CULTURAL QA05-2021-13 Being a compilation there may be errors
Q1 What are some miracles ofLord Vishnu temples in India? A1 Sarayu Khandavilly Lives in India May 6 Yes!!! there’s a constant miracle that takes place in Vadapalli Lakshmi Narasimha Swamytemple, Andhra Pradesh. Here , the lord keeps breathing inside the garbha gudi ( inner chamber, werethe deity resides), this could be identified easilybecause the upper lamp placed inside the garbha gudi starts moving, and thelower lamp doesn't.(That's the upper lamp) Now u might say, it might be because of the wind 🍃 or breeze…but no, because in temples the placewhere they light those lamps are built in such a way that there would be nowind, to blow them away… Btw this is a Swayambhu devalayam 🙏,that means no one has built it. Om namo narayanaya 💙💛!!! Q2 What is the cheapestcountry to travel to for Indians for the first time? A2 Bhuvana Rameshwar Lived abroad a few years Tue Closest and budget friendly are Srilanka, Nepal and Bhutan. Then come the next budget of a bit more price wise- Dubai, Abu Dhabi,Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia (Bali) Myanmar Mauritius, Seychelles Maldives is near, beautiful but a bit costly. I would prefer our own humble Lakshadweep, Andamans instead of Maldives .They are in India. Q3 What are some interestingfacts about the 2000-year-old Kallanai Dam that is operational even today? A3 Shanmugam Sundaramoorthy Ph D in Engineering &Environmental Engineering, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (Graduated 1992)Sat Built in those times when there was no auto cad, no computer, notheodolite, no telescope and no mobile phones. May be it was a huge mass of rock and ground Lime materialcompared to present day concrete structures, but then it has stoodthe test of times. Pl see the grandiose. The river water is diverted to 4regions by sheer rock and lime mortar dam Q4 Which Hindu God sits on acrocodile? A4 Rami Sivan Priest, Dharma teacher, counsellor, Gov. Advisor(1998–present) Sun The Sanskrit term makara refers to a crocodile or a shark and also to amythical composite beast like a dragon. Makara literally which “the handof measure” and in iconographyindicates the limitations of the material world. A Makara is also the insigniaof Kāmadeva (god of desire) and Kāmadeva's flag is called makara-dhvaja, a flaghaving the Makara drawn on it. Sothe limiting factors of the material word are all connected to Desire (iccha)and in particular the attachment to stuff that is the cause of all suffering(duḥkha). In Hindu astrology the Makarais also the astrological sign of Capricorn which is ruled by Saturn - the austere planet which is indicative ofresponsibilities, onerous duties, obligations, setbacks, disease and hardship -the default nature of life. Q5 Why do Indian parentshave expectations that their children will stay with them for the rest of theirlife? A5 Ramadevi GiduguFormer Self Employed, Full Time Mother.2hago I used to spend all my holidays with my grandmother.My grand parentshouse is very big. A big court yard. Big garden and lot of place around the 8room house with a big veranda. My grandmother used to plant flowering plants, vegetables, fruit plants,in a systematic segregated way. I used to ask her. ‘Why can't you put everything at a same place? This was her reply. Few are just for kitchenpurpose. They have very short life.Few are seasonal. Till the end of that season you get fruits. Few are for future. After tenyears they start giving nice crops.(Now hybrid variety are available. Those days only natural plants). All theseplants requirements are different. So, this is the ideal way to plant them. ‘Then these creepers? I askedher. ‘These are weak, they always need support. If we give good support theytoo give nice flowers, vegetables and fruits in future. ‘Ammamma!( Grandmother) you arenurturing them so well like your own kids. If they don't give any fruits? Iasked her. She used to reply. ‘It's very rare, still if it happens, that is‘Bhagavadechha’. God's wish. I understood later in my own way. We meet many people in life. Few arevery temporary relations. Like greens, kitchen vegetables. Very short life. Few are need based relations. Like relatives, neighbours. These can becalled seasonal plants . They stay still in our court yard but we don't givethat much importance. Few only are very strongrelations. Like siblings and children. These are the strong trees in garden.Grew along with us. A fruit tree rarely fail to give fruits even after lot of nurturing.Still, it may