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We still have a few good human beings around who are doing some yeoman service without expecting anything in return…. God Bless Such Souls !!!!! ——————————————————————————————
‘I don’t feed beggars. They can look after themselves. The mentally ill won’t ask anyone for food or money,’ says N Krishnan who has been feeding them thrice a day for the past seven years. For more information on N Krishnan’s trust, log on to: http://www.akshayatrust.org/ Left 5-star job to feed the mentally ill N Krishnan feeds 400 mentally ill people on the streets of Madurai three times a day, every day, all 365 days of the year. The 28 year old has been doing this for seven years via a charity called the Akshaya Trust.
A look into the kitchen reveals a spotlessly clean room.. Sparkling vessels stacked neatly, groceries and provisions all lined up in rows — rice, dal, vegetables, spices — all of the best quality.. One would think this was the kitchen of a five star hotel.
Maybe Krishnan achieves that effect because he was once a chef at a five star hotel in Bengaluru.
“Today’s lunch is curd rice, with home made pickle, please taste it,” he says, serving me on a plate made of dried leaves
. The food is excellent. “I change the menu for different days of the week. They will get bored if I serve the same food every day,” he says with an enthusiastic and infectious smile. Image: N Krishnan feeds a mentally ill person on a Madurai streetPhotographs: A Ganesh Nadar
Krishnan feeds 400 mentally ill people every day
Krishnan cooks breakfast, lunch and dinner with the help of two cooks. He takes it himself to his wards on the street each day.
“I don’t feed beggars. They can look after themselves. The mentally ill won’t ask anyone for food or money. They don’t move around much too. I find them in the same place every day.”
That morning he put the food in a large vessel, the pickle in a smaller one and loaded it into a Maruti van donated by a Madurai philanthropist.
Ten minutes later we stopped near a man lying on the ground by a high wall. Krishnan put the food next to him. The man refused to even look at it, but grabbed the water bottle and drank eagerly. “He will eat the food later, looks like he was very thirsty,” said Krishnan
.
At the next stop, he laid the dry leaf-plate and served the food. He then scooped some food and started feeding the mentally ill man himself. After two morsels, the man started eating on his own.
We then crossed a crowded traffic signal and stopped the vehicle.
On seeing Krishnan, four individuals moved slowly towards the Maruti van. They stood out in the crowd with their dirty, tattered clothes and unshaven beards. They knew this Maruti van meant food. But they did not hurry, knowing that Krishnan would wait for them. Krishnan served them under a tree and carried water for them. “They are not aware enough to get their own water,” he explained.
And thus we went around the city till the Akshaya patra was empty. Of course, it would be full again for dinner later in the day
. Image: Krishnan’s wards often approach him when they see his food-laden van
Past 7 years
As we returned, a startling fact hit me. Not a single mentally challenged person hadthanked Krishnan. They did not even smile or acknowledge him. Still Krishnan carried on in a world where most of us get offended if someone doesn’t say thank you, sometimes even for doing our jobs.
The food costs Rs 8,000 a day, but that doesn’t worry him. “I have donors for 22 days. The remaining days, I manage myself. I am sure I will get donors for that too, people who can afford it are generally generous, particularly when they know that their hard earned money is actually going to the poor. That is why I maintain my accounts correctly and scrupulously.”
He then pulled out a bill from the cabinet and showed it to me. It was a bill for groceries he had bought seven years ago. “This bill has sentimental value. It is the first one after I started Akshaya.”
The economic slowdown has resulted in a drop in the number of donors. Earlier, they sustained meals for 25 days
. Software giants Infosys and TCS were so impressed with his work that they donated three acres of land to him in Madurai . Krishnan hopes to build a home for his wards there. He has built the basement for a woman’s block which will house 80 inmates, but work has currently halted due to a lack of funds. Five idlis This, however, is not the sum of his good deeds. Krishnan also performs the funerals of unclaimed bodies in Madurai . He collects the body, bathes it and gives it a decent burial or cremation as the need may be.
He gets calls, both from the municipal corporation and general hospital for the funerals.
He recalls with a little prompting how one day he saw a mentally ill man eating his excreta. He rushed to the nearest restaurant and bought the man five idlis. The man ate voraciously, and then smiled at him. The smile made Krishnan want to do it again and again.
Krishnan has not married and wonders if anyone would want to marry a man who spends his days cooking food for others. He is firm that his life partner has to agree to this kind of life.
His parents were initially shocked, but are now very supportive of their son. They advise him about the cuisine and also about how he can streamline the process
. One wonders why he left his job in a five star hotel to bury the dead and feed the mentally ill. To this he just smiles and says, “I like doing it.” For more information on N Krishnan’s trust, log on to:http://www.akshayatrust.org/ Mr. Krishnan is doing this
** by not political motive, because they can’t vote
** by not doing a conversion, because they don’t know what they are
** by not having expecation in future, because they wouldn’t remember him even they become normal
** not spoiling the beggars by giving freebies
He is doing his duty without having any expectation, he is also become God, by the will and doing his duty!
We are proud to see you and feel still there are great human hearts around us.
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Consuming dried figs can help you meet your daily potassium needs and help lower your blood pressure. A 1/2-cup serving of dried figs contains 507 mg of potassium. Potassium is a mineral that helps maintain fluid balance. Increasing your daily intake of potassium can help blunt the effects of sodium, helping to lower your blood pressure. The American Heart Association says a healthy diet should contain 4,700 mg of potassium a day from natural foods. One serving of dried figs can help you meet 10 percent of your daily potassium needs.
