renovation work. To complete the same within the specified time frame they have completed the project, which has to be appreciated.
A devotee belongs to this village, now residing at Srirangam along with his family came to worship Lord Sri Lakshmi Narayana Perumal after this Kumbabishekam. At that time he has decided to construct a compound wall with Iron gate in the front to protect and cultivate flowers for the daily puja. When it has been informed to his relatives they have also come forward to contribute and the same has been completed.
With the help of the Local Panchayat water line pipe has been provided and one 500lr capacity Sintex Tank has been kept inside the compound to store the water.
To have easy approach to do Pradhakshinam by the devotees the Cement Platform has also been arranged.
A Name board “SRI LAKSHMI NARAYANA PERUMAL TEMPLE’ in Taml has been installed in the Gate.
UTHSAVA VIGRAHAMS WITH UPAYA NACHCHIARS-(Sri Srinivasa perumal and Sri Devi and Bhoomi Devi in Panchalokam with Kreedams have been donated by an ardent devotee.
One Medium size VENGALA MANI along with pooja pathrams have been arranged and submitted to the Temple by one family members from Srirangam.
For taking out the water from the sump to the proposed overhead tank, one ½ hp monoblock motor donated by the local devotee.
The open space for Nandavanam has been cleaned and kept ready for saplings. Now some Thulsi plants planted. And requested the local devotees to help.
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THE JOBS UNDER FOLLOW UP
The Stay-rod of the Electrical posts in front of the Temple is inside the temple and a hindrance to the public and another one is obstructing to reach the side land. These things have to be rearranged to make use of the space.
The Live wires from Northern side of the Temple to Southeast corner from the Feeding post are crossing the Temple Vimanam and may cause danger to the Priests at the time of Kumbabishekam and others at the time of repairing and renovating.
This matter has to be taken up with the Electricity Board. While contacting they say that it will incur more expenses. Since the Temple is a common one and public worshiping place we have decided to take up the matter through the Local Panchayat President and submitted a petition to this effect, which is under follow up.
KITCHEN; This is called as MADAPPALLI for cooking the Prasadams in the Temple premises itself as per the SASTRAS. We have approached the HR&CE to grant the amount for constructing the same.
It is informed that we have to obtain permission from HR&CE for doing the works in the Temple by a Donor as it is under their control, we met the concerned Officer at Srirangam. They have told to carry out the works and they will send the permission in routine course. Following up.
The present Electric connection to the Temple is in the name of an individual who is now taking care of the daily puja. But normally it should be in the name of the Temple. Taking up the matter with the EB and HR&CE.
There was a Well and Nandavanam in those days. Now the Well has been closed completely to the ground level. The land is in the name of a Lady under B Memo obtained from VAO. As the land as per original record belongs to the Temple, we are taking up the matter through Local Panchayat President to restore the same.
PROPOSED WORKS;
As per Sastras we have to keep the UTHSAVAMOORTHIES in DHANYAM, JALAM and others. It has been decided for the time being to carry it out on 6th August.
Nandavanam to be corrected and keep ready for plants.
There were lands belong to the Temple. We have to ascertain the same from VAO and others and make arrangements to get the regular income to the Temple by approaching the HR&CE.
-3-
WE have to fabricate one Wooden stand cum table to place theUTHSAVAMOORTHIES duly providing the Brass sheet or Copper sheet to carry out the THIRUMANJANAM, enable to collect the water and other items.
We have to purchase the UPAKARANAMS for utilizing them at the time of UTHSAVAM AND THIRUVEETHI ULAA. That is Aparanam etc.,
Now one SADARI is in Copper which has to be plated with Silver.
To make VAHANAMS-SRI GARUDAN and SRI ANJANEYAR and THOLIKKINI
Festivals and Thiruveethi Ulaa.
In earlier years Sri Varadharaja Perumal from Karumalai nearby Village used to be taken to this village during the The TAMIL month VAIKASI. Now it has been stopped and the devotees are very particular to restore the same. We have to meet the concerned and do the needful.
THE WORKS TO BE DONE AFTER CONSULTATIONS WITH THE AUTHORITIES;
The Sanctum sactorum gate is very small and there is no door for it. It has to be widened and the wooden Manikkadhavam has to be provided.
Sri Garudazwar and Sri Anjaneyar Idols were placed in the next mandapam adjacent to the Sanctum Sanctorum, which occupies more space and it would be difficult to perform Poojas for the UTHSAVAMOORTHIES. So Sri Garudazwar has to be placed in the Veli Mandapam in front of the MOOLAVAR and Sri Anjaneyar has to be placed on the left side of the front door.
The front door before the veli mandapam is a Grill gate and not safe, and through which we can see the Deity. Also there is slight variation in the Sanctum sanctorum entrance and this entrance which has to be ascertained and corrected. Then we have to provide a wooden door apart from this Iron Gate.
Next comes PALIPEEDAM: This has to be in straight line from the Moolavar and it is not so. Not kept in the proper way too. This has to be corrected as per the agamavidhi.
Devotees are very much interested in celebrating the VAIKUNTA EKADASI in this Temple and for which we need the VAIKUNTA VASAL on the Northern side, and the Azwars and Desikar have to be placed. While performing TIRUVEETHI ULAA, it needs a Veli Mandapam, for which one of the Devotees has come forward to give his site near the Temple.
IN the Veli Mandapam we have to either draw or place the DWARAPALAKARS.
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Before proceeding on the above matters, we have to take up the matter with the Government approved Sthapathi Kalaimamani Sri Sivaprakasam and get his recommendations. Then we can decide and proceed. But one thing is sure that the UTHSAVA MOORTHIES have to be placed in the Temple after carrying out all the formalities and safety measures to protect the things and Idols.
THINGS TO BE DISCUSSED AND CARRIED OUT;
Appointment of Arangavalar for this Temple with the permission from HR&CE.
Date fixing for the JEERNODHDHARANAM and YAGAS.
To organize the daily puja vidhi-(as it is not rightly performed at present).To consult the HR&CE personnels and local devotees.
