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*ఆకాశ దీపం  ధర్మసింధు గ్రంథంలో ఈ విధంగా పేర్కొన్నారు. 

కార్తీక మాసంలో ఆకాశదీప ప్రజ్వలనము, దానము చేయాలి. సూర్యాస్తమయంలో ఇంటికి సమీపంలో యజ్ఞార్హమైన (మేడి) కర్రను చెయ్యెత్తు పొడవుగల దానిని పాతి, దానిపైన అష్టగళాకారంలో దీప యంత్రాన్ని నిర్మించాలి. దాని మధ్యలో ప్రధాన దీపమును, దాని చుట్టూ ఎనిమిది దీపాలను వెలిగించి, భక్తితో ఈ క్రింది మంత్రమును పఠించాలి.

*దామోదరాయ నభసి తులాయాందోళయా సహ*

*ప్రదీపంతే ప్రయచ్ఛామి నమో అనంతాయ వేధసే!*

అనగా అనంతుడు సృష్టికర్త అగు శ్రీవిష్ణువునకు అంతరిక్షంలో ఉయ్యాలలూగే దీపమిచ్చితిని అని అర్థం. ఇట్లు కార్తీక మాసంలో అన్ని రోజులు ఆకాశదీపమిస్తే మహా సంపద కలుగుతుంది.

*ఏకత సర్వదానాని దీపదానం తథైకతః కార్తీకదీప దానస్య కలాం నార్హంతి షోడశీం*

అనగా అన్ని దానములు కలసి దీపదానానికి సమానం కావు. కార్తీకమాసంలో దీప దానానికి దీటైన దానంలేదు. కార్తీకంలో శివాలయంలోనూ, విష్ణ్వాలయంలోనూ ఆకాశ దీపాలనెత్తడం ఆచారం. దీపం పెడితే జ్యోతి స్వరూపుడైన దైవాన్ని కొలచినట్లే. అది పరమార్థం. 

కనుక కార్తీక దీపాలను వెలిగించి దేవుని అనుగ్రహానికి పాత్రులౌదాము.

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ఆషాడ శుద్ధ ఏకాదశి రోజున పాలకడలిలో యోగనిద్రకు ఉపక్రమించిన శ్రీమహావిష్ణువు కార్తీక ఏకాదశి రోజునే మేల్కొంటాడని పురాణ కథనం.

    

కార్తీక శుద్ధ ఏకాదశిని ‘ప్రబోధైకాదశి’,‘బృందావన ఏకాదశి’ అనే పేరుతో పిలుస్తారు. ఆషాడ శుద్ధ ఏకాదశి రోజున పాలకడలిలో యోగనిద్రకు ఉపక్రమించిన శ్రీమహావిష్ణువు కార్తీక ఏకాదశి రోజునే మేల్కొంటాడని పురాణ కథనం. కార్తీకశుద్ధ ఏకాదశికే భోధన ఏకాదశి, దేవ-ప్రబోధిని ఏకాదశి, ఉత్థాన ఏకాదశి అని పేర్లు. తొలి ఏకాదశి రోజున శయనించిన శ్రీమహావిష్ణువు ఈ ఏకాదశి రోజునే యోగనిద్ర నుంచి మేల్కొనే రోజు కాబట్టి ఇది ఉత్థాన ఏకాదశి అయ్యింది. దీనినే హరి-భోధిని ఏకాదశి అని కూడా అంటారు. తొలి ఏకాదశి నాడు ప్రారంభమైన చాతుర్మాస్యవ్రతం ఈ ఏకాదశితో ముగుస్తుంది. మహభారత యుద్ధంలో బీష్ముడు ఈ ఏకాదశినాడే అస్త్ర సన్యాసం చేసి, అంపశయ్య మీద శయనించాడు. యజ్ఞవల్క్య మహర్షి ఈరోజునే జన్మించారు. ఈ రోజున ఉపవాసం ఉండి, విష్ణువును పూజించి, రాత్రి జాగరన చేయాలి. మర్నాడు ద్వాదశి ఘడియలు ఉండగానే విష్ణుపూజ చేసి, పారణ చేసి (భోజనం చేసి) వ్రతాన్ని ముగించాలి.