GOOD SOURCE OF IRON
Dried figs can also help you meet your iron needs. A 1/2-cup serving of dried figs contains 1.5 mg of iron. Iron is an essential mineral needed to help transport oxygen in your blood. Without enough iron in your diet, delivery of oxygen to your cells decreases, causing you to feel tired and weak and more susceptible to infection. Adult men and women over the age of 51 need 8 mg of iron a day, and women between the ages of 19 and 50 need 18 mg of iron a day.
Consuming dried figs can help you meet your daily potassium needs and help lower your blood pressure. A 1/2-cup serving of dried figs contains 507 mg of potassium. Potassium is a mineral that helps maintain fluid balance. Increasing your daily intake of potassium can help blunt the effects of sodium, helping to lower your blood pressure. The American Heart Association says a healthy diet should contain 4,700 mg of potassium a day from natural foods. One serving of dried figs can help you meet 10 percent of your daily potassium needs.
GOOD SOURCE OF IRON
Dried figs can also help you meet your iron needs. A 1/2-cup serving of dried figs contains 1.5 mg of iron. Iron is an essential mineral needed to help transport oxygen in your blood. Without enough iron in your diet, delivery of oxygen to your cells decreases, causing you to feel tired and weak and more susceptible to infection. Adult men and women over the age of 51 need 8 mg of iron a day, and women between the ages of 19 and 50 need 18 mg of iron a day.
Consuming dried figs can help you meet your daily potassium needs and help lower your blood pressure. A 1/2-cup serving of dried figs contains 507 mg of potassium. Potassium is a mineral that helps maintain fluid balance. Increasing your daily intake of potassium can help blunt the effects of sodium, helping to lower your blood pressure. The American Heart Association says a healthy diet should contain 4,700 mg of potassium a day from natural foods. One serving of dried figs can help you meet 10 percent of your daily potassium needs.
GOOD SOURCE OF IRON
Dried figs can also help you meet your iron needs. A 1/2-cup serving of dried figs contains 1.5 mg of iron. Iron is an essential mineral needed to help transport oxygen in your blood. Without enough iron in your diet, delivery of oxygen to your cells decreases, causing you to feel tired and weak and more susceptible to infection. Adult men and women over the age of 51 need 8 mg of iron a day, and women between the ages of 19 and 50 need 18 mg of iron a day.
Consuming dried figs can help you meet your daily potassium needs and help lower your blood pressure. A 1/2-cup serving of dried figs contains 507 mg of potassium. Potassium is a mineral that helps maintain fluid balance. Increasing your daily intake of potassium can help blunt the effects of sodium, helping to lower your blood pressure. The American Heart Association says a healthy diet should contain 4,700 mg of potassium a day from natural foods. One serving of dried figs can help you meet 10 percent of your daily potassium needs.
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Lord Vishnu is said to have manifested himself in various incarnations, called Avatars, for the destruction of evil or restoration of faith and justice in the world. These incarnations are said to have been in the human form, in the animal form and even in the combined human-animal form. It is believed that out of the ten incarnations (called Dashavatar) that are popularly believed in, nine have already been manifested while the tenth is yet to appear. This list is included in the Garuda Purana (1.86.10-11) and denotes those avatars most prominent in terms of their influence on human society. The majority of avatars in this list of ten are categorised as ‘lila-avatars’. The first four are said to have appeared in the Satya Yuga (the first of the four Yugas or ages in the time cycle described within Hinduism). The next three avatars appeared in the Treta Yuga, the eighth incarnation in the Dwapara Yuga and the ninth in the Kali Yuga. The tenth is predicted to appear at the end of the Kali Yuga in some 427,000 years time. Also according to the Vishnu Purana and Bhagavata Purana, the Kali-yuga will end with the apparition of Kalki-avatara, who will defeat the wicked, liberate the virtuous, and initiate a new Satya Yuga.At that time, the Supreme Personality of Godhead will appear on the earth. Acting with the power of pure spiritual goodness, He will rescue eternal religion. Lord Viṣṇu — the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the spiritual master of all moving and nonmoving living beings, and the Supreme Soul of all — takes birth to protect the principles of religion and to relieve His saintly devotees from the reactions of material work. (Bhagavata Purana)
Matsya Avatar – Lord Vishnu in the form of Fish In the first incarnation the Lord rescued the Vedas during the apocalypse, saving the most sacred and ancient scriptures from the demon Sankhasura, who had stolen the same. The demon had the shape of a conch and was hiding in the bottom of the deep ocean. The Lord vanquished the demon and taking the form of a giant Fish, he negotiated the turbulent apocalyptic deluge or pralaya with utmost ease. Assuming the character of a boat, the Lord in his Fish form saved the Vedas for his devotees.
Kurma Avatar – Lord Vishnu in the form of Turtle
In his second incarnation the Lord assumed the form of a giant tortoise. During the process of the new creation, His vast back was the base on which stood the Mandara Mountain. The latter was used as the staff for churning the milk ocean with the divine serpent Vasuki being pulled by the gods and the demons on two sides. This yielded the nectar, the Kamadhenu or the wish-fulfilling sacred cow, the Parijata flower and the Airabata elephant among others. The process of churning left on the vast back of the Lord large calluses in the shape of a wheel. The wheel mark also indirectly alludes to the celestial wheel, which is a mark of Vishnu-Krishna and the Sudarsana Chakra, their ayudha or weapon. Varaha Avatar – Lord Vishnu in the form of Boar During the apocalyptic deluge mother earth sank to the bottom of the ocean. The Lord emerged as tiny boar from the nasal cavity of Brahma and soon grew in size to huge proportions. He rushed into the raging sea to rescue Mother Earth. As he emerged out of the sea, carrying Mother Earth at the tip of his great tusk, he was challenged by the demon Hiranakshya. The Lord vanquished the demon and killed him. In the Puri temple, the Varaha Avatara is one of the Parswa Devatas, the other two being Trivikrama or Vamana and Narasimha. Mother Goddess Earth is conceived as a spouse of Lord Vishnu-Jagannatha. She is called Bhudevi, and a small metal image of the Goddess is placed on the Ratna Simhasana in Srimandira along with the principal Deities. The exquisitely beautiful visual imagery presented by Jayadeva brings out the tender love of the divine couple.
