Brahma - The Creator of Universe

As per Hindu Vedas, Brahma is considered to be the creator of our universe.
Saptarishi - 7 great sages who helped brahma to create the universe. They are also called manas putra or mind sons or spirits as all these sons were born out of Brahma's mind rather than body. Brahma created 11 prajapatis who are considered to be the father of human race.

Creation of Brahma and Universe(Brahm- anda)

One Theory
As per Puranas, Brahma is self born in the lotus that grew from vishnu's navel at the beginning of the universe. For this reason , Brahma is also know as nabhija.

Another Theory
Brahma was born in water. In this he deposited a seed that later became the golden egg. From this golden egg, Brahma the creator was born hiranyagarbha. The remaining materials of the golden egg expanded into the Brahm -anda or Universe.

Brahma is also considered to be the son of Brahman and the female energy known as Prakrti or Maya.

In Brahma Purana, Brahma is regarded as a creator and not necessarily as God. Rather, he is regarded as a creation of god. Life span of Brahma is 100 Brahma Years and after a gap of 100 Brahma years, another Brahma or creator will begin the process of creation. This cycle is thought to repeat without end.

Brahma is not much worshiped by Hindus and there are only few temples dedicated to him.
Stories related to less worshiping of Brahma:
When Vishnu and Brahma decided to find the end and beginning of a huge shiva linga , vishnu(in form of boar) who started digging the earth gave up and bowed to shiva but brahma(in form of swan) asked ketaki flower to bear false witness about brahma's discovery of Shiva's beginning. Shiva all knowing was angered by brahma's ego. As per shiva purana, shiva cursed him that no being in three worlds will worship him.

It is also considered that a great sage Brahmarishi Bhrigu went to invite Brahma for a great fire sacrifice i.e yajna. Brahma was so immersed in music played by Saraswati that he could hardly hear Bhrigu's call. Bhrigu then cursed Brahma that no person on Earth would ever worship him.

Brahma's powers
Brahma is also considered to possess the knowledge of all four vedas and each head represents a veda.
Brahma's swan is considered to have a virtue called Neera Ksheera Viveka or ability to separate milk and water from a mixture of two.

Satyalok is considered to be home of brahma and vishnulok is above it.

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We are both spectators and actors in the great drama of existence..!!

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I'm the master of my fate, I'm the captain of my soul..

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Dead Sea: How can a sea be dead.. !!!!

Dead Sea

Shore of dead sea is the lowest dry point on earth(1300 ft below sea level). Dead sea is called so because of high salt content in its water due to which no organism other than microbes can survive in it.
Salt content : 28 to 35 percent i.e 4-5 times as compared to other oceans which have 3 to 6 % salt.

Reason for high Salt content: Dead lies in a valley surrounded by West Bank , Jordan and Israel and water coming from Jordon river is trapped in this valley. Water evaporates and leaves behind salt in the water.

Dying Dead Sea: Due to increase in salt content and evaporation of water, it is expected that by 2050 dead sea will be really dead i.e no water content would be present and will be left only with hard salt formations.

Saving Dead Sea: Two seas canal (180km) is a part of plan to channel some water from Red sea to Dead Sea.
Dead Seas highly saline water has the capability to cure some diseases like asthama and other skin problems.


Due to high density of dead sea water, people are able to float without any effort and can even read books. Tweet

Yuga

As per Hindu Mythology, Vedas tell that there are 4 yugas i.e Satya Yuga, Treta Yuga, dwapar yuga and kali yuga. Total of these yugas is 4.32 million years with kaliyuga (4,32,000 years), dwapar yuga ( 8,64,000 years), treta yugas (1,296,000 years) and satya yuga (1,728, 000 years). One cycle of these 4 yugas is called as maha yuga or divya yuga.

Satya Yuga + Treta Yuga + Dwapar Yuga + kaliyuga = 1 Maha Yuga or Divya Yuga

1000 MahaYuga = 1 day of Brahma or 4.32 billion earth years = 1 night of Brahma

1 day and night of Brahma = 2000 Maha yuga or 8.64 Billion Years

It is said that after a day cycle of brahma, life is destroyed in universe and new life is formed.