To construct the bath and toilet rooms for the Devotees. Already the local Health authorities are ready to help in this, but it is pending because of the land dispute.
To make the front Mandapam as concrete one by replacing the Asbestos sheet, with the conscent from the Sthapathi.
To get the Lands pertaining to the Temple from the persons who are availing the same and follow the rules as per the HR&CE, enable us to construct the community hall and Mandapam for the festivals. Apart from the land there are Nanjai and Punjai lands which are also to be ascertained through VAO and local people and do the needful for the regular income to the Temple as the Temple has come under the HR&CE and the Arangavalar is answerable in future.
There is a Bajanai Madam which was in dilapidated condition and some persons have started reconstructing the same, which is still in half-way. We have to contact them and get the details and proceed to finish and restore the Sriramanavami festivals which was famous during those days.
Local Sri Mariamman festival will be attended to by the Agraharam people which is to be corrected as per the old tradition by consulting the concerned.
MOBILISATION OF FUNDS;
BY the GRACE of LORD SRI LAKSHMINARAYANAN ALL THE ABOVE things have to be completed with the help of the devotees, and they have to cooperate in future with whole heartedness.
We have to meet the local and nearby villagers who used to take part in all the Temple activities and make them understand that we are here to help the village and them by renovating the Temple and we have plans to do in future also.
-5-
To ascertain whether there is anybody who can donate the site/land for the NOBLE cause as they do not know that the renovation works are being done.
To arrange for the FIXED ASSETS from which we can get the regular monthly income for this Temple in future to make use.
A drop of contribution is equivalent to the Ocean of help. So we have to tell the people who are not in a position to help in one time for this noble cause, they can start saving from Rs.5/- per day and at the end of the month they can remit to the renovation committee and obtain receipt. Like this they can start saving rice/paddy one handful per day and hand over to the temple once in a month. We used to dispose of the old papers and other unwanted materials once in a month, that amount can also be set apart for this cause. If there is a will definitely there is a way. Only thing is that the person should make up their mind to come forward to help the society.
The renovation committee members should meet the persons of all cadre and explain .If anybody wants to take the responsibility and come forward to offer for the particular item that can also be obtained.
To perform the Daily puja, we can inform and request the devotees to come forward to particularize the Star, date of birth. Wedding day of the individual and the members of their family and remit a minimum amount of Rs.150/- per day and avail the opportunity and get the BLESSINGS OF LORD SRI LAKSHMINARAYANA PERUMAL. If they want to perform special Pooja the additional sum may be remitted or they can supply the materials. To start with the RENOVATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS should offer this.
To arrange for forming a Trust, in the name of KARAIPATTI SRI LAKSHMINARA-YANA PERUMAL CHARITABLE TRUST and made known to the public that this will work for the welfare of the people, Aged, Students, constructing of a community hall etc.
DETALS OF THE PERSONS WHO HAVE DONATED LIBERALLY.
Sri K.R.Sowmyanarayanan who was in Karaipatti and now at Salem and his family members has donated for the UTHSAVAMOORTHIES. He has opened a Website for this Temple www.sowmyam.blogspot.com and arranged to get fund by requesting the persons who have internet facilities to click once a day. We are providing the materials to that site then and there for updating the same.
Sri K.V.Jagannatha Iyengar and his family have also contributed a lump sum amount for the renovation.
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The Elderly Gentleman Sri K.R.Rajagopala Iyengar who belongs to Karaipatti and residing now at Chennai and his wife has paid an initial amount of Rs.101/- at the time of meeting them. They also assured that they will visit Karaipatti to have Dharshan of Lord Sri Lakshminarayana Perumal and help to bring this temple to the old tradition. His son Sri R.Simhan who has also visited Karaipatti on 29-6-06 and ascertained the situation has also assured to take back the site which has been identified for Sri Mariamman and not being utilized by the concerned as per their expectation and give to us for maintaining by constructing a Mandapam for the festivals and poojas and plant some cocoanut trees, Banana trees and flowers for the regular income. He has also promised to help us to get more funds through his Bombay friends. We are planning to meet again and arrive at the proposals.
We met another Gentleman Sri Sampath Brother of late Sri Major Sundararajan who is also native of this village and having vacant site here, at his Chennai residence on 7.7.06 and discussed about the renovation work of the Temple. He has told that they have not sold the site at Karaipatti Agraharam and if we can help to get through Sub Registrar office, he is ready to come and give it to us for the Temple’s use. (Now we were told that someone has bought it). If we could get it we can think of utilizing it in a better manner possible to the devotees. He has also told that he is ready to donate. Mr.Gowtham s/o Late Sri Major Sundararajan was not there and his mother was present. Now we have to meet the local people and Panchayat President to ascertain the truth.
GENERAL APPEAL TO ALL;
Come closer to the DIVINE. LORD SRI LAKSHMINARAYANA PERUMAL is the Varaprasadhi, if we worship with true heartedness, surely HE will pave way for us.
Prior to this recent Kumbabishekam also HE has BLESSED US and HE is ready to
Shower HIS blessings. It is up to us to RECEIVE. Now HE has given us an opportunity to carry out the renovation and perform the daily pooja. This is a TRUE GIFT.
Make the opportunity and come forward not only to Donate, but to help in all possible ways and to be United and SERVE THE DIVINE. DIVINE SERVICE IS THE ONLY GOOD SERVICE IN THIS EARTH and that is the reason HE has given us the Human birth.
PLEASE take this message to your family members, relatives and friends and request them to avail this GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY by rendering their valued service and liberal contribution.
AT THE LOTUS FEET OF
SRI LAKSHMINARAYANA PERUMAL
RENOVATION COMMITTEE
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For details please contact anyone
Of the following members;
Sri. K Sivaraman, Agraharam, Karaipatti 621314
Sri V.Kasturi Sowcar maniam, Thuvarankurichy 621314
Sri N.Thirumalai 156/4 Goldenjubilee apartment, Padikuppam road,
Thirumangalam, Annanagar west, Chennai 40
Sri R.Simhan,5D, Cadre House, Edan complex, Glandy Alnars road,
Thane west Bombay 400610
Sri R.Varadharajan, SriAnjaneyar temple, Pozhichalur, Chennai.
