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Pushkar in Rajasthan is a place which is associated with Brahma Deva, Here you will find the only temple of Brahma Dev, and also temple of Ma Saraswati also known as 'Sabitri'. It is said in Matsya puran that while creating the universe Brahma dev created 10 men known as ' Manas Putra' and among them was one girl called ' Manas Kanya' She is also known as Devi Saraswati the presiding deity of knowledge and learning. Most probably the only temple dedicated to Ma Saraswati in West Bengal is at No.1 Umesh Chandra Das Lane , Panchanantala , Howrah. Its claimed that such a permanent temple offering daily prayer dedicated to Ma Saraswati functions nowhere else in the whole state of West Bengal. There is no one unanimous date of establishment of this uncommon temple. The date ranges from 1919 ( The year of Mr. Umesh Chandra Das died) to 3-4 years later .It is said that noted educationist late Mr Umesh Chandra Das was the main initiator of the temple. In t...

In todays hectic world stress has become part of our daily routine and this stress has already started to demonstrate its negative effects on the society .After all man cannot endure stress for a very long time and is sure to succumb to it at some point. There has been a number of debates world over on how best to tackle this or at least minimise the effects. Some of the best and inexpensive ways to de-stress yourself are 1. Dancing can reduce stress, tension, anxiety and even depression. It increases your confidence in social and business situations, and sharpens your control, agility, speed, and balance.What’s more, dance exercises are accessible to people of any age or fitness level and the emphasis is always on having fun. (Twenty minutes of dancing can burn as much calories as 20 minutes of swimming or biking.) 2. Music Research has shown that Music has an profound effect on the body and psyche, infact a new branch of healthcare coming up now is known as music thera...

It’s possible to figure out if some really feels for you, or is more interested in a short physical stint by carefully studying their faces. In a study conducted by Durham, St. Andrews and Aberdeen University on 700 heterosexuals revealed ,that though there exist no definite facial pattern to differentiate between lust and love , a whopping majority of 72% figured out correctly the sexual attitude of men and women after being shown them the photographs or facial images of men and women. It showed that men believe that women who have wide eyes and large lips are attractive and it was also noted that men found women who are open to short physical relationship more attractive. Women on the other hand found men who are after long term relationship more desirable. Like it was a common conception of women that masculine men are likely to be more unfaithful than those with softer physic. A man with a square jaw, large nose and small eyes are perceived to be among those who are mostly after lu...

The era of those king-size gramophones acoustic systems is no more. Portability holds the true spirit of beauty in modern time. The continuous hunger of man to invent new things have always lead him show up an amazing creation every single moment. This has been paving the way to get more modern comforts. The way to look at the life – especially when it comes to the world of digital music has entirely changed. The portable mp3 players once opened the digital dream door for those who are looking for the modern acoustic effect. But the latest version, hi-tech mp4 player is just an awesome creation that has moved a few extra miles ahead to deliver the digital world with the galore of aesthetic dimensions, with exceptionally magical experience of enjoying music. The mp4 actually is the global file extension for certain official container formats, which are usually defined in the MPEG-4 standard. They usually support almost all types of multimedia contents as well as certain other contents, ...

Face of man looks beautiful, when it expresses the innermost innocence. Man sees things through his eyes. Not only he sees, he observes; the more he feels the thirst to know, more he wants to express. This is all what he wants. He displays himself in this very unique way. Thus the mannerism grows, with the growth of life. This is life – behaviors bring successive kinship within our social aspects. This is what the light of a man's life is all about. The reverse identifies ill-humanism. Admirations depend on dealings. Dealings create a man. But in treatment many of us forget how to behave. We tend to forget that everybody expect the right blend of humanism. But privation is a meanness that causes damage to the sweet harmony between us. Although we have a good faith, a belief and maintenance in ourselves as a nature, we sometimes forget ourselves and make damage right in the frontline. We forget the truth, which is the "Rock Of Gibraltor". There may be discord; that does n...

When words are exhausted, offload your headache to a cute bunch of red roses this Valentine's Day if you want it to be heard when you say 'I Love You'. Flowers probably are the best way to express your innermost romanticism silently. This is where the significance of flowers in some special occasions like Valentine's Day lies. Rose – especially the red ones top the list and are treated as one of the most adorable Valentine's Day symbols, as are the cupids, candy hearts, ribbons, frills, love knots, doves and love birds. Flowers have their own unique language of love that can convey a million romantic messages all at a time. Especially the Valentine's Day roses speak out most prominently the three magical words that your soul mate would love to hear on Valentine's Day. But red roses are not the only flowers that are used on Valentine's Day. The Valentine's Day colors are red, pink and white, which is why flowers such as pink and white roses, Carnation...