Life of Brahma = 36000 Brahma Years

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Brahma lives for 36000 Brahma days which equals to 40 billion Earth years. After the death of brahma, universe is again created for next 40 billion years. Then a new Brahma is born and the cycle starts itself again. Each yuga involves the changes that happens on the earth and on the mankind.

Explanation of time of Yugas

In the explanations of the measurements of time found therein, one cycle of the four yugas together is 12,000 years of the demigods, called divine years. Each of these years is composed of 360 days, and each of their days is equal to one human year. So Krita-yuga is 4000 divine years in length, Treta-yuga is 3000 divine years in length, Dvapara-yuga is 2000 divine years in length, and Kali-yuga is 1000 divine years long, with the addition of the conjoining portions of the Sandhya and Sandhyansa.

In this way, each yuga is preceded by a period called a Sandhya, which is as many hundred years in length as there are thousands of years in that particular yuga. Each yuga is also followed by a period of time known as a Sandhyansa, which is also as many hundreds of years in length as there are thousands of years in the yuga. In between these periods of time is the actual yuga. Therefore, we have:
Krita-yuga = 4000 divine years, Sandhya = 400 divine years, Sandhyansa = 400 divine years. Total = 4800 divine years x 360 days = 1,728,000 human years.

Treta-yuga = 3000 divine years, Sandhya = 300 divine years, Sandhyansa = 300 divine years. Total = 3600 divine years x 360 days = 1,296,000 human years.


Dvapara-yuga = 2000 divine years, Sandhya = 200 divine years, Sandhyansa = 200 divine years. Total = 2400 divine years x 360 days = 864,000 human years.


Kali-yuga = 1000 divine years, Sandhya = 100 divine years, Sandhyansa = 100 divine years. Total = 1200 divine years x 360 days = 432,000 human years.




Within these immense periods of time the human life span decreases from 100,000 years in the Satya-yuga (the Golden Age), to 10,000 years in the Treta-yuga (the Silver Age), 1,000 years in the Dwapura-yuga (the Bronze Age), and finally 100 years in the Kali-yuga (the Iron Age). All these numbers are multiples of 108, the number of beads in Eastern prayer necklaces. Rama lived in the Treta Yuga.


Satya Yuga is the " Yuga of Truth" when mankind is governed by gods.The average life expectancy of human being in this era is 100,000 years. Dharma Bull which symbolises morality, stood on all four legs during this period. Later in Treta yuga it would become three and two in the later dvapara yuga and in kaliyuga it stands on one leg.

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Trip to Chicago

Few days back I visited one of my friend in Chicago and got a chance to enjoy the architectural city Chicago. From Ohaire Airport I took a Metro heading towards downtown which was our destination. To get on to the train, one can get CTA ( Chicago Transit Authority) Cards which are easily available at vending machines at most of the transit centre. CTA Card can be recharged for different amounts upto 20$ which can be used over a period of time. This CTA Card can be used in the CTA Trains as well as buses and the fare for reach ride is 2.25$ which is independent of source and target destination. Good for those who want to enjoy a long ride but for those looking for a short ride it might be a bit costly.
Chicago Down Town is really a marvel in architecture field and that is realised by looking at its high rise and differently shaped buildings. No tower is identical in shape to other tower in downtown where it looks like that there is a fight going on between these towers to look taller than each other.

Chicago river flows through the middle of area dividing down town work area than the residential buildings. Boats and steamers filled with tourists for architectural tours can be seen floating in the river alongwith few people doing kayaking. People can also enjoy a walk along side the river watching the beautiful high rise buildings around.
Michigan street is very popular for the shopping freaks who can shop here till late night.

Lake Michigan , one of the largest fresh water lakes is a major tourist attraction in Chicago.

Going to chicago and missing a visit to Willis Tower would be a life time mistake. So how could I do that .! Among all the sky scrappers in Chicago down town there is a tower that goes even taller in the sky and make every other tower in the town to feel dwarf. Willis Tower , formerly known as Sears Tower is the tallest man made structure in america and 5th tallest building in the world. This building has 103 floors and has major corporate head offices besides restaurants, gyms and other recreational clubs. Tourists visits to 103rd floor of Willis tower is managed by Skydeck which operates lifts that directly take you to 103rd floor in flat 60 seconds. It is one of the fastest escalator in world.

