Category: geopiety
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Deepavali-Campus and crackers.
Deepavali— https://www.gharwalidiwali.com/ This is my tribute to Dr.Venugopal who ensured that we had a great time during deepavali. Jyotsna, Aruna, Anand, Arvind, Anupa, Geeta isaac, Krishna,Sundar and Biju who were all part of the baccha brigade. Banditu deepavali,siri sobaganu pasarisi lokava belagatali. The lamps that light the kartika masa, the cool breeze of the oncoming winter there…
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Ulooka—the owl
The owl is one of the most curious creatures. A bird that stays awake when the rest of the world sleeps. They can see in the dark. That is so interesting, to be mired in reality when the rest of the world is dreaming. I wonder what the owl see, and does that the rest…
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moon gardens – experiencing nature by night.
Ratri Suktam the rigvedic hymn to — Ratri Devi—the divinity of night, is one of my favourite hymn. A whole other world exists in the light of a moon filled night something that we rarely take the trouble of noticing. My older daughter used to call it the “Moon Gardens” I prefer referring ratri in…
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Morning dew
Morning dew Udayaachaladalli Ravi baruva chinne Aruna chavi… The Goddess of night slowly recedes, handing us over to the gentle care of Usha, the day break who prepares us for the arrival Aruna, the legless charioteer of Suryanarayana the Sun God. One of my favourite poems, it is also my favourite time of the day,…
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When God became Goddess
shakti creates, shati destroys, this is from Devi Bhagwatam.
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The flow of emotions.
Bhava ganga, The Devi Bhagawatam, talks of Navadurga each aspect of Durga talking of one quality. On saptami the mother Goddess is worshiped in her form as Ganga. Ganga is also the Bhava Ganga, the flow of emotion that is so torrential and difficult to withhold, once she flows out she leaves us calm and…
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