కార్తీక ఏకాదశి మహత్మ్యం గురించి బ్రహ్మదేవుడు, నారద మహర్షికి మధ్య జరిగిన సంభాషణ స్కందపురాణంలో కనిపిస్తుంది. పాపాలను హరించే ఈ ఏకాదశితో 1000 అశ్వమేధ యాగాలు, 100 రాజసూయ యాగాల పుణ్యం లభిస్తుంది. కొండంత పత్తిని చిన్న నిప్పు రవ్వ ఎలా కాల్చి బూడిద చేస్తుందో అలాగే ఒక జీవుడు, తన వేలజన్మలలో చేసిన పాపాలను కాల్చివేస్తుంది ఈ ఏకాదశి ఉపవాస వ్రతం. ఈ రోజు చిన్న పుణ్యకార్యం చేసినా, అది సుమేరు పర్వతానికి సమానమైన పుణ్య ఫలితం ఇస్తుందని, ఈ ఏకాదశి వ్రతం చేసినవారికి సాధించలేనివి ఏమి ఉండవని సాక్షాత్తు బ్రహ్మదేవుడు వివరించారు. ఈ రోజు ఉపవాసం ఉన్నవారికి ధాన్యం, సంపదలు, ఉన్నతస్థానంతో పాటు పాపాపరిహారం జరుగుతుంది... పుణ్యక్షేత్ర దర్శనాలు, యజ్ఞయాగాలు, వేదం చదవడం వల్ల కలిగిన పుణ్యానికి కోటిరెట్ల ఫలం ఈ ఏకాదశి ఉపవాస వ్రతం చేసినవారికి లభిస్తుందని బ్రహ్మదేవుడు నారద మహర్షితో అన్నారు.

ఈ వ్రతంలో ఒకరికి అన్నదానం చేస్తే సూర్యగ్రహణ సమయంలో పవిత్ర గంగానది తీరాన కోటిమందికి అన్నదానం చేసినంత ఫలితం. వస్త్రదానం, పండ్లు, దక్షిణతో కూడిన తాంబూలాన్ని పండితులకు ఇస్తే ఈ లోకంలోనే గాక మరణానంతరం పరలోకంలో కూడా సర్వసుఖాలు లభిస్తాయి. కార్తీక శుద్ధ ఏకాదశి రోజున బ్రహ్మాది దేవతలు, యక్షులు, కిన్నెరులు, కింపురుషులు, మహర్షులు, సిద్దులు, యోగులు తమ కీర్తనలు, భజనలు, హారతులతో పాలకడలిలోని శ్రీమహావిష్ణువును నిద్రలేపుతారు. అందువల్ల ఉత్థాన ఏకాదశి రోజున ఎవరు శ్రీ మహావిష్ణువుకు హారతి ఇస్తారో వారికి అపమృత్యు దోషం తొలగిపోతుందని పురాణాలు తెలియజేస్తున్నాయి. కాబట్టి విష్ణుమూర్తికి హరతి ఇవ్వాలి.. అలా కుదరకపోతే దేవాలయానికి వెళ్లి అక్కడ స్వామికి ఇచ్చె హారతిని కన్నులారా చూసినా, హారతి కర్పూరం సమర్పించినా అపమృత్యు దోషం పరిహారం జరుగుతుంది.

Sharada Peeth - The abandoned Hindu temple and ancient centre of learning.

 Sharada Peeth - The abandoned Hindu temple and ancient centre of learning.

 Sharada Peeth – It is an ancient Hindu temple located in the Pakistani administered territory of Azad Kashmir. Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK).

Kashmir always belong to Hindus for thousands of years, it is said to be an abode of Devi Saraswati.There is an ancient Sanskrit prayer to Saraswati as follows:

नमस्ते शारदे देवि काश्मीरपुर-वासिनि ।

त्वामहं प्रार्थये नित्यं विद्यादानं च देहि मे ॥

namaste śhārade devi kāśhmīra-pura-vāsini ।

tvāmaham prārthaye nityam vidyādānam cha déhi mé ॥

"Obeisance to Thee, O effulgent Sarada, worshipped in the City of Kashmir, I always be seech Thee to vouchsafe to me Pure Knowledge".

Heart breaking to see such a powerful place in pitiful condition. These are human heritage. Pakistan government should at least look after this.

Sharada Peeth – a temple of Goddess Sharada – was

one of the three principal shrines of J&K before the Partition.

Namastey Sharada Devi Kashmir Pur Vasini Tvam Ham Prartheye Nityam Vidya Danam Che De hi Mahi. (Salutations to you, O Sharada, O Goddess, O one who resides in Kashmir. I pray to you daily, please give me the charity of knowledge.

On 25^th March,

2019 the Pakistan government approved proposal to establish a corridor that will allow Hindu pilgrims from India to visit Sharada Peeth.

The Sharada Peeth corridor, when opened, will be the second religious tract after Kartarpur corridor in Pakistan-controlled land that will connect the two neighbouring countries.

Sharada Peeth is situated in the Neelum river valley of Mount Harmukh in Azad JK , Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK). The temple is at a height of 1,981 meters above sea level. It is located 150 kilometres from Muzaffarabad, which is the capital of PoK.