Sri R.Kuppusamy, 22/24, Varuthi Nagar, Srirangam Trichy 620006
Ps: We require funds to complete the Projects. We are also planning to approach the Madathipathis and Business People. If you can help, please do so. We will be thankful for the Great Help rendered for this DIVEINE CAUSE.
SRIMATHE SRI LAKSHMINARAYANA PARABRAHMANE NAMAHA !!
This Village is on the way to Madurai from Trichy in between Karumalai and Thuvarankurichy (via) Manapparai.
Sri LakshminarayanaPerumal Temple is an ancient one and worshiped by the Elders. Now they have left the village on various reasons. We have decided to contact their sons and relatives and to renovate the Temple and to carry out the Daily Pujas and Festivals.
WORKS SO FAR COMPLETED;
This Temple has come under TamilNadu Government HR&CE by getting a grant for “ONE time Puja”-one day, and another grant for renovation work. To complete the same within the specified time frame they have completed the project, which has to be appreciated.
A devotee belongs to this village, now residing at Srirangam along with his family came to worship Lord Sri Lakshmi Narayana Perumal after this Kumbabishekam. At that time he has decided to construct a compound wall with Iron gate in the front to protect and cultivate flowers for the daily puja. When it has been informed to his relatives they have also come forward to contribute and the same has been completed.
With the help of the Local Panchayat water line pipe has been provided and one 500lr capacity Sintex Tank has been kept inside the compound to store the water.
To have easy approach to do Pradhakshinam by the devotees the Cement Platform has also been arranged.
A Name board “SRI LAKSHMI NARAYANA PERUMAL TEMPLE’ in Taml has been installed in the Gate.
UTHSAVA VIGRAHAMS WITH UPAYA NACHCHIARS-(Sri Srinivasa perumal and Sri Devi and Bhoomi Devi in Panchalokam with Kreedams have been donated by an ardent devotee.
One Medium size VENGALA MANI along with pooja pathrams have been arranged and submitted to the Temple by one family members from Srirangam.
For taking out the water from the sump to the proposed overhead tank, one ½ hp monoblock motor donated by the local devotee.
The open space for Nandavanam has been cleaned and kept ready for saplings. Now some Thulsi plants planted. And requested the local devotees to help.
-2-
THE JOBS UNDER FOLLOW UP
The Stay-rod of the Electrical posts in front of the Temple is inside the temple and a hindrance to the public and another one is obstructing to reach the side land. These things have to be rearranged to make use of the space.
The Live wires from Northern side of the Temple to Southeast corner from the Feeding post are crossing the Temple Vimanam and may cause danger to the Priests at the time of Kumbabishekam and others at the time of repairing and renovating.
This matter has to be taken up with the Electricity Board. While contacting they say that it will incur more expenses. Since the Temple is a common one and public worshiping place we have decided to take up the matter through the Local Panchayat President and submitted a petition to this effect, which is under follow up.
KITCHEN; This is called as MADAPPALLI for cooking the Prasadams in the Temple premises itself as per the SASTRAS. We have approached the HR&CE to grant the amount for constructing the same.
It is informed that we have to obtain permission from HR&CE for doing the works in the Temple by a Donor as it is under their control, we met the concerned Officer at Srirangam. They have told to carry out the works and they will send the permission in routine course. Following up.
The present Electric connection to the Temple is in the name of an individual who is now taking care of the daily puja. But normally it should be in the name of the Temple. Taking up the matter with the EB and HR&CE.
There was a Well and Nandavanam in those days. Now the Well has been closed completely to the ground level. The land is in the name of a Lady under B Memo obtained from VAO. As the land as per original record belongs to the Temple, we are taking up the matter through Local Panchayat President to restore the same.
PROPOSED WORKS;
As per Sastras we have to keep the UTHSAVAMOORTHIES in DHANYAM, JALAM and others. It has been decided for the time being to carry it out on 6th August.
Nandavanam to be corrected and keep ready for plants.
There were lands belong to the Temple. We have to ascertain the same from VAO and others and make arrangements to get the regular income to the Temple by approaching the HR&CE.
-3-
WE have to fabricate one Wooden stand cum table to place theUTHSAVAMOORTHIES duly providing the Brass sheet or Copper sheet to carry out the THIRUMANJANAM, enable to collect the water and other items.
We have to purchase the UPAKARANAMS for utilizing them at the time of UTHSAVAM AND THIRUVEETHI ULAA. That is Aparanam etc.,
Now one SADARI is in Copper which has to be plated with Silver.
To make VAHANAMS-SRI GARUDAN and SRI ANJANEYAR and THOLIKKINI
Festivals and Thiruveethi Ulaa.
In earlier years Sri Varadharaja Perumal from Karumalai nearby Village used to be taken to this village during the The TAMIL month VAIKASI. Now it has been stopped and the devotees are very particular to restore the same. We have to meet the concerned and do the needful.
THE WORKS TO BE DONE AFTER CONSULTATIONS WITH THE AUTHORITIES;
The Sanctum sactorum gate is very small and there is no door for it. It has to be widened and the wooden Manikkadhavam has to be provided.
Sri Garudazwar and Sri Anjaneyar Idols were placed in the next mandapam adjacent to the Sanctum Sanctorum, which occupies more space and it would be difficult to perform Poojas for the UTHSAVAMOORTHIES. So Sri Garudazwar has to be placed in the Veli Mandapam in front of the MOOLAVAR and Sri Anjaneyar has to be placed on the left side of the front door.
The front door before the veli mandapam is a Grill gate and not safe, and through which we can see the Deity. Also there is slight variation in the Sanctum sanctorum entrance and this entrance which has to be ascertained and corrected. Then we have to provide a wooden door apart from this Iron Gate.
Next comes PALIPEEDAM: This has to be in straight line from the Moolavar and it is not so. Not kept in the proper way too. This has to be corrected as per the agamavidhi.
