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Staying between familier faces
But still feeling like a stranger

Standing facing all the truths
But still hiding all the truths

Standing between all the joys in the world
Still feeling some sorrows down in my heart


The name is life
Still acting my role......

Vande Mataram

Sept 7, We are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Song, VandeMataram. The one which greatly inspired our heros who fought for our independance.

Sept 7, we are celebrating it. There is nothing religious in this song, but full of praise to our Motherland. So its the duty of every citizen, every country lover to celebrete the day.

Its a great song comparing Jana Gana Mana, as the latter was in the praise of King George V and his queen. We can clearly understand that when we look the meaning of that lines, that it was not a praise of our motherland but some other person.

I am taking this opportunity, to be a part of the celebration as i could.

Mera Bharath Mahan...

Here is the song............

"Vande maataraM
sujalaaM suphalaaM malayaja shiitalaaM
SasyashyaamalaaM maataram ||


Shubhrajyotsnaa pulakitayaaminiiM
pullakusumita drumadala shobhiniiM
suhaasiniiM sumadhura bhaashhiNiiM
sukhadaaM varadaaM maataraM ||


Koti koti kantha kalakalaninaada karaale
koti koti bhujai.rdhR^itakharakaravaale
abalaa keno maa eto bale
bahubaladhaariNiiM namaami taariNiiM
ripudalavaariNiiM maataraM ||


Tumi vidyaa tumi dharma
tumi hR^idi tumi marma
tvaM hi praaNaaH shariire

Baahute tumi maa shakti
hR^idaye tumi maa bhakti
tomaara i pratimaa gaDi
mandire mandire ||

TvaM hi durgaa dashapraharaNadhaariNii
kamalaa kamaladala vihaariNii
vaaNii vidyaadaayinii namaami tvaaM

Namaami kamalaaM amalaaM atulaaM
SujalaaM suphalaaM maataraM ||


ShyaamalaaM saralaaM susmitaaM bhuushhitaaM
DharaNiiM bharaNiiM maataraM |"

Translation by Shree Aurobindo

Mother, I bow to thee!
Rich with thy hurrying streams,
bright with orchard gleams,
Cool with thy winds of delight,
Dark fields waving Mother of might,
Mother free.

Glory of moonlight dreams,
Over thy branches and lordly streams,
Clad in thy blossoming trees,
Mother, giver of ease
Laughing low and sweet!
Mother I kiss thy feet,
Speaker sweet and low!
Mother, to thee I bow.

Who hath said thou art weak in thy lands
When the sword flesh out in the seventy million hands
And seventy million voices roar
Thy dreadful name from shore to shore?
With many strengths who art mighty and stored,
To thee I call Mother and Lord!
Though who savest, arise and save!
To her I cry who ever her foeman drove
Back from plain and Sea
And shook herself free.

Thou art wisdom, thou art law,
Thou art heart, our soul, our breath
Though art love divine, the awe
In our hearts that conquers death.
Thine the strength that nervs the arm,
Thine the beauty, thine the charm.
Every image made divine
In our temples is but thine.

Thou art Durga, Lady and Queen,
With her hands that strike and her
swords of sheen,
Thou art Lakshmi lotus-throned,
And the Muse a hundred-toned,
Pure and perfect without peer,
Mother lend thine ear,
Rich with thy hurrying streams,
Bright with thy orchard gleems,
Dark of hue O candid-fair

In thy soul, with jewelled hair
And thy glorious smile divine,
Lovilest of all earthly lands,
Showering wealth from well-stored hands!
Mother, mother mine!
Mother sweet, I bow to thee,
Mother great and free!

Surya Namaskaram

This technique found by the rishis of ArshBharatham, to refresh one's mind to tone one's body. Its a mix of various yoga techniques. It was found very effective by the westerners now a days and they are practising it daily.

The place where it originate gets less importance, but now a days MNC' s use them, for their employees........