Narsimha Avatar – Lord Vishnu in the form of Half – Man and Half – Lion
As the fourth Avatara, the Lord vanquished Hiranyakashipu, the brother of the demon Hiranakshya, who fought with him in his Boar incarnation. Hiranyakashipu, the demon king was totally opposed to Hari but his young son Prahlada, was devoted to the Lord and constantly chanted Hari Nama. The demon king was furious that his son was devoted to his enemy and forbade him from doing so. His father in many ways tortured the child devotee without any success in changing his loyalty to Hari. The demon king, who had himself done great penance had been granted a boon that he could not be killed by man or animal, in day or night and neither inside the house nor outside it. He therefore considered himself invincible. Prahlada saw God everywhere and his father challenged him by asking if he saw him in the pillar of the palace. On Prahlada’s reply that indeed the Lord was present there, in a fit of rage, he kicked the pillar and the Lord taking the form of a Man-Lion, emerged from the pillar. It was the twilight hour, neither day nor night and the Lord carrying the demon in one sweeping movement reached the threshold of the palace. With one foot outside and one inside the house he gored the heart of the demon with his sharp nails and killed him at once. Prahlada and Dhruva, another child devotee, are considered as being the greatest of bhaktas.
Narasimha is identified with Vishnu and as a cult Deity, predates Jagannatha. The making of the images of Srimandira was done after initially worshipping Narasimha and a temple dedicated to him exists close to the Gundicha temple to the east of the sacred Indradyumna tank at Srikshetra, Puri. This is known as the Yagna Narasimha temple. Within the Srimandira, a temple of Narasimha to the south of the Audience Hall of the main temple stands even today, and this is older than the main temple. This temple has numerous stone inscriptions inscribed over centuries. Some scholars believe that this was perhaps the original temple and site where Nilamadhava, the precursor of Lord Jagannatha, was worshipped.
Vamana Avatar – Lord Vishnu in the form of a Dwarf
Bali, a progeny of Prahlada, was a demon king who had terrorized the gods. He was well known for his charity and never refused anything asked for as a gift. The Lord took the body of a dwarf and approached Bali as a Brahmin seeking alms. When the demon king took a vow that he will not disappoint the holy Brahmin and give him whatever he asked for, the Lord asked for land equal to his three footsteps. With his first step he covered heaven and with his next he covered the whole earth. The king had no more land to offer and proffered his own head for the Lord to cover his third footstep. The Lord placed his foot on the head of Bali and pressed him to the nether world and thus rid the world of the oppression of the demon king. At the same time the Lord emancipated Bali. There are two variations of this theme depicted in sacred art — one showing the Lord as a dwarf Brahmin with an umbrella and a kamandalu, a water pot with a spout, and another showing the Lord in his normal shape but with one of his legs raised to cover the skies. Sculptures of the latter, known as Trivikrama, are ubiquitous in Orissan temples and one is worshipped as one of the three principal parswa devatas in the Srimandira.
Parshurama Avatar – Lord Vishnu in the form of a Brahmin
In his incarnation as Parasurama, the sage and priest, the Lord relieved the agony of the earth suffering from the excesses of the Kshatriyas, a warrior class. Parasurama means Rama with the Parasu or battle-axe. He was the son of sage Jamdagni, a descendant of Bhrigu, and was a great scholar and master of all the Vedas. His wife was Renuka, who bore him five sons, including Parasurama. Once her mind had been disturbed and excited by the sight of a pair of Gandharvas engaged in love play. As her thoughts were polluted, she lost her natural lustre. Jamadagni, on noticing this became wild and in a fit of anger ordered his sons to cut off her head. The first four sons refused to carry out this horrible command of their father but Parasurama promptly severed her head with one stroke of his battleaxe without the slightest hesitation. Jamadagni, pleased with his loyalty and obedience offered him a boon and Parasurama asked for the life of his mother to be restored and the sage granted this immediately. Once the king Kartavirya, visiting the hermitage of Jamadagni, took away Kamadhenu, the sacred cow, which could fulfill any wish. On learning this, Parasurama fought with the king and killed him. The sons of the king took revenge by killing Jamadagni when Parasurama was absent from the ashram. Confronted with this catastrophe, Parasurama took a vow that he would destroy the Kshatriya race twenty-one times from the earth. Eventually he fulfilled his vow. The sage, although a Brahmin, is considered as one of the greatest warriors of all times in the legendary accounts. Interestingly a few temples dedicated to Parasurama can be found in Kerala where he is worshipped as a cult Deity by some.
