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Shodasa upachara

As per puranas,  Şodaś meaning 16 and Upacār meaning offerings. Şodaśopacāra is a set of 16 offerings to a deity. āsanaṃ svāgataṃ pādyamarghyamācamanīyakam | madhuparkācamanasnānaṃ vasanābharaṇāni ca | gandhapuṣpe dhūpadīpau naivedyaṃ vandanaṃ tathā  | ~ Śrī Śiva Purāņa The rituals are:- Āvāhana– Invitation to deity Āsana– Offering a seat Pādya – Cleansing of the feet of the deity Arghya – Offering drinking water Acamāna – Cleaning the self. Snāna – Bathing. Vastra – Offering new Clothes. Yagñopavīta – Offering the sacred thread. Śrīgandha – Offering Sandalwood powder/paste. Alankāra – Decorating with ornaments . Puśpa – Offering flowers. Dhūpa – Perfume or sacred smoke. Dīpa – Showing the lamps to deity. Naivedya– Offering food and water alongside. Tambūla – Offering Pān. Nīrajana– Making the ambience warmer so that the guest/deity feels warm. These are the 16 rituals prescribed by the scriptures.

Kukke Subrahmaya Puja Guidelines

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Brahma Kamal Flower

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Wish fulling powers of Brahma Kamal- It is said that Lord Brahma created this auspicious flower on the bequest of Goddess Parvathi when Lord Shiva, in a fit of jealous rage, cut off their son’s Lord Ganesha’s head. Feeling remorse, Lord Shiva, with Lord Brahma’s Help, placed an elephant’s head onto the body of Lord Ganesha’s and bathed it with water sprinkled from a Brahma Kamal, and thus Lord Ganesha was reborn. This is why Brahma Kamal is given the status of a life-restoring flower of the gods. Brahma Kamal has been long thought to have wish fulling powers as it was said that anyone who caught a glimpse of this flower would get his/her wish fulfilled. They have large pure white star-like flowers with lovely fragrance to help their pollinators locate the blossoms by the moon or starlight. The flower starts blooming after sunset from 7 pm onwards and takes about two hours to full bloom, about 8 inches in diameter and remains open throughout the night. Growing Brahma Kamal- Brahma Kamal...

Customer Fooled-Paying for ads

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Can you imagine your DTH screen without a yellow message icon always wanting you to click with urgency? And when you do it you end up looking at that boring promotion of Tatasky astrology paid services? Have you ever wondered why being hotstar - VIP member you are still shown ads? Have you ever tried to unsubscribe from Naaptol channel and just wasted your time to find that there's no way? My demand as a customer: Any paid membership must not promote any other topics whether it belongs third party or same company.

Consistency-Certainty

Any of you normal people will observe daily routine activities happening around you from the time you wake till the time you wake up next day. I sometimes think whether that routine is doing good for me or bad. Consistency of life is brought by your routine. Getting up with fixed number of alarm buzz, exact same time taken to brush or do daily chores brings an unknown certainity in your life.  But, think every one in your colony doing same routine as you do. That brings certainty in administration to react to regular needs. They make sure the supply of water, power etc is suiting colony members. Now what if all colonies were following same routine, it bring certainty in the city administration. This expands to your region and country as a whole. One good thing among some of countries which are high on happiness index and good lifestyle has this amazing discipline among its citizens. Nepal, Bhutan follows the same dressing style through out the country. This brings them certainty an...

Smart Tips - Share Trading

Tips and SMART TIPS to invest in BSE and NSE Stock Trading 1. Always do a thorough research before buying any stock. Go through its last few days, one month, six months, one year and three years chart and closely watch the stock’s price during those periods. Also go through company’s financial details like balance sheet, profit and loss, quarterly results and yearly result, growth pattern, year to year and quarter to quarter growth details, Price-Earning Ratio (P/E), Return on Equity (ROE), Earning per Share (EPS) etc. SMART TIP : U se some of simulated tools available online which gives you require motivation and also an idea of how your investments behave in line with market. Example: MONEYBHAI, TrakInvest, Dalal Street. 2. Do not buy shares by just reading someone’s tips. Even if you are planning to go with tips then follow tips only from well established share brokers. SMART TIP : Take an average tip. Which means, you select 3 experts and take their top 3 suggestions and consi...

Smart Tips - AC Buying

If you are looking to buy an Air conditioner for your home, these tips will help you. 1. Firstly, decide the capacity of A/c:  tonnage: a. Based on room dimensions b. Based on your area weather conditions: Like it may be a dry area like Desert (you might need high tonnage), or a hilly region (You may not need high tonnage), or Polluted area (You might need to use 24/7 which requires medium to low tonnage) 2. Avoid Banned or Ozone depleting refrigerants like R410A 3. Go for copper condenser. (Unless you are in a bay area or a riverside where the air might cause corrosion and rust) 4. If you are buying for elderly people to operate, then opt for a/c which will not require complex set up. Mostly the ECO mode is given as alternative option rather than a default option in many a/c. Smart tip: At least, choose the one which memorizes the last made set up when power is switched off and on. 5. Choose a brand which has best service centers nearest to you. There is no second ...