CULTURAL QA01-2021-14 Being a compilation there may be errors
Q1 Which fruits are good for health in covid-19 (Corona)? A1 Anuradha Kamath November 11-2020-Ayurvedic practitioner, Writer, Spiritual aspirant. Here are Fruits that are good for health during Covid 19. Especially fruitscontaining Vitamin C And Vit D are excellent to increase immunity andrestore health during this viral infection. Here are some fruits andpreparations Amla juice, candy morabba powder lehya etc… Amla contains vitaminC, it has immunity boosting antioxidants too.VitC is5 times more than lemon in Amla !! Amla juice ,Amla chutney Amla morabba etc are useful in Covid infection to reduce infection as well asincrease immunity and strength . Thriphala juice and Qwaatha. Thriphala is containing 3 fruits named Amalakivibhithaki and Hareethaki. Thriphala juice or Thriphala qwaatha is one of bestdwtox during covid infection. It is good to increase immunity all the 3 ingredients are rich inantioxidants gallic acid mallic acid which increase immunity. It has antiviral antibacterial and antimicrobial actions too.Thus 3myrabolans are best choice during Covid 19 infection. Intake of fruits forCovid 19 and washing properly to make it clean . Vit C ,Zinc and Vit D containing fruits Adand vegetables too Fruits that are hydrating and energezing..Rain bow coloured fruits aregood.. Q2 Who are Brahma and Brahmani? A2 Varada Amonkar 20-1-2021-I've researched and read lot regarding Indian epics. Brahmani is shakti of Lord Brahma who is also called Goddess Saraswati. She is one of Matrika goddessesand is also called Goddess Brahmani. Varaha Purana states that- “Vishnu too created one highly strong Shakti named Devi Vaishnavi andother Deities followed suit and created their Shakti counter-parts viz. Brahmifrom Brahma, Goddess Kaumari from Kartikeya, Goddess Mahendri from Indra, Yamior Poushunyam from Yama, Varahi from Varaha Deva and Maheswari from Narayan.” Q3 What are the small lessons that life teaches every day? A3 Ritesh Kumar Mishra Updated January 1-2021-Keen to share philosophic topics. Once there was a person who was very hard-working and focused on earning more and moremoney for a better living. It was his goal to accumulate as muchwealth as he could. He worked very hard and made a great career. The man was sobusy with all his work that henever got time to meet his family or spent quality time. Before long he realized that he worked all his life and didn’t enjoyanything throughout his journey. So, he decided he should take a break from work and live inthe luxury that he owned. Just when he decided to enjoy his life, death came to him. Now being awealthy person he tried to buytime from death in exchange for his wealth, but death was unmoved. He was so desperate to live that he made many proposals to death but invain, because they were all rejected by death. He made last proposal to death where he asked for one hour so that hecan adore nature and spend quality time with his family, but death was unmoved. Finally man requested death to give him one minute so that he can writegoodbye note to his family. Deathconceded his proposal. The man wrote in his note, “Spend time given to you the right way. Listento your heart and check if the surroundings you are living in have true value.Cherish every minute of your life because once time passes and death comes, you can’t even buy one hour withyour accumulated wealth or assets.” Moral: We never know how much time we have left to stay on this planet, so we should enjoy each moment ofour life. Give time to what’s important. Spend time with family andenjoy life as much as you can. Q4 Can you tell about a few temples having wonders ? A4 A few such temples arelisted below:- 1) Nachiyar Kovil (temple) : TheGrowing Garuda Being one of the 108 Divya Desams, this temple honours the woman deityNachiyar first and then Lord Srinivasa, the male deity joins the procession. The mystery unfolds only when theKal Garuda (The Stone Eagle Structure) is taken out during the procession. Initially, only four people are required to carry the stone Garuda out ofthe sanctum sanctorum and the number multiplies to 8, 16, and 32 men. The weight of the stone Garuda keeps increasing from the moment it istaken out of its holy shrine. 