Rama Avatar – Lord Vishnu in the form of the King
Rama is the hero of the famous epic Ramayana. He was the prince of Ayodhya, the eldest son of King Dasaratha and queen Kaushalya. His stepmother, Kaikeyi, wanted her son Bharata to become the king and Rama to remain in exile in the forests for fourteen years. She asked for this boon from Dasaratha in fulfillment of a promise he had made to her. Lord Rama left Ayodhya along with his wife Sita and younger brother Lakshman to keep the words of his father. Ravana, the demon king of Lanka sent Maricha, who appeared in the forest as a golden stag and Sita asked Rama to get her this strangely beautiful animal. Rama reluctantly left her in the care of Lakshman and chased the golden stag. Later the demon through his tricks pretended as if Rama was crying for help and Sita forced Lakshman to leave her to help his elder brother. Taking advantage of this situation, the demon appeared in the guise of a mendicant seeking alms and cajoled Sita to step out of the protective circle drawn to shield her. He then carried her away in his flying chariot to Lanka. Lord Rama came to know of this from Jatayu, an aged eagle who had fought with Ravana in the skies but was fatally wounded by him. Rama befriended the monkey prince Sugriva and after killing his brother Bali, took help of his monkey followers to build a stone bridge across the seas. Eventually Ravana, the ten-headed demon, was vanquished and Sita rescued. Krishna Avatar – Lord Vishnu in the form of a Cowherd’s Boy Krishna appeared in the Dwapara Yuga along with his brother Balarama. According to the Bhagavata Purana Balarama is said to have appeared in the Dwapara Yuga (along with Krishna) as an incarnation of Ananta Shesha. He is also counted as an avatar of Vishnu by the majority of Vaishnava movements and is included as the ninth Dasavatara in some versions of the list which contain no reference to Buddha. Because of his great Godly power, Lord Krishna is another of the most commonly worshipped deities in the Hindu faith. He is considered to be the eighth avatar of Lord Vishnu. He played a huge role in the Battle of Kurukshetra and helped the Pandavas defeat the Kauravas. He is also a significant character in the epic of Mahabharata. Shree Krishna delivered Bhagwad Gita on battlefield of the Battle of Kurukshetra to Arjun. He, like Lord Rama, is also known for his bravery in destroying evil powers throughout his life. The Lord is usually depicted as playing the flute (murali), indicating spread of the melody of love to people.Buddha Avatar – Lord Vishnu in the Form of Buddha Buddha is accepted as an incarnation of Krishna-Jagannatha. Adi Shankaracharya, who visited Puri in the early ninth century, restored the pride of traditional Hinduism and effectively eclipsed the influence of the Buddhists. Perhaps he was also responsible for the eventual assimilation of the Buddhist faith in the Hindu belief and acceptance of the Buddha as a god in the Hindu pantheon. This is clear from the depiction of Buddha as the ninth avatara in the sequence of avataras in the walls of the Deul in Srimandira and in other Orissan temples and other sculptural depictions of the ten incarnations.
Kalki Avatar – Lord Vishnu in the form of Horse The Kalki Avatar is the only avatar of Vishnu that is set in the future. It is believed that at the end of the present age (Kali Yug), there will be a deluge when Kalki – the tenth and the last avatar of Vishnu, will ride forth on a horse to redeem humankind and re-establish righteousness. Riding on the back of a white horse, with a drawn sword, he will destroy the enemies of Dharma and re-establish it in all its glory. The name Kalki is often a metaphor
Lord Vishnu is said to have manifested himself in various incarnations, called Avatars, for the destruction of evil or restoration of faith and justice in the world. These incarnations are said to have been in the human form, in the animal form and even in the combined human-animal form. It is believed that out of the ten incarnations (called Dashavatar) that are popularly believed in, nine have already been manifested while the tenth is yet to appear. This list is included in the Garuda Purana (1.86.10-11) and denotes those avatars most prominent in terms of their influence on human society.
The majority of avatars in this list of ten are categorised as ‘lila-avatars’. The first four are said to have appeared in the Satya Yuga (the first of the four Yugas or ages in the time cycle described within Hinduism). The next three avatars appeared in the Treta Yuga, the eighth incarnation in the Dwapara Yuga and the ninth in the Kali Yuga. The tenth is predicted to appear at the end of the Kali Yuga in some 427,000 years time. Also according to the Vishnu Purana and Bhagavata Purana, the Kali-yuga will end with the apparition of Kalki-avatara, who will defeat the wicked, liberate the virtuous, and initiate a new Satya Yuga.
At that time, the Supreme Personality of Godhead will appear on the earth. Acting with the power of pure spiritual goodness, He will rescue eternal religion. Lord Viṣṇu — the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the spiritual master of all moving and nonmoving living beings, and the Supreme Soul of all — takes birth to protect the principles of religion and to relieve His saintly devotees from the reactions of material work. (Bhagavata Purana)
Matsya Avatar – Lord Vishnu in the form of Fish
In the first incarnation the Lord rescued the Vedas during the apocalypse, saving the most sacred and ancient scriptures from the demon Sankhasura, who had stolen the same. The demon had the shape of a conch and was hiding in the bottom of the deep ocean. The Lord vanquished the demon and taking the form of a giant Fish, he negotiated the turbulent apocalyptic deluge or pralaya with utmost ease. Assuming the character of a boat, the Lord in his Fish form saved the Vedas for his devotees.
Kurma Avatar – Lord Vishnu in the form of Turtle
In his second incarnation the Lord assumed the form of a giant tortoise. During the process of the new creation, His vast back was the base on which stood the Mandara Mountain. The latter was used as the staff for churning the milk ocean with the divine serpent Vasuki being pulled by the gods and the demons on two sides. This yielded the nectar, the Kamadhenu or the wish-fulfilling sacred cow, the Parijata flower and the Airabata elephant among others. The process of churning left on the vast back of the Lord large calluses in the shape of a wheel. The wheel mark also indirectly alludes to the celestial wheel, which is a mark of Vishnu-Krishna and the Sudarsana Chakra, their ayudha or weapon.