Devotees are very much interested in celebrating the VAIKUNTA EKADASI in this Temple and for which we need the VAIKUNTA VASAL on the Northern side, and the Azwars and Desikar have to be placed. While performing TIRUVEETHI ULAA, it needs a Veli Mandapam, for which one of the Devotees has come forward to give his site near the Temple.
IN the Veli Mandapam we have to either draw or place the DWARAPALAKARS.
-4-
Before proceeding on the above matters, we have to take up the matter with the Government approved Sthapathi Kalaimamani Sri Sivaprakasam and get his recommendations. Then we can decide and proceed. But one thing is sure that the UTHSAVA MOORTHIES have to be placed in the Temple after carrying out all the formalities and safety measures to protect the things and Idols.
THINGS TO BE DISCUSSED AND CARRIED OUT;
Appointment of Arangavalar for this Temple with the permission from HR&CE.
Date fixing for the JEERNODHDHARANAM and YAGAS.
To organize the daily puja vidhi-(as it is not rightly performed at present).To consult the HR&CE personnels and local devotees.
To construct the bath and toilet rooms for the Devotees. Already the local Health authorities are ready to help in this, but it is pending because of the land dispute.
To make the front Mandapam as concrete one by replacing the Asbestos sheet, with the conscent from the Sthapathi.
To get the Lands pertaining to the Temple from the persons who are availing the same and follow the rules as per the HR&CE, enable us to construct the community hall and Mandapam for the festivals. Apart from the land there are Nanjai and Punjai lands which are also to be ascertained through VAO and local people and do the needful for the regular income to the Temple as the Temple has come under the HR&CE and the Arangavalar is answerable in future.
There is a Bajanai Madam which was in dilapidated condition and some persons have started reconstructing the same, which is still in half-way. We have to contact them and get the details and proceed to finish and restore the Sriramanavami festivals which was famous during those days.
Local Sri Mariamman festival will be attended to by the Agraharam people which is to be corrected as per the old tradition by consulting the concerned.
MOBILISATION OF FUNDS;
BY the GRACE of LORD SRI LAKSHMINARAYANAN ALL THE ABOVE things have to be completed with the help of the devotees, and they have to cooperate in future with whole heartedness.
We have to meet the local and nearby villagers who used to take part in all the Temple activities and make them understand that we are here to help the village and them by renovating the Temple and we have plans to do in future also.
-5-
To ascertain whether there is anybody who can donate the site/land for the NOBLE cause as they do not know that the renovation works are being done.
To arrange for the FIXED ASSETS from which we can get the regular monthly income for this Temple in future to make use.
A drop of contribution is equivalent to the Ocean of help. So we have to tell the people who are not in a position to help in one time for this noble cause, they can start saving from Rs.5/- per day and at the end of the month they can remit to the renovation committee and obtain receipt. Like this they can start saving rice/paddy one handful per day and hand over to the temple once in a month. We used to dispose of the old papers and other unwanted materials once in a month, that amount can also be set apart for this cause. If there is a will definitely there is a way. Only thing is that the person should make up their mind to come forward to help the society.
The renovation committee members should meet the persons of all cadre and explain .If anybody wants to take the responsibility and come forward to offer for the particular item that can also be obtained.
To perform the Daily puja, we can inform and request the devotees to come forward to particularize the Star, date of birth. Wedding day of the individual and the members of their family and remit a minimum amount of Rs.150/- per day and avail the opportunity and get the BLESSINGS OF LORD SRI LAKSHMINARAYANA PERUMAL. If they want to perform special Pooja the additional sum may be remitted or they can supply the materials. To start with the RENOVATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS should offer this.
To arrange for forming a Trust, in the name of KARAIPATTI SRI LAKSHMINARA-YANA PERUMAL CHARITABLE TRUST and made known to the public that this will work for the welfare of the people, Aged, Students, constructing of a community hall etc.
DETALS OF THE PERSONS WHO HAVE DONATED LIBERALLY.
Sri K.R.Sowmyanarayanan who was in Karaipatti and now at Salem and his family members has donated for the UTHSAVAMOORTHIES. He has opened a Website for this Temple www.sowmyam.blogspot.com and arranged to get fund by requesting the persons who have internet facilities to click once a day. We are providing the materials to that site then and there for updating the same.
Sri K.V.Jagannatha Iyengar and his family have also contributed a lump sum amount for the renovation.
-6-
The Elderly Gentleman Sri K.R.Rajagopala Iyengar who belongs to Karaipatti and residing now at Chennai and his wife has paid an initial amount of Rs.101/- at the time of meeting them. They also assured that they will visit Karaipatti to have Dharshan of Lord Sri Lakshminarayana Perumal and help to bring this temple to the old tradition. His son Sri R.Simhan who has also visited Karaipatti on 29-6-06 and ascertained the situation has also assured to take back the site which has been identified for Sri Mariamman and not being utilized by the concerned as per their expectation and give to us for maintaining by constructing a Mandapam for the festivals and poojas and plant some cocoanut trees, Banana trees and flowers for the regular income. He has also promised to help us to get more funds through his Bombay friends. We are planning to meet again and arrive at the proposals.
We met another Gentleman Sri Sampath Brother of late Sri Major Sundararajan who is also native of this village and having vacant site here, at his Chennai residence on 7.7.06 and discussed about the renovation work of the Temple. He has told that they have not sold the site at Karaipatti Agraharam and if we can help to get through Sub Registrar office, he is ready to come and give it to us for the Temple’s use. (Now we were told that someone has bought it). If we could get it we can think of utilizing it in a better manner possible to the devotees. He has also told that he is ready to donate. Mr.Gowtham s/o Late Sri Major Sundararajan was not there and his mother was present. Now we have to meet the local people and Panchayat President to ascertain the truth.
GENERAL APPEAL TO ALL;
Come closer to the DIVINE. LORD SRI LAKSHMINARAYANA PERUMAL is the Varaprasadhi, if we worship with true heartedness, surely HE will pave way for us.
Prior to this recent Kumbabishekam also HE has BLESSED US and HE is ready to
Shower HIS blessings. It is up to us to RECEIVE. Now HE has given us an opportunity to carry out the renovation and perform the daily pooja. This is a TRUE GIFT.