2)Betta Bhairaveshwara Temple:The Unknown There lies a small temple at the top the Pandava Gudda Hills inSakleshpur of Karnataka. The picturesque views keep the charm of this oldshrine intact. No one knows who built thistemple but Indian Epic Mahabaratha has a great connection with this temple. There is a staunch belief thatPandavas stayed near this temple for a while during their exile. Dedicated to Lord Shiva, Betta Bhairaveshwara Temple celebrates an Annual Abhishekaduring the January month where devotees throng in huge number. 3)Hasanamba Temple : Rarity atits Peak This temple is opened only oncein a year, exactly in the firstThursday after the full moon in the Ashwayuja month (according to Hindu Calendar). The temple remains open justfor a week or 10 days during the festival of lights, Diwali. The lamp, flowers, and prasad remain unspoilt whenthe temple doors are opened after a year. It is also observed that amystical stone here inches closer every year toward Goddess Sakthi. It is believed Kali Yuga (The Last Cycle of the Worldaccording to Hindu beliefs) will come to an end once the stone reaches the feetof the Goddess. 4) Growing idol of Lord Vinayakaat Kanipakam An unbelievable truth about the divine image of Lord Vinayak of Kanipakamis that the idol isreportedly growing in size with the passage of time. Currently, only the knees and abdomen of the idol are visible. The testimony to the fact is the silver kavacham (armour) offered to the idol by one of the ardentdevotees about fifty years ago, which does not fit the idol today. 5)Janardhana temple at Varkala, Kerala The idol of Janardhana has Aabhojana in its right hand. People believe that this hand is rising slowly toward his mouth. The day that the idol Janardhanaswami eats the aabhojana the kaliyugawill be over and the world will face the great deluge. My note-There is a Naga pushpa tree in front of the temple . The flowersappear as Phanam(expanded hood) of the of snakes. One would feel fearful on firstseeing the flower. 6)Yaganti Temple MysteriousGrowing Nandi Sri Yaganti Uma Maheshwari temple is located at Kurnool district. It is said that - The Basavanna(stone nandi) of Yaganti will come alive and shout when Kali Yuga ends. It is said that people used to do Pradakshinas (rounds) around it in thepast. The temple staff has already removed one pillar as the size of the Nandihas increased. The devotees believe that the Nandi (Bullock, Lord Shiva’s) idol in frontof the temple is continuously increasing its size. The locals say that the idolwas initially much smaller than its present size. They say that certain experimentation was carried out onthis idol. It was said that the type of rock out of which the idol is carved has agrowing or enlarging nature associated with it. As per Archaeological Survey ofIndia the rock grows at the rate of 1 inch per 20 years (10 mm per 8 years). Source : The 8 Mysterious and Interesting Temples to Visit in India | TheStrangest Temples of India (Part 1) Q5 Lord Krishna used Sudarshan Chakra many times even inpresence of a lot of people. How is it possible that no one realised he is adivine being? A5 Bhanu Kiran September 21-2020-Exploring ancient texts of Sanatana Dharma When Krishna was born, he hadfour arms. Devaki asked him toappear like a ordinary human being so that Kamsa doesn’t recognize his trueidentity. It was onlyafter Kamsa was slayed, people started to learn Krishna was a divine beingthrough the famous sages who openly declared this fact. In BhagavadGita, Arjuna mentions four sages who proclaimed Krishna as a supreme godhead. Arjuna said: You are theSupreme Personality of Godhead,the ultimate abode, the purest, the Absolute Truth. You are the eternal,transcendental, original person, the unborn, the greatest. All the great sages such asNārada, Asita, Devala and Vyāsa confirm this truth about You, and nowYou Yourself are declaring it to me.