Varaha Avatar – Lord Vishnu in the form of Boar
During the apocalyptic deluge mother earth sank to the bottom of the ocean. The Lord emerged as tiny boar from the nasal cavity of Brahma and soon grew in size to huge proportions. He rushed into the raging sea to rescue Mother Earth. As he emerged out of the sea, carrying Mother Earth at the tip of his great tusk, he was challenged by the demon Hiranakshya. The Lord vanquished the demon and killed him. In the Puri temple, the Varaha Avatara is one of the Parswa Devatas, the other two being Trivikrama or Vamana and Narasimha. Mother Goddess Earth is conceived as a spouse of Lord Vishnu-Jagannatha. She is called Bhudevi, and a small metal image of the Goddess is placed on the Ratna Simhasana in Srimandira along with the principal Deities. The exquisitely beautiful visual imagery presented by Jayadeva brings out the tender love of the divine couple.
Narsimha Avatar – Lord Vishnu in the form of Half – Man and Half – Lion
As the fourth Avatara, the Lord vanquished Hiranyakashipu, the brother of the demon Hiranakshya, who fought with him in his Boar incarnation. Hiranyakashipu, the demon king was totally opposed to Hari but his young son Prahlada, was devoted to the Lord and constantly chanted Hari Nama. The demon king was furious that his son was devoted to his enemy and forbade him from doing so. His father in many ways tortured the child devotee without any success in changing his loyalty to Hari. The demon king, who had himself done great penance had been granted a boon that he could not be killed by man or animal, in day or night and neither inside the house nor outside it. He therefore considered himself invincible. Prahlada saw God everywhere and his father challenged him by asking if he saw him in the pillar of the palace. On Prahlada’s reply that indeed the Lord was present there, in a fit of rage, he kicked the pillar and the Lord taking the form of a Man-Lion, emerged from the pillar. It was the twilight hour, neither day nor night and the Lord carrying the demon in one sweeping movement reached the threshold of the palace. With one foot outside and one inside the house he gored the heart of the demon with his sharp nails and killed him at once. Prahlada and Dhruva, another child devotee, are considered as being the greatest of bhaktas.
Narasimha is identified with Vishnu and as a cult Deity, predates Jagannatha. The making of the images of Srimandira was done after initially worshipping Narasimha and a temple dedicated to him exists close to the Gundicha temple to the east of the sacred Indradyumna tank at Srikshetra, Puri. This is known as the Yagna Narasimha temple. Within the Srimandira, a temple of Narasimha to the south of the Audience Hall of the main temple stands even today, and this is older than the main temple. This temple has numerous stone inscriptions inscribed over centuries. Some scholars believe that this was perhaps the original temple and site where Nilamadhava, the precursor of Lord Jagannatha, was worshipped.
Vamana Avatar – Lord Vishnu in the form of a Dwarf
Bali, a progeny of Prahlada, was a demon king who had terrorized the gods. He was well known for his charity and never refused anything asked for as a gift. The Lord took the body of a dwarf and approached Bali as a Brahmin seeking alms. When the demon king took a vow that he will not disappoint the holy Brahmin and give him whatever he asked for, the Lord asked for land equal to his three footsteps. With his first step he covered heaven and with his next he covered the whole earth. The king had no more land to offer and proffered his own head for the Lord to cover his third footstep. The Lord placed his foot on the head of Bali and pressed him to the nether world and thus rid the world of the oppression of the demon king. At the same time the Lord emancipated Bali.
There are two variations of this theme depicted in sacred art — one showing the Lord as a dwarf Brahmin with an umbrella and a kamandalu, a water pot with a spout, and another showing the Lord in his normal shape but with one of his legs raised to cover the skies. Sculptures of the latter, known as Trivikrama, are ubiquitous in Orissan temples and one is worshipped as one of the three principal parswa devatas in the Srimandira.
Parshurama Avatar – Lord Vishnu in the form of a Brahmin
In his incarnation as Parasurama, the sage and priest, the Lord relieved the agony of the earth suffering from the excesses of the Kshatriyas, a warrior class. Parasurama means Rama with the Parasu or battle-axe. He was the son of sage Jamdagni, a descendant of Bhrigu, and was a great scholar and master of all the Vedas. His wife was Renuka, who bore him five sons, including Parasurama. Once her mind had been disturbed and excited by the sight of a pair of Gandharvas engaged in love play. As her thoughts were polluted, she lost her natural lustre. Jamadagni, on noticing this became wild and in a fit of anger ordered his sons to cut off her head. The first four sons refused to carry out this horrible command of their father but Parasurama promptly severed her head with one stroke of his battleaxe without the slightest hesitation. Jamadagni, pleased with his loyalty and obedience offered him a boon and Parasurama asked for the life of his mother to be restored and the sage granted this immediately.
Once the king Kartavirya, visiting the hermitage of Jamadagni, took away Kamadhenu, the sacred cow, which could fulfill any wish. On learning this, Parasurama fought with the king and killed him. The sons of the king took revenge by killing Jamadagni when Parasurama was absent from the ashram. Confronted with this catastrophe, Parasurama took a vow that he would destroy the Kshatriya race twenty-one times from the earth. Eventually he fulfilled his vow. The sage, although a Brahmin, is considered as one of the greatest warriors of all times in the legendary accounts. Interestingly a few temples dedicated to Parasurama can be found in Kerala where he is worshipped as a cult Deity by some.