Make the opportunity and come forward not only to Donate, but to help in all possible ways and to be United and SERVE THE DIVINE. DIVINE SERVICE IS THE ONLY GOOD SERVICE IN THIS EARTH and that is the reason HE has given us the Human birth.
PLEASE take this message to your family members, relatives and friends and request them to avail this GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY by rendering their valued service and liberal contribution.
AT THE LOTUS FEET OF
SRI LAKSHMINARAYANA PERUMAL
RENOVATION COMMITTEE
-7-
For details please contact anyone
Of the following members;
Sri. K Sivaraman, Agraharam, Karaipatti 621314
Sri V.Kasturi Sowcar maniam, Thuvarankurichy 621314
Sri N.Thirumalai 156/4 Goldenjubilee apartment, Padikuppam road,
Thirumangalam, Annanagar west, Chennai 40
Sri R.Simhan,5D, Cadre House, Edan complex, Glandy Alnars road,
Thane west Bombay 400610
Sri R.Varadharajan, SriAnjaneyar temple, Pozhichalur, Chennai.
Sri R.Kuppusamy, 22/24, Varuthi Nagar, Srirangam Trichy 620006
Ps: We require funds to complete the Projects. We are also planning to approach the Madathipathis and Business People. If you can help, please do so. We will be thankful for the Great Help rendered for this DIVEINE CAUSE.
SRIMATHE SRI LAKSHMINARAYANA PARABRAHMANE NAMAHA !!
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1. The trust has been registered on 12th July , 2006
2. The Uthsavamoorthies reached Karaippatti Village
3. Poorvangam (Preliminary) ceremonies will start on 6th Aug. 2006.
4. Uthsavar Prathishtai may be conducted in Oct-Nov, 2006.
5. More and more Karappatians are coming into contact.
6. They have actively associated themselves with this work.
7. Notable among them is Sri. K.R.Rajagopala Iyengar, an Octogenarian (age Past 96 )
8. His son Sri Simhan has agreed to be the Vice President of the Trust.
9. The family members of Late Cine Actor Major Sundarrajan have shown interest in this work
2. The Uthsavamoorthies reached Karaippatti Village
3. Poorvangam (Preliminary) ceremonies will start on 6th Aug. 2006.
4. Uthsavar Prathishtai may be conducted in Oct-Nov, 2006.
5. More and more Karappatians are coming into contact.
6. They have actively associated themselves with this work.
7. Notable among them is Sri. K.R.Rajagopala Iyengar, an Octogenarian (age Past 96 )
8. His son Sri Simhan has agreed to be the Vice President of the Trust.
9. The family members of Late Cine Actor Major Sundarrajan have shown interest in this work
A DAY TO REMEMBER AND CELEBRATE.......
WEDNESDAY, the 12th July, 2006, corresponding to 28th AANI, Vyaya Varsham, Kaliyugadi 5107, Utharayanam, Krishmaruthu, Shuklapaksham, Dwithiyai Thithi, Uthirada Nakshathram, Siddha -Amritha Yogam, 14 Nazhigai (11.30AM).
On this day and at the time mentioned, the papers for registering the Lakshminarayana Perumal Trust, were signed by the AUTHORS of the trust and forwarded to the Sub Registrar, Opposite to the Beach Rly Stn., Chennai. The Trust had since been duly registered on the same day.
The activities of the trust are wide ranging. The names of the Founder, Authors, Trustees and office bearers will be published on this site as soon as the official Documents are received.
On this day and at the time mentioned, the papers for registering the Lakshminarayana Perumal Trust, were signed by the AUTHORS of the trust and forwarded to the Sub Registrar, Opposite to the Beach Rly Stn., Chennai. The Trust had since been duly registered on the same day.
The activities of the trust are wide ranging. The names of the Founder, Authors, Trustees and office bearers will be published on this site as soon as the official Documents are received.
Monday, July 03, 2006
Renovation work--Progress Report
I approached some of my friends for contribution and the response is encouraging. The following have contributed to the renovation:
1.Sri. D.Ramadas 500/- 2.Sri. K.Sankaranarayanan 100/- As and when the amt. exceeds 1000/-, it will be sent to Kuppu.
1.Sri. D.Ramadas 500/- 2.Sri. K.Sankaranarayanan 100/- As and when the amt. exceeds 1000/-, it will be sent to Kuppu.
Sunday, June 25, 2006
Renovation work--Progress Report
All divotees will be delighted to know that The Uthsavamoorthy is ready for shipment and it may reach
Karappatti at any time.
Action is being taken to form a Trust and an Auditor has been consulted and he has assured of all help in forming the same.
Some more have contributed their might and many more have promised to donate.
OM SHRI LAKSHMINARAYANAYA NAMAHA
Karappatti at any time.
Action is being taken to form a Trust and an Auditor has been consulted and he has assured of all help in forming the same.
Some more have contributed their might and many more have promised to donate.
OM SHRI LAKSHMINARAYANAYA NAMAHA
Sunday, June 11, 2006
Part IV
This part lists out all the works connected with the renovation and progress made upto the end of May 2005.
I
The following have been carried out by Sri. Vasu, the present care taker:
1. The height of the temple has been raised by about one meter.
2. Asbestos covered shed, in front of the Ardh Mandap, has been constructed.
3. Electricity connection.
4. Kumbabhishekam performed.
II
The following are completed by the RENOVATION GROUP:
1. Clearing and levelling the ground around the temple.
2. Laying of slabs around for easy Prathakshinam.
3. Construction of a compound wall.
4. White washing of the above with red and white vertical column paint.
5. Water Facility.
6. Storage tank for water.
7. Front Gate.
8. Big sign Board above the gate.
9. Sign writing.
10.Tube lights.
11. Daily Pooja in Pillaiyar Temple by Shri Mani of Karaippatti.
III
Progress of the following works by the RENOVATION GROUP:
1.Shifting of Power Lines above the temple: EB officialas have been requested.
2.Provision of public convenience: Local SHG has promised to provide.