give shade, wood etc. Same way parents nurture and bring up their kids with lot of love. (I amnot talking about exceptions here) They starve, become verycalculated to spend for themselves since they have children. Spend even theirlast penny on children. It's not expectation. It's ‘human Dharma' to take care of your birthgivers. ‘Expect their children will stay with them forever'’ is littleexaggeration. Many are sending their children to colleges and hostels for theireducation . Later they stay away for their job. Even few city born Parents allow their children to stay away once theyare married. If house is very big to accommodate all thefamily members, they may prefer to stay together. For financial reasons they maystay together. If they have cordial relations they may stay together. Otherwisethey prefer to stay separate. Why Indian parents only does like this? Because their duty never ends by 18th year of the child. Till he or she settles downin life they give shelter, food, clothes, education', sometimes bribes fortheir jobs too. If middle class parents spend all their earnings andtheir future securities on children's future, doesn't have their own house,monthly income, energy to live on their own, what they should do? Is it wrong if they expect in their old age, their kid should take uptheir responsibility? If they live in a small place, they themselves encourage children to goto another big city in search of jobs. Only when they are not capable of managing themselves, they expectchildren should stay with them, take care of them or atleast keep them withtheir children. If it's not possible atleast monetory help they expect. If that is also not possible,parents anyway would realise finally they planted a male variety of tree. Itwould not give any fruits. >From neighbours, friends, collegues, we expect reciprocation. So >many'’thanks', '’sorrys’, ‘excuse me s' we use daily. But....From parents only >weexpect unconditional love!!! Why?? Right, I accept it's their choice to have you. You didn't ask. Justbecause of that they need not be punished. Still, they are expecting only you should take careor stay with them, not compelling you. Any day you can leave them and come out. After all, there aremany male trees which can't give edible fruits. According to me it's wrong to think they should nothave any expectations at all. Entire world works around expectations and performance. Don't think youare only a human and parents are Gods. No, they too are humans with emotions, pain, hurt, happiness, hunger,satisfaction, dissatisfaction. If at all they are expecting anything, its fromtheir own blood only. An old age with dignity. If it is too much to ask, I have nothing to say. The other day I was in hospital regarding some medical issues. A 82 years old lady. A very reputed hospital. Children joined her therefor covid. Paid entire treatment amount. Now she is negative. No covid. Two children of her. Both are not interested to take her back to theirhome. I know there may be thousands of reasons to not to keep her with them. Asingle mother brought up her two children single handedly. Two grown up childrenfailed to take care of their aged mother. They didn't find a single reason tokeep her with them. By that hospital you can make out they are not poor. When doctor said this I got tears in my eyes. I saidI know few aged care centers. Let us contact them. Doctor said. ‘No need. So many people are there like that abandoned bytheir children. We made a make shift arrangements with the help from '’Pai 'people. We shift her there. Later any charitable trust's oldage home. She is from well to do family.’ still, this is the condition.Think about others who can't afford any treatment! With emotional voice he said.Ma'am we are seeing humans original colours nowadays because of covid. Parents don't abandon children. Mom is ready to diewith them in many cases. In this case if her middle aged son or daughter is inher position, she won't throw them like that. But, unfortunately these are children!! Can leave their parents. Parentscan't leave them like that! I just stared at his facehelplessly. Don't know what to say! If you are asking about staying with them after marriage, explain them,you are physically away from them, not permanently. You are always there forthem though that is also not possible at present days. My friend's both children are in foreign. Her husband died of covid andcordiac arrest. Four bed room independent house her's is. Stayedthere like a mad, clueless life less thing. No children