Valentine's Day is that special day that makes lovers all across the globe feel the fragrance of love and passion more intensely. It is this time of the year that the spirit of romance is at its fullest swing and the flame of love tends to illuminate the world with lovely colors, spread the warmth in the air all around. Not much is exactly known about the history and origin of the Valentine's Day, although there are different believes and various schools of thoughts . There were actually several interpretation regarding the history and origin of Valentine's Day. While according to some the Valentine's Day celebration calls for the pagan tradition during the third century, the Europeans, on the other hand, believed that birds began to choose their mates on February 14th. It was by 1477 that the English associated lovers with the feast of Valentine with the belief that on this day "every bird chooses him a mate." The practice started off with men and women writi...

Have you ever wondered how beautifully you can express your innermost feelings for your soul mate just by singing out a couple of romantic Valentine's Day songs. It may sound weired that although Valentine's Day has always been related to love and passion, yet not all love songs have that elements of passion to be the perfect Valentine's Day song. Some love songs really hold the right blend of love, passion and fun that makes them really the right ones to be played ina aValentine's Day party. Some of the really rollicking Valentine's Day songs are: " A Million Love Songs" -- Take That " Valentine Song" -- by Robert Argyle Campbell " Breaks My Heart" – Monica " Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" -- Whitney Houston and Jermaine Jackson " I Need Your Love Tonight" -- Elvis Presley " A Song" -- by Thomas Carew " Song: Persuasions to Enjoy" -- by Thomas Carew " As Long As You Love Me" -- Backstreet...

It is not advisable to have a TV in your teenage kid's room. A study among a batch of teenage children from the age group 12-16 revealed shocking facts. Children with a TV in their room is twice as likely to smoke marijuana, 30% more chance of him drinking and 50% more chance of getting sexually active. So why take a risk?

THE ABOVE TEMPLE IS THE OLD TEMPLE. BELOW ARE THE PICTURES OF THE NEW TEMPLES! IS IT NOT BEAUTIFUL? Swami Vivekananda on his triumphal return from the West was requested by the devotees in Madras (now Chennai) to start a Math here. To fulfil their earnest desire Swamiji sent his brother-disciple Swami Ramakrishnananda to Madras in March 1897 and thus Sri Ramakrishna Math,Madras, came into existence. After reaching Madras, the first thing Swami Ramakrishnananda did was to set up a small shrine for Sri Ramakrishna at a rented house. He lived there and led a life of renunciation service and austerities. Slowly he built up the institution as the present Sri Ramakrishna Math which is a hub of muiti-pronged service activities. This is the oldest centre of the Ramakrishna Order in the South.Sri Ramakrishna Math completed hundred years of its service in 1997. The shrine of Sri Ramakrishna set up in 1917 in the present Math was clearly too small to accommodate the growing number of devotees....

Sati or Sahagamana is an ancient Indian custom by which a wife burnt herself on the funeral pyre with the corpse of her husband. By so immolating herself it is beleived that she removes all the sins of her family and secures merit for it as well. There are many early instansces of this custom which is mentioned even in Mahabharata, and during Rajput period it became common for a number of women to burn themselves on the pyre. Sometimes even concubines and queens of bad repute did so to free themselves from their sins. A Sati stone MAHASALIKKAL or MASTIKAL is a memorial stone set up over the place where a faithful wife had committed sati. Such stones show the hand of the sati decked in auspicious bangles suggestive of the fact that she is a woman with her husband alive i.e a sumangali and not a widow. The husband is sometimes shone above adoring the wife.

Clairvoyance horoscope:- The word derived from 17th century French word 'clair' meaning clear and 'voyant' meaning seeing. is a mysterious art of being able to see or perceptionalise events or objects by process which is beyond the five known senses of human. A person who has this ability to connect without known senses is said to be a clairvoyant. It is known from recorded fact that this para-psycological communication can be verified and has been used by Countries like USA and RUSSIA extensively during the COLD war times. Though scientists do not generally preffer to acknowledge super natural phenomenon in public but a survey has shown that upto 66% of social scientists beleived in the possibility of its tangible effect. If you have a serious, perhaps urgent problem to resolve, whether it be concerning money, bad luck, love or any other large or small grievance, to help you, Sara Freder offering you a Free Personal Clairvoyance Horoscope and she will reveal your luck...

The similarities in appearances between Kali and Tara are striking and unmistakable. They both are described as standing upon a supine Shiva in inert or corpselike form. However, while Kali is described as black, Tara is described as blue. Both wear minimal clothing, however Tara wears a tiger skin skirt, while Kali wears only a girdle of severed human arms.