3.Uthsavar: Orders have been placed. Sampath and Sundachu are looking into it.
4.Regular opening and Pooja in the Temple: HR&CE Approached.
5.Prathishtai of Uthsavar: Vidvans who are well conversant with are being approached.
6.Restoration of the Landed Property belonging to the temple:Action Initiated.
IV
The following are some more to be undertaken by the GROUP:
Minimum requirements for the Temple:
1. Uthsavar Prathishtai
2. Kumbabhishekam as per Agama shasthras by competant Vidvans.
3. Rearrangement of Garudazhwar , Anjaneyar and Balipeetam in line with the Garbagriha.
4. Sannathis for 12 Alwars.
5. A dedicated Archakar.
4. A permanent structure for the stay of Archakar.
V
Long Term Plans:
1. A permanent dwelling place for the Archakar.
2. A hall with the minimum modern facilities for stay and performing Marriage etc.
We are confident that , wish HIS grace and blessings, the GROUP will be able to complete the above works.
OM SHRI LAKSHMINARAYANAYA NAMAHA
I
The following have been carried out by Sri. Vasu, the present care taker:
1. The height of the temple has been raised by about one meter.
2. Asbestos covered shed, in front of the Ardh Mandap, has been constructed.
3. Electricity connection.
4. Kumbabhishekam performed.
II
The following are completed by the RENOVATION GROUP:
1. Clearing and levelling the ground around the temple.
2. Laying of slabs around for easy Prathakshinam.
3. Construction of a compound wall.
4. White washing of the above with red and white vertical column paint.
5. Water Facility.
6. Storage tank for water.
7. Front Gate.
8. Big sign Board above the gate.
9. Sign writing.
10.Tube lights.
11. Daily Pooja in Pillaiyar Temple by Shri Mani of Karaippatti.
III
Progress of the following works by the RENOVATION GROUP:
1.Shifting of Power Lines above the temple: EB officialas have been requested.
2.Provision of public convenience: Local SHG has promised to provide.
3.Uthsavar: Orders have been placed. Sampath and Sundachu are looking into it.
4.Regular opening and Pooja in the Temple: HR&CE Approached.
5.Prathishtai of Uthsavar: Vidvans who are well conversant with are being approached.
6.Restoration of the Landed Property belonging to the temple:Action Initiated.
IV
The following are some more to be undertaken by the GROUP:
Minimum requirements for the Temple:
1. Uthsavar Prathishtai
2. Kumbabhishekam as per Agama shasthras by competant Vidvans.
3. Rearrangement of Garudazhwar , Anjaneyar and Balipeetam in line with the Garbagriha.
4. Sannathis for 12 Alwars.
5. A dedicated Archakar.
4. A permanent structure for the stay of Archakar.
V
Long Term Plans:
1. A permanent dwelling place for the Archakar.
2. A hall with the minimum modern facilities for stay and performing Marriage etc.
We are confident that , wish HIS grace and blessings, the GROUP will be able to complete the above works.
OM SHRI LAKSHMINARAYANAYA NAMAHA
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
PART III--RENOVATION.....
As planned, Athan, Sampath with his wife Viji, reached Karaippatti on 19th itself. Myself with Lakshmi, my betterhalf, and Kuppu could make it only on 21st. Sri. Sundarrajan alias Sundachu, son of Athan also reached the village on that day. All were put up in upstairs portion of Sivaramans house. It has all the convenince for a comfortable stay, a luxury by all village-standards. Sampath had made all the arrangements for food. Vessals and other cooking aids were brought from Srirangam. LPG and gas were also made available.
In the moning of 21st. Thirumanjanam, Holy Bath, for Perumal was performed as per the wish of Sundachu in connection with the marriage of his daughter. Sundachu and Sampath carried out the entire rituals as per the custom in VaishnavaTemples, and Vishnusahasranama
Parayanam by all. About ten local residents participated. After Archana, Theerthaprasadam,
Chadari and the distribution of Anna Prasadam, there were some discussions and interactions with the locals. All agreed that we should carry out the Renovation Work and all cooperation promised. We had a sumptuous lunch. The ladies proved to be very good hosts. We had some discussions and looked into some of the problem areas. We had a short afternoon nap. At 4 PM
we set out, had Darshan of Mariamman and met with the Local Panchayat Chief. We were
received with all cordiality. We appealed to him to extend his moral, physical and administrative cooperation. With all humility he accepted our invitation to visit the temple
and promised all help. His wife offered us cool drinks.
During the night we met again. It was informed that orders had already been placed for Uthsavamurthy and it might be ready in about a months time. Arrangements have to be made for Prathishtapana as per Agama Shastras. All the pending and proposed items and action taken were reviewed in detail. Kuppu has recorded every detail, from the beginning, receipts and expenditure in a note book.
Sundachu left for Chennai on the same day and I extended my stay for one more day.
On 22nd May we again gathered at the Temple premises. Two men, deputed by the Panchayat
Chief, started clearing and levelling the path around the main Temple Area. Kuppu arranged to put up the main gate and a signboard panel above the gate during that night itself. A painter promised to complete the whitewashing of external side of the compund wall with 6 " breadth
white and red vertical columns painted alternately as normally done in Perumal Temples.
I left for Salem with my wife. Kuppu, Athan, Sampath and his wife stayed there till the end of May.
In the moning of 21st. Thirumanjanam, Holy Bath, for Perumal was performed as per the wish of Sundachu in connection with the marriage of his daughter. Sundachu and Sampath carried out the entire rituals as per the custom in VaishnavaTemples, and Vishnusahasranama
Parayanam by all. About ten local residents participated. After Archana, Theerthaprasadam,
Chadari and the distribution of Anna Prasadam, there were some discussions and interactions with the locals. All agreed that we should carry out the Renovation Work and all cooperation promised. We had a sumptuous lunch. The ladies proved to be very good hosts. We had some discussions and looked into some of the problem areas. We had a short afternoon nap. At 4 PM
we set out, had Darshan of Mariamman and met with the Local Panchayat Chief. We were
received with all cordiality. We appealed to him to extend his moral, physical and administrative cooperation. With all humility he accepted our invitation to visit the temple
and promised all help. His wife offered us cool drinks.