could come. She is 68years old. Watch man did the last rights according to the customs. Body anyway theywon't give her. Her 71 year old brother travelled all along from Odisha in acar to reach her. We friends arranged some paid helper because all of us testedpositive. Our houses are marked and not allowed to come out. We are inisolation. Under qurantine. There may be more '’for and against arguments' about this question. Just remember humanity is themost important reason than any other strong argument. Maybe Indians still can't come out of that emotional bonding called ‘ my children' my husband’ my wife' '’my parents'’ concept. Don't worry! withtimes we too may evolve and become like animals. Noattachment after certain time. No emotional bonding.. Definitely parents too evolve oneday like many ‘developed cultures.’ I stop here. I don't feel like writing anymore about this topic afterseeing many abandoned Parents. My note- A heart touching answer. Q6 Why do Karna fans compareKarna with Arjuna, who himself admits Arjun was the strongest warrior? A6 Vivek Aggarwal WedRead BORI & KMG version of Mahabharat& Valmiki Ramayan. There are 2 reasons as to why Karna fans compare him with Arjun. The first reason is the TVserials, fake stories, Novel writers etc. who over glorify Karna and portray him as equal to Arjun and therebyspread wrong knowledge amongst people and create confusion in their minds. The second reason is thatpeople do not understand that TV serials are made to earn money and not to depict the truth. They blindly believe thatwhatever is shown in these serials is true and never ever care to read theMahabharat by themselves. Q8 What are somemind-blowing facts about Indian history? A8 Anubhav Kanwar Dentist May 6 Mind-blowing facts about India!… Here we go! 1.Kailash Parvat (Now in Tibet) It is said that time travels fast in Kailash Parvat as compared to thenormal timeline of the earth. Many Travellers and Scientists have witnessed therapid growth of hair and nails in a short span of time. Scientists are stilltrying to figure out this spat. The mountain is also said to change position as many mountaineers whotried to reach the top of the mountain claimed extensive weather conditions andlost track while their rise. STRANGE. Snakes and Ladders werediscovered way back in India. It'sa game of Indian origin. As far as I know, the traditional snakes and laddersgame was played as early as during Mahabharata Maharishi Kanad discovered thesmallest unit of a particle(atom) even before Dalton did it. He called it Parmanu. He also stated that Parmanushows the tendency to stay at rest and to also attain Motion. The first-ever Cataract surgeryin the world was performedby Indian physician Sushrut. He performed the surgery as early as the 6thCentury BC. No doubt he's regarded as the Father of Surgery! India also has an Ice HockeyTeam and they are alsomembers of the International Ice Hockey Federation. Quite Magnificent! Kabaddi has its Origin andtraces from around about 4000 yearsin India l. Most predominantly from the Mahabharat. Mawsynram along with Cherapunjisituated in Meghalaya are thewettest places in the entire world. Mawsynram records a jaw-dropping averagerainfall of 11,873 mm every year! The Tirupati Balaji and KashiVishwanath Temple both receivetourists more than tourists and pilgrims in Vatican city and Mecca combined! Takshila is the oldest and thefirst University in the entireworld! It was started around 700 BC Koh-i-Noor diamond belongs toIndia. However, it was stolenand it now rests on the royal crown of England :( The Gateway of India, one ofthe most iconic tourist spots inIndia was built to commemorate the visit of King George V and Queen Mary toMumbai. Shri Padmanabhaswamy Temple inKerela is the richest temple in theworld. The temple's wealth is distributed into 6 chambers namely from A to F. Out of the 6 chambers, A and B cannot be opened as they have Curse laidon them. Chambers C to F has wealth till unthinkable proportions! The Chamber 'B′ is having a snake seal on its door and priests believethat it is cursed with many fatal outcomes if opened. The value of Chamber B isestimated to be around $ 1 trillion! Chess or Shatranj was inventedin India! India is the world's 2ndlargest English-speaking country. The first being the United States. All the above QA are based onQuora digest on 13-05 - 2021. Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 13-5-2021 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/1902347098.176755.1620917083969%40mail.yahoo.com.