Sharada Peeth was one of the three top shrines of the region, along with the Martand Sun Temple and the Amarnath Temple, before the Partition of India and Pakistan. After the 1947- 48 war between the two countries over Jammu & Kashmir, the sanctum was abandoned as it fell into PoK.

The temple complex formerly housed the Sharada University, one of India’s oldest universities with over 5,000 scholars and a library.
As per Ravinder Pandita, it was one of the most remarkable centres of learning till the 12th century with sages like Adi Shankara, Kalhana and Virotsana.
The shrine, religiously and politically significant, lies nearby to the LoC in Sharda hamlet atop Mount Harmukh.

In a noteworthy step, the inhabitants of Teetwal Village in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district have returned back a patch of land to Kashmiri Pandits to construct a temple and Sharda Peeth Yatra base camp.

Until now the land was with a Muslim family who were doing crop cultivation. Now when Kashmiri Pandits decided to construct a temple here, the residents welcomed them and returned this patch of land.

Ravinder Pandita, the head of “Save Sharada Committee Kashmir” said that the villagers supported and encouraged them to jump start the construction of Sharda temple. Support of the locals was very vital. Without their support the construction of temple will be impossible. The construction of a Gurdwara and temple will be done simultaneously on this land on the same lines both religious places existed before 1947.

Ravinder Pandita termed the construction of the temple and Sharda Peeth Yatra base camp as the first step towards achieving their goal which he said was re-starting decades old Sharda Peeth Yatra.

Till 1947, as per Pandita the Kashmiri Hindus would undertake Sharda Peeth Yatra and visit the shrine in Neelam Valley (Now in PoK); however, after partition and tribal invasion of Jammu and Kashmir, this Yatra was stopped. No yatra has taken place to this peeth since 1948 when Swami Nand Lal Ji along with his followers migrated to Tikker in Kupwara following tribal raised.

 Last year, Sharda Puja was performed on the banks of the Kishanganga river right on LoC in Teetwal village of Kupwara. A group of 20 pilgrims including a few locals took part in the annual Puja that used to be held at Sharda Peeth (now in PoK) prior to partition.

The dilapidated condition of Sharda Peeth in PoK was hurting Kashmiri Pandits who were demanding access to this shrine for the last two decades so that they can visit this holy place and also reconstruct the temple.

 Sharda Peeth is to Hindus what Mecca is for Muslims. Pandita said that the Supreme Court of PoK had ordered in favour of Hindus in 2018.

DG Archaeology & Tourism in POK govt too had issued an order for maintaining the sanctity of the peeth.

 

 

 

SCRAP JEE – ENTRY TO IIT THROUGH CLASS 12 MARKS.

 

It’s high time to scrap JEE as the recent spate of suicides across Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) has sparked a debate among academics about for reform existing system. While some strongly believe that JEE examination pattern must undergo an overhaul to curb the stress it creates on applicants, others stress the importance of on-campus counselling for more better engineering colleges and institutes in government and private sectors that are on par with IITs. Only then, will students be this cut throat competition for a seat in the 23 IITs - considered to be the jackpot and a golden ticket to a highly paid engineering career.

As per a professor at IIT Hyderabad the multi-choice JEE exam can be scrapped altogether or should be replaced with a more analytical questionnaire. "

As per another professor - In the current system, students are signing up with coaching centres and finding ways of eliminating the wrong answers and end up at merely guessing answers. These coaching institutes mushroomed very where in the Telugu states are doing no good to students but building pressure to excel at this guess work.

Another solution is the selection on base of class 12 results. "Why create a parallel system JEE exam? Just taking into consideration the class 12 or intermediate results CGPA or percentage in Maths, Physics & chemistry, where students are thoroughly assessed," as recommended by a professor from IIIT Hyderabad.

The JEE system is fuelling the coaching-based schools to thrive where students are made to study for 12 hours (or more) a day not for their school exams but for JEE examination. This has to be banned. A former professor and dean at IIT-Kanpur,  feels that also a need to demystify the craze around IITs and shatter the notion that one of them is the only way to a successful career. the necessity within the present the strain and wish free of one among the instant you've got to look at we'll to find out the right this is often supported just like the in short he's is merely to review to alleviate of educational . This can happen only if the number of quality engineering seats in the country is increased - be it in the government or private sector. With this transformation many  students don't spend many years of their youth for a try in getting into an IIT.

But while such measures are important, also crucial to ensure that IITs have a strong counselling system on campus to keep watch on the students' issues. "The only way of solving this problem of anxiety and stress is to have good number of counsellors for students. Their psycho-social behaviour will be evaluated by the institute and allow them sessions by counsellors and teachers.