I wish more people need to know about it and that why I took the pain to publish it........

Surya Namaskar

Surya Namaskar is a combination of few Yogasana postures. This is a well balanced set of movements that will stretch all the muscles in the body and keep the body and mind healthy. There are 13 mantras which are different names of Sun God. We should chant a mantra before each Surya Namaskar.

Om Mitraaya Namah
Om Ravaye Namah
Om Suryaaya Namah
Om Bhaanave Namah
Om Khagaaya Namah
Om Puushne Namah
Om Hiranyagarbhaaya Namah
Om Mareechaye Namah
Om Aadityaaya Namah
Om Savitre Namah
Om Arkaaya Namah
Om Bhaaskaraaya Namah
Om Shree Savitru Suurya Naaraayanaaya Namah


Surya Namaskar Sthiti (Starting Posture):

Following is a brief description of 10 steps in Surya Namaskar.

From Aarama, come to Soorya Namaskar-Sthiti (starting posture) in 3 counts: Ek-Do-Teen. These are the actions to be performed in three counts.

Ek: Join the heels, hands on the side, fingers facing down and palm open.

Do: Join the toes.

Teen: Join your hands to form Namaste position. Palms should be pressing against each other and the thumb joint should be at sternum (Solar Plexes).

In this posture, breathing is normal and slow. Face should be normal and relaxed.





Ek: As you breathe in... Slowly raise your hands with biceps touching the ears and hands in namaste posture. Slowly bend backwards from your waist. Do not bend the knees. Look towards your palm.









Do: While breathing out... Slowly bend forward from the waist. Try to touch your palm to the floor on either side of your legs. Do not bend the knees. Nose should touch the knees. People with back problems should not bend too much. Bend only as much it is comfortable.









Teen: As you breathe in... [Note: The description is for odd numbered namaskars (1st, 3rd, 5th, etc.) For even numbered ones (2nd, 4th,..) interchange left and right leg]. Take your left foot back. Left knee should touch the floor. Two palms should be completely on the ground and the right foot should be in between the two hands. Fingers should be pointing to the front. Lean forward on the right knee, so that calf and thigh muscles press against each other chest rests on the thigh. Look up and make a concave on your back.





Chaar: While breathing out... Take right foot back and join with left foot. Arms should be straight. Most of the weight will be on the arms. The body should be in one plane like a slide. Look 5 feet in front of you on the floor.



Paanch: Bend your arms and touch your feet, knees, chest and forehead to the ground. Do not touch abdomen or nose (you don't want to breathe in the dust!)




Che: As you breathe in... Come forward and bend back as much as you can. Abdomen should come between your hands. Look back from the top. Two legs should be joined.



Saat: While breathing out... Form a mountain like posture. Push your chin towards the chest. Heels should touch the floor.





Aat: As you breathe in..[Note: The description is for odd numbered namaskars (1st, 3rd, 5th, etc.)




For even numbered ones (2nd, 4th,..) replace left leg with right leg] bring your left foot forward all the way between the hands. Exactly like teen.





Nau: While breathing out...Bring the right foot forward and stand up as in Do.







Das: Back to Surya Namaskar Sthiti.









At the end of all the Soorya Namaskars, give the command "Aarama" Ek-Do-Teen.

Ek: Drop the hands on your sides. Palm facing down.

Do: Spread the toes and form V-Shape with the feet.

Teen: Aarama position

This is only a half of one round Surya Namaskar - Ref: step No.3 (Teen) if u put ur left leg forward the same leg should be brought back in step no 8 (Aat) and in the next half the round, the opposite leg should be used. Eg. If left leg is used in the first half of the round, the right leg should be used in the next half of the round...

Only after that one round of Suryanamaskaram is over.

Begginers can do 3 - 5 of such rounds and experts upto 12 rounds.....