Rama Avatar – Lord Vishnu in the form of the King
Rama is the hero of the famous epic Ramayana. He was the prince of Ayodhya, the eldest son of King Dasaratha and queen Kaushalya. His stepmother, Kaikeyi, wanted her son Bharata to become the king and Rama to remain in exile in the forests for fourteen years. She asked for this boon from Dasaratha in fulfillment of a promise he had made to her. Lord Rama left Ayodhya along with his wife Sita and younger brother Lakshman to keep the words of his father. Ravana, the demon king of Lanka sent Maricha, who appeared in the forest as a golden stag and Sita asked Rama to get her this strangely beautiful animal. Rama reluctantly left her in the care of Lakshman and chased the golden stag. Later the demon through his tricks pretended as if Rama was crying for help and Sita forced Lakshman to leave her to help his elder brother. Taking advantage of this situation, the demon appeared in the guise of a mendicant seeking alms and cajoled Sita to step out of the protective circle drawn to shield her. He then carried her away in his flying chariot to Lanka. Lord Rama came to know of this from Jatayu, an aged eagle who had fought with Ravana in the skies but was fatally wounded by him. Rama befriended the monkey prince Sugriva and after killing his brother Bali, took help of his monkey followers to build a stone bridge across the seas. Eventually Ravana, the ten-headed demon, was vanquished and Sita rescued.
Krishna Avatar – Lord Vishnu in the form of a Cowherd’s Boy
Krishna appeared in the Dwapara Yuga along with his brother Balarama. According to the Bhagavata Purana Balarama is said to have appeared in the Dwapara Yuga (along with Krishna) as an incarnation of Ananta Shesha. He is also counted as an avatar of Vishnu by the majority of Vaishnava movements and is included as the ninth Dasavatara in some versions of the list which contain no reference to Buddha. Because of his great Godly power, Lord Krishna is another of the most commonly worshipped deities in the Hindu faith. He is considered to be the eighth avatar of Lord Vishnu. He played a huge role in the Battle of Kurukshetra and helped the Pandavas defeat the Kauravas. He is also a significant character in the epic of Mahabharata. Shree Krishna delivered Bhagwad Gita on battlefield of the Battle of Kurukshetra to Arjun. He, like Lord Rama, is also known for his bravery in destroying evil powers throughout his life. The Lord is usually depicted as playing the flute (murali), indicating spread of the melody of love to people.
Buddha Avatar – Lord Vishnu in the Form of Buddha
Buddha is accepted as an incarnation of Krishna-Jagannatha. Adi Shankaracharya, who visited Puri in the early ninth century, restored the pride of traditional Hinduism and effectively eclipsed the influence of the Buddhists. Perhaps he was also responsible for the eventual assimilation of the Buddhist faith in the Hindu belief and acceptance of the Buddha as a god in the Hindu pantheon. This is clear from the depiction of Buddha as the ninth avatara in the sequence of avataras in the walls of the Deul in Srimandira and in other Orissan temples and other sculptural depictions of the ten incarnations.
Kalki Avatar – Lord Vishnu in the form of Horse
The Kalki Avatar is the only avatar of Vishnu that is set in the future. It is believed that at the end of the present age (Kali Yug), there will be a deluge when Kalki – the tenth and the last avatar of Vishnu, will ride forth on a horse to redeem humankind and re-establish righteousness. Riding on the back of a white horse, with a drawn sword, he will destroy the enemies of Dharma and re-establish it in all its glory. The name Kalki is often a metaphor
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This oddly transparent crib called the Bubble Baby Bed was designed by Lana Agiyan. It’s designed to rock in a circle, like a top, without tipping over, and return to center thanks to a weighted bottom. It looks like you’re raising a space baby, and maybe you are (lay a trail of Reeces Pieces to find out for sure). The clear plexiglass is easy to clean (which is good because it’s going to get way more fingerprints and dirt on it than, say, a regular wooden crib) and the crib can be used as a toy storage container when the child outgrows it. Or you could just use it to hold the world’s largest bar of soap because it looks like a soap dish.
Rustic charm for your baby’s room.
Check out this uber-cool crib by Australian company ubabub. Eco-friendly, safe, and modern, the hippest of babies could slumber well in one of these. Called the “pod,” this crib can even convert to a toddler bed when your baby is ready for that. The only downside is they’re pricey (about $1,900) and only currently available in Australia. They’re planning to expand to other countries though.
Probably the most playful and spunky crib you will ever see – the Spanish pair Ninetonine came up with the Zebra Crib, that looks like an abstract Zebra which would actually run across the room like it was galloping across the Savannah.
Highly modernistic, the Zebra crib features two stationary legs, two wheeled legs, and a head (or tail) that can serve as a handle for easy transport. Its side rails are eccentric compared to the vertically straight norm. They’re not standing vertically uniform, but there isn’t enough space for the baby to slip through. Made from oak and pine, the Zebra crib is a designer crib built to survive even the jungle.
At Nurseryworks, unique cribs are the rule, not the exception. The brand new, limited edition Vetro crib is made entirely of recyclable clear acrylic (which is why it’s hard to see here), with three adjustable mattress heights and a fixed side rail. It’s ridiculously pricey–$3500–but it also converts to a toddler bed, so the Hollywood moms can justify it. Plus it’ll look like your baby’s sleeping on a puff of air. Heh.
What little princess wouldn’t want to lay her head down in this spectacular crib that includes what appears to be storage and a changing table? I like the blocks on the wall, too, which might be clever cabinets to store baby books and toys, or simply delightful decor.
Repurpose that outgrown crib by turning it into a desk for the kids! From A Little Learning for Two, via Pinterest.