If the system of examination is replaced the entrance examination patterns are tweaked and in no time the coaching 'industry' will catch up the new format into yet another profitable business model.

"Many students who come through reservation, often have the same levels of soft skills and language skills, their technical skills are on par with . To equalise this, IIT's must invest in teaching some basics first year when all courses are for all students and certainly make them feel more at ease on campus."

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What is your salary ? Are you Happy with it?

Hello, What is your salary ? Are you Happy with it?

I am 29 , My Salary is 14 Lakhs PA , after Tax deductions I get 95K monthly , live in Chennai and i am happy with it 

Reasons below:

>I didn’t buy a HOME worth 60 or 70 Lakhs , i am not a big fan of it by paying EMI around 35K per month & being in tension all the time and losing my daily happiness.

> Instead i pay 10K as rent for a Home which is worth 60L, which is also near to my office reducung my commute time, back-pain , traffic tension. Every-time i change my office i can switch my home as well, this will not happen with an Own house. Some of my colleagues are travelling 2 hours morning and evening as they are coming from their own house and they explain how irritating it is to travel 40 KM in the Chennai traffic and Hot weather.

> People who are commuting more than 90 minutes for work are not able to concentrate in their Work and miss good projects and they tend to grab a poor project which is near to them.  if u live in rental you can be flexible in timings , and can spend quality time with your family.

> 20 K in Mutual Funds which gives more returns than owning an apartment.

> 25 K for House hold expenses like Petrol, EB, Milk, TV , Internet ,Grocery , Vegetables, Maid, Meat & ETC

> 6 K in gold purchase, every month investing in the scheme for my Wife (I don’t like it but what to do  when you are married :) ).

> 2K to my single Grandma who lives in my Hometown village.

> 3K for Kid school expenses.

> 14 K is for eating out, shopping, outing.

> Remaining 15 K is my savings, any last minute surprises, Hospital bills, Family functions etc etc.

I don’t own a credit card, i don’t buy things with EMI(its a trap),i don’t have any loans. I will not have month end problems and i will not wait for my salary to be credited to buy any urgent things, i will spend from last month's savings.

I have a 125 CC bike (5 years old) and i am happy with it even though i love 2L worth Royal Enfield Continental GT, even though i have savings to buy in a single payment, i will not buy it considering the monthly expenses and service charges.

Have a 1000 CC Hatchback car which is enough for my Family and Indian roads.

I wont spend much in restaurants/shopping  but instead utilize that money for trips , will travel with my family to all possible places (beaches, temples, amusement parks , new cities) with my small car, will pack food, spend time with them.

Living life simple makes me happy than others who earn more than me.

Edit 1 : I learnt this simple thing from My Dad, he is my role model for living a healthy life and saving from what we have in hand.

He doesn’t have any credit card or a loan, he has an own house 4 BHK, 3 lands at the his home town, still earning , living healthily.

He is 58 years old , has no BP , Sugar , Back Pain, the last time he went to hospital was 12 years back for a small accident in the bike.

His Routine : He wakes up by 5 AM , does Yoga , walks for 3 KM , reads news paper, chats with friends ,drops my sister to the college bus, goes to office , comes for lunch, goes to office, picks my sister from the college bus , takes care of home needs, goes to the market, gardening, visits temple, library, calls his close relatives and solves any problems in their family,spends time with my mom in the terrace, visits us in Chennai regularly once in a month, helps me to invest in good plans, plays with my daughter, visits his hometown for relatives function, Lives happily, He is a perfect example of how to live.

How many of you are having your lunch at Home today, will be very less, i used to go to Home for lunch twice in a week in between office time whenever the work is less, my dad use to come home daily for lunch (last 30 years) and help Mom in the kitchen for 10 mins , watches news while eating, he is not a billionaire but knows how to live without pressure, he knows to balance work and life.

My Dad’s cousins are earning more than him, working in the Gulf countries leaving their families here. my Mom usually worries about this as when relatives get richer, they only gain another home in Chennai and all kinds of diseases with them..My uncle who is the richest person in my entire family can’t eat a single food which has sugar/salt.He use to take insulin daily , whats the point of earning so much by working day and night!

I still say my dad is the richest person in my Family to have good children, good grand children, surrounded by positive friends (real friends), good environment , some good relatives & leading a peaceful life.

Till today i have never told him how much i admire him and how much i look to him as a role model for my Life, but he knows, does it need to be said ?

Peace be with you. Have a happy, peaceful and healthy life with what you have. Learn to be happy with what you have been blessed with by God. Biggest blessing is your parents, family, wife, kids and friends. Enjoy life with them.