Panormic view from the top floor is superb. One can have a look over the Chicago and can see adjoining places of Indiana and Wisconsin. Down town buildings looks like small chips kept standing on the ground and fun increases when one get to see helicopters flying at the same height or sometimes below the level you are standing.


Thrill to this fun is added by the glass boxes that are hanging outside the building. One can go in these boxes and look down to find the ground 103rd floors below. This is one of the breathtaking moment and is really enjoying too.
If you think you are having a real adventure then let me tell you that there was a french guy who climbed this building till top floor from outside bare handed. Yes you read it right.! My advice to you all is do not even think of trying this.

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Sun Dog

A sun dog or sundog (scientific name parhelion, plural parhelia, "beside the sun"; also called a mock sun) is an atmospheric phenomenon that creates bright spots of light in the sky, often on a luminous ring or halo on either side of the sun.




Sundogs may appear as a colored patch of light to the left or right of the sun, 22° distant and at the same distance above the horizon as the sun, and in ice halos. They can be seen anywhere in the world during any season, but they are not always obvious or bright. Sundogs are best seen and are most conspicuous when the sun is low.

Read more at : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_dog
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Invictus movie

Recently I watched "Invictus", movie based on South African President Nelson Mandela's effort to unite South Africa after its control came in his hands. This story shows how president has effectively used the Rugby as a medium to decrease the divide between the African people. South Africa was facing a Black White divide for a very long time and black were deprived of many basic fundamental rights like voting,etc. It was the effort of leaders like Mandela and others which led to the overthrow of the then government and Mandela taking the charge of the country in his hands. Mandela himself spend 27 years in jail fighting for this cause.
Invictus shows that Mandela after getting the power could have made life very difficult for the whites but instead he forgave all those people who were responsible for his jail. Majority of Black community after gaining the political power wanted to change most of the organizational structures and other things which were either established by the Whites or followed by the whites. One of such things was a "Rugby" game. White South Africans like this game very much and Springbooks was the favorite team but the team was not performing well from a very long time. Blacks are ready to support any other team but Springbooks. Black community also decided to change the logo, anthem of the Springbooks team. It is then when President Mandela used his leadership skills to unite the country by forcing the black community to stop changing the logo and other things which were like by White Africans.
Mandela wanted African team to win Rugby world cup and to show world the unity of S.Africans over this game. He motivated and guided the Rugby team to perform well and outshining other good teams in world cup. His efforts resulted in SA winning Rugby World Cup in the end.

This movie is very inspirational and most of the dialogues and instances presented by Mandela are very motivational. Matt Damon has also played a very good role of Rugby Team Captain. Tweet

India Canada Civil Nuclear Deal

Today 28th June 2010, India has signed a civil nuclear deal with Canada. While signing this deal Canadian PM Stephen Harper said that we have to forget the past and can't live in the past of 1970s. During 1970s , India successfully did its first nuclear testing by using the Circus Nuclear Reactor that was provided to India by Canada. After that test, many bans were imposed on India by the international community. Since that ban has been lifted in 2008, many countries have joined hands with India for Civil Nuclear Deals. Recognizing India as a good future growth market developed countries like US, France and Russia were the first ones to sign nuclear pact with India.

This nuclear pact with Canada has again confirmed the firm position that India is marking in International community. Both the countries have to gain a lot from this pact. India will benefit from the uranium that is required for nuclear reactor and in the turn Canada will have a large nuclear market to invest. India's civil nuclear reactors will use the uranium fuels to meet the increasing demands of India Energy sector. These reactors will also be used by Research Organization like DRDO , BARC to develop latest technologies that were not possible till now without the avalability of fuels like uranium. Nuclear submarines, high speed supercomputers , lasers and many other similar advancements in field of science are now possible with India's accessibility to uranium.
Energy generated by these nuclear reactors will be able to meet the electricity demands of country. This would also lead to good industrial growth and in turn good civil life for the citizens.
These developments will push the development of India and will help it achieve a deciding role in the Global community. Tweet

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Music Composer of Jana Gana Mana

Author of Indian National Anthem - RabrindraNath Tagore
Music Composer - Ram Singh Thakur
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Brain Games

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Link for creating surverys

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Download NCERT books

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