Chinese artist Shi Jinsong created sculptures depicting baby accessories which would fit right in as toys for the Addams Family or for a future Terminator baby. The Na Zha Baby Boutique exhibition included this Sadist’s Cradle that is perfect for a child with supernatural powers. Deadly sharp blades and gleaming stainless steel offer lethal luxury in this outrageously unsafe line of baby products.
Which came first — the baby or the bassinet? With the Baby Suommo Dodo ($3,625), you might have to rethink the answer! The womb-like design is pricey but sure to capture the attention of everyone in the room!
I don’t have much information about this crib, except if there is a King Crib, this is it!
Natural pine crib, by Mario Ceroli for Poltronova, 1968.
Dutch BeanEasy’s Dream crib ($1,540) is designed to maximize airflow while saving mama’s back by positioning the mattress at an easy-to-reach height. Available in nine colors, the collection also includes a bean-like changing table and armoire.
திருக்கார்த்திகை தோன்றுவதற்கு இரண்டு விதமான காரணங்கள் கூறப்படுகின்றது. அதில் ஒன்று ஒருமுறை உமாதேவி சிவனின் கண்களை விளையாட்டாக கைகளால் மறைத்தாள். அப்போது பிரபஞ்சமே இருள்மயமானது. உயிர்கள் அனைத்தும் துயரில் ஆழ்ந்தன. இச்செயலால், தேவிக்கு பாவம் உண்டானது. விமோசனம் தேடி காஞ்சிபுரம் சென்று சிவனை நோக்கி தவத்தில் ஆழ்ந்தாள். இறைவனும் தேவிக்கு காட்சியளித்து திருக்கார்த்திகை நாளில் திருவண்ணாமலை வரும்படி அருள்புரிந்தார். தேவியும் அண்ணாமலையிலுள்ள பவழக்குன்று மலையில் இருந்த கவுதம மகரிஷி உதவியுடன் பர்ணசாலை அமைத்து தவம் செய்தாள். பவுர்ணமி சந்திரன் கார்த்திகையில் சஞ்சரிக்கும் வேளை வந்தது. இறைவன் தேவிக்கு காட்சியளித்து,இடப்பாகத்தில் ஏற்று அருள்புரிந்தார்.
இந்தத் திருக்கார்த்திகை விழா பிறந்ததற்கு மற்றொரு காரணம். ஒருசமயம் திருக்கயிலாயத்தில் பரமேஸ்வரனும் அம்பிகையும் எழுந்தருளி இருக்கும் போது, அங்கே நெய்யிட்ட திருவிளக்கு ஒன்று எரிந்து கொண்டிருந்தது. விளக்கு ஒளி இழக்கும் தருணம் எலி ஒன்று அங்கு வந்தது. நெய்யின் வாசனை அறிந்து அதை உண்ண நினைத்துத் திரியை இழுத்தது. தூண்டி விடப்பட்டதால் தீபம் பிரகாசமாக எரிந்தது. ஒளி மிகுந்ததனால் எலி ஓட ஆரம்பித்தது. ஒளியைத் தூண்டிய எலிக்கு இறைவன் அருள் கிடைத்தது. எலிக்கு அவர் மானிடப் பிறவி கொடுத்தார். அதற்கு அரச போகமும் அரண்மனை வாழ்வும் தந்தருளினார். முன்ஜென்மத்தில் எலியாய் இருந்தது, அடுத்த பிறவியில் மகாபலி சக்கரவர்த்தியாய்ப் பிறந்தார். எண்ணற்ற செல்வங்களுக்கு அதிபதியானார். கூடவே செருக்கும் வளர்ந்தது. ஒருநாள் அகங்காரத்துடன் திருக்கோயிலுக்குச் சென்றார். பட்டாடைகள் தரையில் புரள அலட்சியத்தோடு நடந்து சென்றதால், அங்கிருந்த அகல் விளக்கின் தீப்பொறி சக்கரவர்த்தியின் மீது பட்டுப் பற்றி எரிந்தது, உடல் புண்ணாயிற்று, செருக்கு அடங்கிய சக்கரவர்த்தி இருகைகூப்பி ஆண்டவனை நோக்கிப் பிரார்த்தித்தார். தனது உடம்பில் ஏற்பட்ட ரணத்தைப் போக்கியருளுமாறு வேண்டினார்.
தீபப்பொறியால் ஏற்பட்ட ரணத்திற்கு நாள்தோறும் திருக்கோயிலில் தீபவரிசைகளை ஏற்றித் தொழுது கொண்டு வா. காலப்போக்கில் உன் நோய் நீங்கும்! என்று இறைவன் அசரீரியாகச் சொல்ல, மன்னன் மகிழ்ச்சியுற்றான். நாள்தோறும் கோயிலுக்குச் சென்று வரிசை வரிசையாக நெய் தீபங்கள் ஏற்றி வழிபட்டான். இவ்வாறு திருவிளக்கு ஏற்றி வந்த காலத்தில் கார்த்திகை மாதம் கிருத்திகை நட்சத்திரம் கூடிய பவுர்ணமி திதியில் இறைவன் திருவுள்ளம் இரங்கியது. இறைவன் ஜோதி வடிவில் வந்து, ஒளிப்பிழம்பாக நின்றான். மன்னனின் நோய் நீங்கியது. இவ்வாறு தொடங்கிய தீப வரிசை வழிபாடே கார்த்திகை தீபத் திருவிழாவாக உயர்ந்தது என்பர். காலப்போக்கில் அனைத்து வர்ணத்தாரும் இத்தகைய ஒளி வழிபாட்டில் ஈடுபட, இது பொது வழிபாடாக உருவானது. சோதியே, சுடரே, சூழ் ஒளி விளக்கே என்று இறைவனைப் போற்றுகின்றார் மாணிக்கவாசக பெருமான்.