[1] In the Rajasuya sacrifice ofthe Pandavas, Bhishma asksYudhishthira to make Krishna as the chief guest giving his justification asfollows: He that approveth not the worship offered unto Krishna, the oldest one inthe universe, deserveth neither soft words nor conciliation. The chief ofwarriors of the Kshatriya rare who having overcome a Kshatriya in battle andbrought him under his power, setteth him free, becometh the guru (preceptor ormaster) of the vanquished one. I do not behold in this assembly of kings evenone ruler of men who hath not been vanquished in battle by the energy of thisson of the Satwata race.This one (meaning Krishna) here, of undefiled glory, deserveth to be worshippednot by ourselves alone, but being of mighty arms, he deserveth to beworshipped by the three worlds also. Innumerable warriors among Kshatriyas havebeen vanquished in battle by Krishna. The whole universe without limit is establishedin him of the Vrishni race. [2] Draupadi also knew Krishna isincarnation of Lord Vishnu as she directly mentioned Krishna as Govinda duringVastraharan. O Govinda, O thou who dwellest in Dwaraka, O Krishna, O thou who art fondof cow-herdesses (of Vrindavana). O Kesava, seest thou not that the Kauravasare humiliating me. O Lord, O husband of Lakshmi, O Lord of Vraja (Vrindavana),O destroyer of all afflictions, O Janarddana, rescue me who am sinking in theKaurava Ocean. O Krishna, O Krishna, O thou great yogin, thou soul of theuniverse, Thou creator of all things, O Govinda, save me who am distressed[3] Krishna went as a peace messenger to Kuru Sabha. There he tried toconvince Duryodhana to return the Indraprasta kingdom back to Pandavas. Butdespite all his efforts, Duryodhana did not agree. Krishna gets frustrated andsuggested to Dhritarashtra that for a sake of family, an individual may be sacrificed and Duryodhanashould be tied and handed over to Pandavas. Duryodhana attempts to seizeKrishna and his plan fails as Krishna showed his Virata Roopa. Here, however, are all the Pandavas and all the Vrishnis and Andhakas.Here are all the Adityas, the Rudras, and the Vasus, with all the great Rishis.Saying this Kesava, that slayer of hostile heroes burst out into a loudlaughter. And as the high-souled Sauri laughed, from his body, that resembled ablazing fire, issued myriads of gods, each of lightning effulgence, and notbigger than the thumb. And on his forehead appeared Brahman, and on his breastRudra. And on his arms appeared the regents of the world, and from his mouthissued Agni, the Adityas, the Sadhyas, the Vasus, the Aswins, the Marutas, withIndra, and the Viswedevas. And myriads of Yakshas, and the Gandharvas, andRakshasas also, of the same measure and form, issued thence. And from his twoarms issued Sankarshana and Dhananjaya. And Arjuna stood on his right, bow inhand, and Rama stood on his left, armed with the plough. And behind him stoodBhima, and Yudhishthira, and the two sons of Madri, and before him were all theAndhakas and the Vrishnis with Pradyumna and other chiefs bearing mightyweapons upraised. And on his diverse arms were seen the conch, the discus, themace, the bow called Saranga, the plough, the javelin, the Nandaka, and everyother weapon, all shining with effulgence, and upraised for striking. And fromhis eyes and nose and ears and every part of his body, issued fierce sparks offire mixed with smoke. And from the pores of his body issued sparks of firelike unto the rays of the sun. And beholding that awful form of the high-souledKesava, all the kings closed their eyes with affrighted hearts, except Drona,and Bhishma, and Vidura, endued with great intelligence, greatly blessedSanjaya, and the Rishis, possessed of wealth of asceticism, for the divineJanardana gave unto them this divine sight on the occasion. And beholding inthe (Kuru) court that highly wonderful sight, celestial drums beat (in the sky)and a floral shower fell (upon him). [4] Despite all these efforts, Duryodhana still refused to accept Krishna'sdivinity even after seeing it with his own eyes. Footnotes [1] Bg. 10.12-13 [2] Sabha Parva: Rajasuyika Parva: Section XXXVII [3] Sabha Parva: Sisupala-badha Parva: Section LXVII [4] Udyoga Parva: Bhagwat Yana Parva: section CXXXInswer Q6 Why is the Meenakshi goddess green? A6 Devala Rees November 11-2020-There’s no particular reason. She’sjust green. There are certainly some associations. She is sometimes associated with the goddessMatangi, who is also green. The color green is additionally associatedwith Budha, and is a symbol of intelligence or knowledge/wisdom. It’s generally an auspiciouscolor, being the color of thriving, well-watered plant life, which meansabundant food and overall harmony in nature. But ultimately, it’s simplythat Bhaktas who have seen visions of the real goddess Meenakshi report thatHer skin is green. That’s just what She looks like. All the above QA are based onQuora digest to me on 17-1-2021. Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers Compiled and posted by R. 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