This is just a basic knowledge ot this, the correct way is to study under a Yoga Guru

GAYATHRI MANTHRA

Om ! Bhoor Bhuva Suvah: Thath Savithur Vare'nyam |
Bhargo Dhevasya Dheemahi Dhiyo Yo Nah: Prachodhayath ||

AUM, O' triple wonder of creation, continuance, and dispersion
Splendor of the three inter-linked worlds here, and around, and beyond!


O' adorable immaculate One, May You, that Supreme Divine being,
Stimulate our intelligence for our self-awakening,
So that we may realize the Supreme Truth . . .. ||

The accepted meaning of Gayatri Mantra is as follows:

OM: - Pranava - The word that is God
BHUR: - God who is eternal
BHUVAHA: - God who is the creator
SVAHA: - God who is Independent
OM TAT: - That eternal God
SAVITHUR: - That creative principle of light
VARENYAM: - That Supreme God
BHARGO: - That light that bestows wisdom, bliss and everlasting life
DHEVASYA: - The light of that  God
DHEEMAHI: - we mediate
DHIYO: - May our intellect
YO NAHA: - Be directed by that lord
PRACHODAYAT: - Towards Illumination

OM, thou my supreme lord, my innermost Self, may thou open my mind and
make it receptive to comprehend the deep meaning of thy word OM and
enable me to purify my mind so as to unlock the door to wisdom! May my
consciousness be free to experience that pure and immaculate awareness,
and be able to abide in that absolute Self. May all my propensities be
erased to make me ready for the holy immersion into the supreme
taintless immutable Self.

Sethu Samudram

In Ramayanam, there is a mentioning about a bridge, which was built between Rameshwaram (India) and Srilankan coast under the supervision of Rama.

The pics from NASA reveals that . it is still existing there…….

The Indian Archeologists rediscovered Dwaraka, which was lost in the sea after the time of Krishna…

These are great findings and no agency, no newspapers, media, government are not interested in knowing more about it. They even don’t want to publicise it.

Instead of protecting it, A new project is under operation “ sethu samudram canal project”, to shorten the distance of sea route. This project would clearly damaged that historical structure.The Bridge of Rama, which is knon as Adam's bridge now.

The structure which was built by Sree Rama is going to destroyed, and that too happens in a country where 80% of population is Hindus……Really Pathetic.

Can you ever imagine in a any other nation, any thing like this happening to the majority class????????????

In India, Is really Hindus are getting equal status???? I don’t think so..

What the sad part is that, most of the hindus, even didn’t know about these facts……For those who know these, will make their mouth shut, in fear of defacing their Secular façade, if they speak about Bharatiya Heritage…

And those people who speak against it are very less, so that their voice couldn’t make an impact on the society.

And whenever someone talks about it, these so called “secular” people will cry and started establishing that, he is a fundamentalist, a fanatist……

And many many thanks for Hon. President of India, Mr. APJ Abdul Kalam, for understanding the feeling of ours and asked to reconsider the project in a way not by destroying the bridge

Can you point out in any country where the majority religion standing helplessly to protect their existence, their monuments……….But It Happends only in India.

Hinduism, is a way of life, the mother of all cultures, all religions…..All old cultures got extinct, while the Bharateeya culture, which is there for centuries, is still prevailing only due to its greatness.

I am proud to be a part of that rich culture, and I would do what ever I can to protect it.

My religion is not the one which says “Only those people which believes in their God, who sacrifies his life for the sins of others, will go to heaven, and rest all others will straightly go to HELL

My religion is neither that one which says, “ there is no other god, but only their one, and those who believes in him should have the right to live and the rest all the people should perish.

But, my religion is the one which says “ LOKA SAMASTA SUKHINO BHAVANTHU” – All the living beings in the world should be fine. My religion is the one which accept the whole world, as one family – VASUDAIVA KUDUMBAKAM……

Yatho Dharma sthatho jaya

I am writing this with all due respect to the good people in other religions, if any of my comment hurt any one's feelings, its my duty to extent my apology to them.