During the night we met again. It was informed that orders had already been placed for Uthsavamurthy and it might be ready in about a months time. Arrangements have to be made for Prathishtapana as per Agama Shastras. All the pending and proposed items and action taken were reviewed in detail. Kuppu has recorded every detail, from the beginning, receipts and expenditure in a note book.
Sundachu left for Chennai on the same day and I extended my stay for one more day.
On 22nd May we again gathered at the Temple premises. Two men, deputed by the Panchayat
Chief, started clearing and levelling the path around the main Temple Area. Kuppu arranged to put up the main gate and a signboard panel above the gate during that night itself. A painter promised to complete the whitewashing of external side of the compund wall with 6 " breadth
white and red vertical columns painted alternately as normally done in Perumal Temples.
I left for Salem with my wife. Kuppu, Athan, Sampath and his wife stayed there till the end of May.
Friday, June 02, 2006
RENOVATION OF TEMPLE.
PART II
There was some good news. Thirumalai, alias Sampath, arranged for some funds through the
Department of Hindu Religious Affairs, Tamilnadu Govt. The present care taker, Sri. Vasu was urged to carry out some works before the funds lapsed. He did carry out some renovation work pumping in some more money. He raised the height of the temple by one meter and added
asbestos covered shelter. He also performed the Kumbabhishekam with the help of his relative,
without involving anybody. This had caused some resentment among the devotees and general public of the village.
The work so far carried out was of preliminary nature and could not be called RENOVATION.
A lot more has to be done.
Kuppu mobilised some funds out of his own resources and of his family members. Athan
came forwad to sell his ancestral property and donate the proceeds Rs.40,000/= to the temple work and he did so without wasting much time. His devotion to Lord LAKSHMINARAYANA
is an example of complete surrender to HIM.
The renovation work was mentioned and discussed in all the marriage and social functions attended by other Karappattians . They were urged to come forward with their contribution.
Many responded and the contributions started trickling in. Kuppu and Sampath, with the able guidance of Athan, went ahead with the work. The footpath around the temple was cleared, compound wall constructed and a water tank was erected. The local Panchayat was very cooperative and they provided a public water tap just outside the compound wall on the eastern side, the main entrance to the temple.The local SHG (Self Help Group) of women,came forward to construct a public convenience facility.
Order has been placed for Uthsavamurthy. Arrangements has to be made for installing the Uthsavar. It has to be done as per Agama Shasthras. Minor rearrangements of Anjaneya, Garudazhwar and Bali Peetam have to be carried out. A small Madapalli (kitchen for preparing
daily offering) has to be constructed. A pucca door has to be provided to the Garbagriha. A
hall with all the facilities for devotees coming from other places has to be constructed. An Archakar who is fully conversant with Daily rituals has to be found. We have to ensure
constant income and a dwelling place for him. Kuppu gathered some information regarding the land and other properties of the temple. These have to be retrieved and restored to the LORD.The work undertaken by Kuppu is long drawnout and costs money.
Sampath is giving able assistance. Athan is the guiding force. The assistance and help so far given by the locals are much encouraging. Sivaraman has given his upper floor of his house, with all facilities, for the stay of the group for unlimited period, without expecting monetary benifit. Other locals are very appreciative of the work and whole hearted support is available
for utilising in a proper way. The local Panchayat Chief has extended his full support.
Kuppu felt that, despite the cooperation and help available from the locals, we cannot entrust the work to them. They have their own priorities. He felt that some of us should stay there
for some days in a month and carryout the work so that it can be expidited. This was discussed during the marriage function of the grand daughter of Athan in chennai and decided to be in Karaippatti on 20th & 21st of May.That was how we were in Karaippatti on those days.
PART II
There was some good news. Thirumalai, alias Sampath, arranged for some funds through the
Department of Hindu Religious Affairs, Tamilnadu Govt. The present care taker, Sri. Vasu was urged to carry out some works before the funds lapsed. He did carry out some renovation work pumping in some more money. He raised the height of the temple by one meter and added
asbestos covered shelter. He also performed the Kumbabhishekam with the help of his relative,
without involving anybody. This had caused some resentment among the devotees and general public of the village.
The work so far carried out was of preliminary nature and could not be called RENOVATION.
A lot more has to be done.
Kuppu mobilised some funds out of his own resources and of his family members. Athan
came forwad to sell his ancestral property and donate the proceeds Rs.40,000/= to the temple work and he did so without wasting much time. His devotion to Lord LAKSHMINARAYANA
is an example of complete surrender to HIM.
The renovation work was mentioned and discussed in all the marriage and social functions attended by other Karappattians . They were urged to come forward with their contribution.
Many responded and the contributions started trickling in. Kuppu and Sampath, with the able guidance of Athan, went ahead with the work. The footpath around the temple was cleared, compound wall constructed and a water tank was erected. The local Panchayat was very cooperative and they provided a public water tap just outside the compound wall on the eastern side, the main entrance to the temple.The local SHG (Self Help Group) of women,came forward to construct a public convenience facility.
Order has been placed for Uthsavamurthy. Arrangements has to be made for installing the Uthsavar. It has to be done as per Agama Shasthras. Minor rearrangements of Anjaneya, Garudazhwar and Bali Peetam have to be carried out. A small Madapalli (kitchen for preparing
daily offering) has to be constructed. A pucca door has to be provided to the Garbagriha. A
hall with all the facilities for devotees coming from other places has to be constructed. An Archakar who is fully conversant with Daily rituals has to be found. We have to ensure
constant income and a dwelling place for him. Kuppu gathered some information regarding the land and other properties of the temple. These have to be retrieved and restored to the LORD.The work undertaken by Kuppu is long drawnout and costs money.
Sampath is giving able assistance. Athan is the guiding force. The assistance and help so far given by the locals are much encouraging. Sivaraman has given his upper floor of his house, with all facilities, for the stay of the group for unlimited period, without expecting monetary benifit. Other locals are very appreciative of the work and whole hearted support is available
for utilising in a proper way. The local Panchayat Chief has extended his full support.
