Saturday, March 19, 2011

Sri Rajamathangi


Raja Mathangi Ambika is the most important Goddess of Shakthi universe. The enclosed article explains the fundamental meaning and activity of Raja Mathangi. Our Divine Mother Parashakthi Karumariamman as the supreme divine consciousness is manifest in the physical realm both universally and within us as Raja Mathangi, Who is considered as a supreme advisor to Raja Rajeshwari.


















The installation of Maha Meru – the 3 dimensional representation of Sri Chakra/Sri Vidhya in our Temple, transforms Parashakthi Karumariamman to Raja Rajeshwari-Lalitha Thirupurasundari.


World Water Day

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World Water Day is observed on March 22 since 1993 when the 
United Nations General Assembly declared March 22 as World Day for Water[
This day was first formally proposed in Agenda 21 of the 1992 United Nations 
Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil.
Observance began in 1993 and has grown significantly ever since.
The UN and its member nations devote this day to implementing UN 
recommendations and promoting concrete activities within their countries
 regarding the world's water resources. Each year, one of various UN agencies


involved in water issues takes the lead in promoting and coordinating international 
activities for World Water Day. Since its inception in 2003, UN-Water has been 
responsible for selecting the theme, messages and lead UN agency for the World Day for Water.
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Jenolan Caves:

Take a break from your world and visit the timeless seclusion of Jenolan Caves, where the beauty above and below ground are inspirational.

Underworld Exploration: Being underground draws on senses that you may not have experienced before. Imagine a maze of ancient limestone tunnels, subterranean rivers, and caverns richly draped with exotic mineral deposits. 

Aborigines first named the area Binnomea or Dark Places. By the 1830s European settlers started to explore the caves. Over 40kms of multi-level passageways have now been discovered beneath its mantle of eucalypt forest.

By the 1860s, many other explorers had followed Whalan's lead and found even more caves. Word of their remarkable discoveries spread and the JenolanCaves became a popular tourist destination. 


Unfortunately, some of those first visitors took "souvenirs" home with them and evidence of their destruction can still be seen. Thanks to local Parliamentarian John Lucas, after whom a cave has been named, the practice of breaking off stalagmites and stalagtites was made illegal in 1872. Since then, damage has been minimal.



Over 250,000 visitors come to explore the JenolanCaves each year.

Located between Bathhurst and Katoomba on the far Western edge of the Blue Mountains, JenolanCaves is one of Australia's premier country tourist destinations.






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Sunday, March 13, 2011

Alarm Sounds on Bee-Killing Pesticides








Belgium, Switzerland and Spain called for a ban on insecticides based on fipronil 
 intimidation.The director of the Belgian center for apiculture information, Etienne Bruneau, said,
 "At the current rate, in 10 years there will be no more bees in Belgium."










France has authorized use of inventories of chemicals
 suspected of killing off bee populations. 
There is great concern in other European countries
 about this insect essential for agriculture.
he Bayer product was used mostly for sunflower and corn
 fields and was applied directly to the seeds, such that it was 
absorbed throughout the entire plant, from the roots to the
 leaves and grains.
According to the National Union of French Agriculturalists,
 Gaucho killed off hundreds of thousands of bees, an insect that
 serves the vital environmental function of pollination. 
Their disappearance also pushed thousands of small honey
 producers out of business.
 Belgium, Switzerland and Spain called for a ban on insecticides
 based on fipronil or imidacloprid.
The director of the Belgian center for apiculture information,
 Etienne Bruneau, said, "At the current rate, in 10 years there
 will be no more bees in Belgium."

However, Gaucho is not sprayed on growing plants; it is coated on the seeds.
 As a systemic pesticide, it is absorbed from the 
seed coating by the germinating plants and remains in the growing plant tissues, 
providing pest protection throughout the entire


The Big Pineapple :

A stopover at The Big Pineapple on Australia's Sunshine Coast offers a
 yummy lesson in how unusual fruit grow - and the foresight that opened 
a new form of tourism.
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The Big Pineapple is a tourist attraction and working
 farm situated at Woombye nearNambour, Queensland.

The Big Pineapple is 16 metres high and was originally
 opened on the 15th of August 1971.
The Big Pineapple features two rides: 
One on a Nut Mobile, the other on a small train that takes 
passengers on a tour of the plantation and lets them optionally 
disembark at a small zoo situated on the property.
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1971 Mr & Mrs Bill Taylor purchased a modest pineapple farm of 23 hectares 
on the coast side of the Bruce Highway. The Big Pineapple was opened
by the Minister for Labour and Tourism, the late John Herbert on 15 August 1971.
Allan Moffat’s famous Coca-Cola 302 Trans-Am Mustang will be one of the attractions at the revamped Big Pineapple site.
Allan Moffat’s famous Coca-Cola 302 Trans-Am Mustang will be one of the attractions
 at the revamped Big Pineapple site
Nambour's Big Pineapple will be turned into a tourist destination for motor sport enthusiasts..
Nambour's Big Pineapple will be turned into a tourist destination for motor sport
 enthusiasts. Photo: Glenn Hunt

One of Queensland’s tourist icons is set to be reconditioned as a 
motor racing museum.
The new owners of Big Pineapple on the Sunshine Coast will use the
site to showcase their collection of Australian motor vehicles.
The Bowden family, of Buderim, will house a number of classic racing 
cars within buildings next to the 16-metre fibreglass tropical fruit.
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I'm so shy, don't shoot me
I'm so shy, don't shoot me coala in tree
Little girls ready for a ride
Little girls ready for a ride

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Lord Ganesh




Lord Ganeshis the most powerful of all the gods. 
He provides knowledge, prosperity, fortune and is 
also the Destroyer of Obstacles. It is for this reason 
that his grace is invoked before undertaking any task 
with incantations as Aum Shri Ganeshaya Namah.

















Lord Ganapathy
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