Pongal is one of the most important festivals of South India, which marks the celebration of prosperity associated with the harvest. Celebrated in Tamil Nadu as well as by the Tamils in many parts of the globe such as Sri Lanka, Singapore and Malaysia, the festival of Pongal is in practice for around 50 centuries. The celebration of Pongal marks the Salutation and adoration of the supreme power -- the God of Sun, who embarks on a new journey towards the North on this special day, signifying the very auspiciousness of life. To the spiritual aspirants, the beginning of the northwards journey of the Sun God on this particular day has a special significance, as it is believed to have a favorable impact on life and well being. Although it is predominantly a festival of Tamil Nadu (South India), it has been celebrated by many other provinces in India with different names. In Gujarat and Maharashtra, Pongal is celebrated on the day of "Uttarayan", which is the annual kite flying day...

Hi Friends! Let me at the very outset wish you all a very Happy Diwali. I just dropped by to share with you one of my experiences. It was really a fun filled experience to win the second award in the firework competetion held by our local club today (October 8th) evening. I just wanted let you guys know hoe I made those fountains. It's really easy and took me only a couple of hour to make some of them. Here's how I made them: Ingredients Used: 1. SOra 2. Sulphur 3. Charcoal 4. Iron flakes Direction: Step 1 -- I took a news paper and spread it on the floor. The fan was switched off. Step 2-- I poured all the ingredients over the news paper at a ratio of 16:12:4:3.That is to say when sora is 16 grams, the ironflakes will be will be 12 grams , charcoal will be 4 grams and sulphur3 grams. Step 3 -- Make all the ingredient except the iron flakes a fine powder. step 4 -- I mixed them well, so that it becomes a complete mixture. Step 5 -- I took a earthen pot (the one that are speci...

Easter being the Pascha, or Resurrection Day is one of the most important us feast of the Christians. It is the celebration of the "Resurrection of Jesus" that is believed to have occurred on the third day of His crucification around AD 27 to 33. Also referred to as the season of the Church year (Easter Season or Eastertide), the festivity is quite popular in the Christian community. One very important regarding Easter is that traditionally Easter used to last for the forty days from the actual Easter day till the arrival of Ascension Day. Now it lasts for fifty days from Easter day until Pentecost, the first week being the Easter week or the Octave of Easter. Easter is sometimes called "movable Christian holy day" also. This is because it is not fixed as per the civil calendar. Each year it falls a sometime between 22nd March and 25th April as per western Christianity and during early May as the easter Christian calendar following the moon cycle. Sometimes celebra...

Diwali is the most celebrated festival in India – especially for Hindus and Jains. The term being derived from the Sanskrit word “Dipavali”, which means the row of lights, the main festival happens on the no-moon day of the dark half of Kartik ( name of a month) as per the Hindu lunar calendar. Celebrated insanely in India, Diwali is also celebrated in many other parts of the world like Mauritius, Thailand, Fiji, Japan, United Kingdom, UAE, Netherlands, Myanmar, Malaysia, Australia, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Nepal, Indonesia, New Zealand etc. Even in USA people of Indian origin celebrates Diwali with great pomp. What is most interesting in this regard is that the US house of representatives has passed a resolution recognizing the spiritual, religious and cultural significance Diwali. Mr. Joe Wilson, who is the Co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, said, "My resolution acknowledges the international, religious, and historical importance of the festival of ...

Christmas is one of the most celebrated events of Christians all across the world. Celebrated in the commemoration of the auspicious birth of Lord Jesus in various ways, Christmas is the annual holiday in many nations. Each year over 400 millions of people all over the world celebrate Christmas with great pomp and show. This makes Christmas one of the biggest religious festivities of the world. All state governments, the federal government, schools & colleges & universities in United States of America give their employees a leave of a couple of days during this festive season. The vast majority of businesses in US are kept closed during this time. As per the Roman Catholic calendar Christmas is one of the six holy feast days that are celebrated in US, while the others being All Saints, Circumcision, Immaculate Conception, Mary's assumption into heaven and Ascension. Among the most remarkable activities of the festive, gifts exchanging is worth mentioning. The tradition of s...

Pilgrimage, like most other religions, has been a very important and integral aspect of Hinduism ever since the days of the early Aryans. People from all parts and communities of India have traveled long distances across the country in search of divine bliss over millenniums and centuries. But what astonishes the observer most is the number of “holy places” designated by the religious books and scriptures of the Hindus, and the variety of rites and rituals that are practiced in each of these places. These places are scattered all over the country, right from the remotes of the Himalayas till the off-shores of the southern coasts, and host a wide range of religious practices at different points of time.....................