It was first constructed in year 1604 and was later was rebuilt in year 1764.
The food kitchen is one of the largest in the world. It typically feeds about 40,000 thousands attendees and visitors of all faiths free daily. On religious functions and occasions the attendance can go upto 100,000 and food is so prepared and served free. The vast kitchen is equipped with large manual and automatic food preparation equipments, tools and fire places. The human service is provided largely is by free religious volunteers with a very nominal paid services included. The temple is
திருக்கார்த்திகை தோன்றுவதற்கு இரண்டு விதமான காரணங்கள் கூறப்படுகின்றது. அதில் ஒன்று ஒருமுறை உமாதேவி சிவனின் கண்களை விளையாட்டாக கைகளால் மறைத்தாள். அப்போது பிரபஞ்சமே இருள்மயமானது. உயிர்கள் அனைத்தும் துயரில் ஆழ்ந்தன. இச்செயலால், தேவிக்கு பாவம் உண்டானது. விமோசனம் தேடி காஞ்சிபுரம் சென்று சிவனை நோக்கி தவத்தில் ஆழ்ந்தாள். இறைவனும் தேவிக்கு காட்சியளித்து திருக்கார்த்திகை நாளில் திருவண்ணாமலை வரும்படி அருள்புரிந்தார். தேவியும் அண்ணாமலையிலுள்ள பவழக்குன்று மலையில் இருந்த கவுதம மகரிஷி உதவியுடன் பர்ணசாலை அமைத்து தவம் செய்தாள். பவுர்ணமி சந்திரன் கார்த்திகையில் சஞ்சரிக்கும் வேளை வந்தது. இறைவன் தேவிக்கு காட்சியளித்து,இடப்பாகத்தில் ஏற்று அருள்புரிந்தார்.
இந்தத் திருக்கார்த்திகை விழா பிறந்ததற்கு மற்றொரு காரணம். ஒருசமயம் திருக்கயிலாயத்தில் பரமேஸ்வரனும் அம்பிகையும் எழுந்தருளி இருக்கும் போது, அங்கே நெய்யிட்ட திருவிளக்கு ஒன்று எரிந்து கொண்டிருந்தது. விளக்கு ஒளி இழக்கும் தருணம் எலி ஒன்று அங்கு வந்தது. நெய்யின் வாசனை அறிந்து அதை உண்ண நினைத்துத் திரியை இழுத்தது. தூண்டி விடப்பட்டதால் தீபம் பிரகாசமாக எரிந்தது. ஒளி மிகுந்ததனால் எலி ஓட ஆரம்பித்தது. ஒளியைத் தூண்டிய எலிக்கு இறைவன் அருள் கிடைத்தது. எலிக்கு அவர் மானிடப் பிறவி கொடுத்தார். அதற்கு அரச போகமும் அரண்மனை வாழ்வும் தந்தருளினார். முன்ஜென்மத்தில் எலியாய் இருந்தது, அடுத்த பிறவியில் மகாபலி சக்கரவர்த்தியாய்ப் பிறந்தார். எண்ணற்ற செல்வங்களுக்கு அதிபதியானார். கூடவே செருக்கும் வளர்ந்தது. ஒருநாள் அகங்காரத்துடன் திருக்கோயிலுக்குச் சென்றார். பட்டாடைகள் தரையில் புரள அலட்சியத்தோடு நடந்து சென்றதால், அங்கிருந்த அகல் விளக்கின் தீப்பொறி சக்கரவர்த்தியின் மீது பட்டுப் பற்றி எரிந்தது, உடல் புண்ணாயிற்று, செருக்கு அடங்கிய சக்கரவர்த்தி இருகைகூப்பி ஆண்டவனை நோக்கிப் பிரார்த்தித்தார். தனது உடம்பில் ஏற்பட்ட ரணத்தைப் போக்கியருளுமாறு வேண்டினார்.
தீபப்பொறியால் ஏற்பட்ட ரணத்திற்கு நாள்தோறும் திருக்கோயிலில் தீபவரிசைகளை ஏற்றித் தொழுது கொண்டு வா. காலப்போக்கில் உன் நோய் நீங்கும்! என்று இறைவன் அசரீரியாகச் சொல்ல, மன்னன் மகிழ்ச்சியுற்றான். நாள்தோறும் கோயிலுக்குச் சென்று வரிசை வரிசையாக நெய் தீபங்கள் ஏற்றி வழிபட்டான். இவ்வாறு திருவிளக்கு ஏற்றி வந்த காலத்தில் கார்த்திகை மாதம் கிருத்திகை நட்சத்திரம் கூடிய பவுர்ணமி திதியில் இறைவன் திருவுள்ளம் இரங்கியது. இறைவன் ஜோதி வடிவில் வந்து, ஒளிப்பிழம்பாக நின்றான். மன்னனின் நோய் நீங்கியது. இவ்வாறு தொடங்கிய தீப வரிசை வழிபாடே கார்த்திகை தீபத் திருவிழாவாக உயர்ந்தது என்பர். காலப்போக்கில் அனைத்து வர்ணத்தாரும் இத்தகைய ஒளி வழிபாட்டில் ஈடுபட, இது பொது வழிபாடாக உருவானது. சோதியே, சுடரே, சூழ் ஒளி விளக்கே என்று இறைவனைப் போற்றுகின்றார் மாணிக்கவாசக பெருமான்.
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