Brothers & Sisters, we are all in the great land of opportunity..... a dream destination for millions of Indians back home.... Do you recall the moments of anxiety... waiting for visa approval at the U.S. embassy? The thrill of first flight..job..$$$..so on and so forth. After landing in U.S. when I looked around at fellow Indians, I found most of us snuggled with-in our own mini-India's.

A hat-seller who was passing by a forest decided to take a nap under one of the trees, so he left his whole basket of hats by the side. A few hours later, he woke up and realized that all his hats were gone.

1 cup chana dal

Ingredient:

For koftas:

There are many Deities (Murthi's) in SV temple and architecture is mesmerising.  Do you want to learn about them?  If so, read on..
The temple construction follows the Vaishnava Agama Shastra in the Pancharathra tradition.  The Vaishnavism advocates the principles of equality and love, and prohibits animal sacrifice. Elaborate rules have been laid out in the Agamas and in the Silpa Sastras (the science of sculpture) describing the quality requirements of the places where temples are to be built, the kind of Murthis to be installed, the materials from which they are to be made, their dimensions, proportions, air circulation, lighting in the temple complex etc. 

2 cup - chopped vegetables (Potato,beet, carrot, beans and green peas)

1 cup - bread crumb

1/2 cup - coriander leaves, chopped

1 tsp - ginger finely chopped

Prana pratishta is a ceremony to infuse life into diety (murti) as prescribed in Agamas.  In beginning the murtis are just a granite sculpture, but at the end of the Prana pratishta, the sculpture is turned into living form of God.  It is a very elaborative 5 day process.  Here are the few major steps -

• Maha Ganapati puja and other preparatory rituals
• Kalasa Sthapana - where the power of the divinities are invoked in the waters kept in pots
• Agni Pratishta - establishing the fire for performing homam
• Vastu Puja and homam to worship the Vastu Purusha
• Ankuraarpanam is seeding of the soil; the growth of plants from these seeds symbolizes the prosperity of the temple
• Adhivasams - Sculptures are kept in dhaanyam (paddy), jalam (water), and resting of the Murtis in new clothes on beds.
• Moola mantra homams done while reciting the moola mantra for each divinity to invoke the power of the deities in the Sculptures.
• Kumbhabhishekam - Kumbha (Shikara or dome) of the temple is bathed with holy water from sacrificial pot.  The pranic power trickle down a silver wire and enter the Murti installed in Garbha Gudi.  That is exact momemt when the Murti is transformed from a granite scultpure into living form of LORD.  Final
• Netronmeelanam is opening the eyes of the Sculptures (until then the eyes are covered)

Prana Pratistha is a rare occasion.  Its a great opportunity for us to witness this proess and learn about it. 

Ingredients: 

1) 1 Big size eggPlant  -  cut 1/2 inch size

2)Green chilles      -   10 (depending on how spicy you need)

3)Cilantro  -  1 bunch (chopped)

4)Jeera    -   1 tsp

As we belive, like any other part of the body, neurons weaken as people age. Now a days researchers found they were wrong.

In the past few years, it has become clear that you can, in fact, make new neurons starting in your 20s and continuing well into old age. You can literally rewire the brain with new parts as the older parts wear out.

WHAT IS DHARMA?

For all of us born as human beings everyone got appetite, thirst &  other feelings. We want a place to dwell.  To protect from cold and heat and for safeguarding our chastity and modesty, we need dresses. For obtaining all these, men and women need to make efforts.