Kuppu felt that, despite the cooperation and help available from the locals, we cannot entrust the work to them. They have their own priorities. He felt that some of us should stay there
for some days in a month and carryout the work so that it can be expidited. This was discussed during the marriage function of the grand daughter of Athan in chennai and decided to be in Karaippatti on 20th & 21st of May.That was how we were in Karaippatti on those days.
Saturday, May 27, 2006
A REPORT ON
THE RENOVATION OF SRI LAKSHMINARAYANA PERUMAL KOIL
KARAIPPATTI VILLAGE, Near Thuvarankuruchi, TRICHY DT. OF TAMILNADU
INTRODUCTION
During a week end, i.e. on 21st and 22nd May 2005 , myself with my wife went to our ancestrel village, Karaippatti, near Thuvarankuruchi, in Trichy Dt. of Tamilnadu. Two of my cousins,Sri.R.Kuppusamy and Thirumalai with his wife and Sriman K.V. Jagannathan, our nephew, were also there. We planned this visit in connection with renovation of the old Vaishnava Temple whose presiding Deity is Shri Lakshmi Narayana Perumal. The temple is situated at the western end of Agraharam. We do not know who built this temple. During my childhood, I remember to have spent lot of my time around this temple, playing with my friends. Now I am 74. My Grandfather downwards were offering prayers in this temple and therefore it should be atleast 200 years old. It has just 3 x 3 Garbagriha and a 6 x6 Ardha Mandap with just 6 feet height. One can enter the Mandap only by bending his waist. It is very difficult to walk around the temple.
The Presiding Deity, Lord Shri Lakshminarayana Perumal along with Godess Lakshmi, sculptured in a single granite, faces the east, gracing the Agraharam and the village. The temple had been built in rock granite and therefore it could withstand the test of time. The Agraharam, with rows of houses on both the sides, stretches for about 500 mtrs from this temple up to the main road. At this end the Idol of Shri Ganapathy is installed and nobody knows when and by whom.
The temple is at present looked after by one of our relatives. Eventhough he does not know how to perform any of the temple rituals, he atleast kept the temple opened everyday and performed whatever he knows about Temple worship. For that matter, nobody except him was available in the Agraharam to look after the temple. We should thank him for that.
About three years back, one of our cousins, Sri. R. Kuppusamy, during his visit to this village to offer Prayers, found everything regarding the temple in a very very disturbing condition and felt he should do something about it. He expressed his wish to other relatives of Karappatti origin and almost everybody agreed with him.
Perhaps it is as though the divine wish of SRI LAKSHMINARAYANA PERUMAL, expressed through him.
Another of our cousins, Sri. Thirumalai who was an employee of the Hindu Religious Department of Govt of Tamilnadu, gave a very helping hand. Our nephew, Sri. K.V. Jagannathan, a very elderly relative , aged83, gave encouragement, moral, and physical support to Sri. R.kuppusamy alias Kuppu. This subject was raised and discussed in every social gathering like marriage etc., and everybody supported this idea of doing something about the temple.
In his advanced age, both mentally and physically alert, Sri. K.V. Jagannathan, despite loss of eyesight, was very vociferous.
Kuppu decided on COMPLETE RENOVATION of the temple.
THE RENOVATION OF SRI LAKSHMINARAYANA PERUMAL KOIL
KARAIPPATTI VILLAGE, Near Thuvarankuruchi, TRICHY DT. OF TAMILNADU
INTRODUCTION
During a week end, i.e. on 21st and 22nd May 2005 , myself with my wife went to our ancestrel village, Karaippatti, near Thuvarankuruchi, in Trichy Dt. of Tamilnadu. Two of my cousins,Sri.R.Kuppusamy and Thirumalai with his wife and Sriman K.V. Jagannathan, our nephew, were also there. We planned this visit in connection with renovation of the old Vaishnava Temple whose presiding Deity is Shri Lakshmi Narayana Perumal. The temple is situated at the western end of Agraharam. We do not know who built this temple. During my childhood, I remember to have spent lot of my time around this temple, playing with my friends. Now I am 74. My Grandfather downwards were offering prayers in this temple and therefore it should be atleast 200 years old. It has just 3 x 3 Garbagriha and a 6 x6 Ardha Mandap with just 6 feet height. One can enter the Mandap only by bending his waist. It is very difficult to walk around the temple.
The Presiding Deity, Lord Shri Lakshminarayana Perumal along with Godess Lakshmi, sculptured in a single granite, faces the east, gracing the Agraharam and the village. The temple had been built in rock granite and therefore it could withstand the test of time. The Agraharam, with rows of houses on both the sides, stretches for about 500 mtrs from this temple up to the main road. At this end the Idol of Shri Ganapathy is installed and nobody knows when and by whom.
The temple is at present looked after by one of our relatives. Eventhough he does not know how to perform any of the temple rituals, he atleast kept the temple opened everyday and performed whatever he knows about Temple worship. For that matter, nobody except him was available in the Agraharam to look after the temple. We should thank him for that.
About three years back, one of our cousins, Sri. R. Kuppusamy, during his visit to this village to offer Prayers, found everything regarding the temple in a very very disturbing condition and felt he should do something about it. He expressed his wish to other relatives of Karappatti origin and almost everybody agreed with him.
Perhaps it is as though the divine wish of SRI LAKSHMINARAYANA PERUMAL, expressed through him.
Another of our cousins, Sri. Thirumalai who was an employee of the Hindu Religious Department of Govt of Tamilnadu, gave a very helping hand. Our nephew, Sri. K.V. Jagannathan, a very elderly relative , aged83, gave encouragement, moral, and physical support to Sri. R.kuppusamy alias Kuppu. This subject was raised and discussed in every social gathering like marriage etc., and everybody supported this idea of doing something about the temple.
In his advanced age, both mentally and physically alert, Sri. K.V. Jagannathan, despite loss of eyesight, was very vociferous.
Kuppu decided on COMPLETE RENOVATION of the temple.
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
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