CULTURAL QA03-2021-04 Being a compilation there may be errors
Q1 Why did Dasaratha, thefather of Rama, have three wives? A1 Nagendra Joshi February23-2021-Hinduism · Interested in Indian history So are you thinking that ancient kings used to have more than one wifefor pleasure? No. During those days, thekings used to have more than one wives to ensure the continuity of theirVansha. Some days ago, I stumbled upon an answer on quora regarding the KhandavDahan incident of the Mahabharata. A long time before the burning of the KhandavForest, there lived a sage. He spent his whole life doing Tapasya but when he reached the heaven,he was denied to enter because he had no child. He was reincarnated, this timeas a bird. The Sage (who was the bird now) left his consort and wentto another bird.(I will add the link of the answer if I am able to find it) So the point was that the Sagewas denied entry into the heaven as he had no children. It is said that having a heir saves the fatherfrom going to hell. Since during those days, a king was supposed to put anexample of a perfect man among the people, he should ensure the continuity ofhis Vansha by producing heir(s) to the throne. Q2 Is melting dry ice achemical change or a physical change? A2 4 Answers -Adam Morawski, MBA from University ofMinnesota - Twin Cities (2000) 5-3-2021 It’s purely a physical change.Chemically, dry ice is carbondioxide, the same as dry ice and as gas. the only change is the change of thephase (or state) from solid to gaseous, a purely physical change. Chemically,it stays unaltered. Vince Strain, Diploma ofTechnology Occupational Safety andHealth, British Columbia Institute of Technology (2005) Answered February 4-2021 Is the disappearance of dry ice a physical or chemical change? Ask yourself - what is happening when dry ice disappears? Is there astate (phase) change, or is there a reaction with something else? Dry ice is the solid phase ofcarbon dioxide. Unlike some compounds, CO2 does not exist in aliquid phase in the environment. The solid CO2 sublimes from solid to gasphase. Srimita Saha, Child Prodigy,Major in STEM, Researcher, Writer,& Student. Answered September 12-2020 Is ice melting a chemical or physical change? The Meting of Ice is considereda Physical Change. It isbecause there is no alteration or change of chemical compositions; It remainsthe same in both forms. Whereas, it’s physical properties change throughoutthis process (Solid turning into Liquid). Also, it is reversible and cansolidify once again. Hence it is a Physical Change. Venkateswara Swamy Swarna,former Scientist, Metallurgist, Quality / NDT Manager at Department of Atomic Energy, India (1967-2008)AnsweredDecember 31, 2019 Are the melting of ice and freezing of water physical changes? Yes, they are called changes inthe physical form / state…Thereare no chemical changes in the melting or freezing or evaporation, boiling etc. Q3 Who is the consort ofSaraswati Devi? Is it Brahma or Vishnu? Jagatnath Astakam, Brahma Vaivrat Puran and Lakshmi Tantra havedifferent interpretations. A3 Nitesh Kumar 5-3-2021 Excellentin understanding Emotion of others. There are many interpolation in puranas. Don't believe each and everything blindly ,if u found somethinginappropriate without validating it from higher scriptures like Itihaas andVedas. None of the puranas are 100% interpolation free. Lord bhrahma is the consort of maa saraswati. She desires only bhrahma as husband, no one else. ******************************************************* Priority of vedas is highest. So let's see what vedas say :— Rudra-Hridaya Upanishad Rudra is man. Uma is woman. Prostrations to Him and Her. Rudra is Brahma. Uma is Sarasvati. Prostrations to Him and Her. Rudra is Vishnu. Uma is Lakshmi. Prostrations to Him and Her. Rudra is Sun. Uma is shadow. Prostrations to Him and Her. ******************************************************* Hence , proved Bhrahma and Saraswati are eternal consort. All our mothergoddess are super pious. Q4 Why is science not able to makeblood? A4 Ashok Deshmukh, formerSelf Employed. Answered February 28-2021 It's not possible for the science to make blood artificially. It's very complex job.You have make so many proteins. Red blood cells and different types of whiteblood cells. It's always easy to get the blood donors. Check the blood forinfections and cross match the blood. Q5 Is it possible to changeblood colour? A5 Mark Vera, former Staffat World Health Organization Answered February 10-2020 You can change the colour of your blood, but it probably won't be toohealthy for you. Perhapsthe OP wants to make cosmetic changes to the color of his blood, likeintroducing a harmless colorant or something. Excellent answer. And colorchanges can be used to measure oxygenation of the blood. The colour of blood comes from hemoglobin in your red blood cells. Itscolour depends on what it is bound to. Within hemoglobin, the oxygen-carry protein of red blood cells, are fourheme groups (i.e., sub-units). Each heme contains an iron(II) core bound by aporphyrin ring. It is the interaction between the iron atom and its ligands -the porphyrin ring and any labile moiety, such as oxygen or carbon monoxide -that causes the colour we perceive. Changing either the ligand or the metalcenter will change the colour. For the chemistry behind the colour, refer tothe end of the comment. Even under normal operation, the colour of your blood changes. Venousblood is darker than arterial blood - binding of oxygen to the iron centrechanges the colour. Here are some abnormal changes to hemoglobin: Methemoglobinemia is when the iron centre is in the wrong oxidationstate, and the blood appears almost brown. Sulfhemoglobinemia is when sulfur is introduced into the molecule. The blood appears greenish. Why iron is coloured: Normally, colour is observed when light of certain wavelength is absorbedby a molecule, while other wavelengths are relatively untouched. A moleculeabsorbs light by promoting one of its electrons from the ground state to anexcited state. What wavelength of light it can absorb depends on the differencein energy between the two states. When iron forms a complex with ligands, there is a characteristic shiftin the energies between the orbitals. It's this difference in energy that theelectrons "hop" between during absorption events. Binding differentligands will lengthen or shorten this energy gap, leading to absorption ofdifferent wavelengths of light. Likewise, changing oxidation states can do thesame thing. How a metal interacts with its ligands is studied in ligand fieldtheory. So, in short, you can changethe colour of your blood, but it probably won't be too healthy for you. Q6 Why do someblack cats have a tuft of white fur on their neck? A6 C.S. Friedman, ScienceFiction and Fantasy novelist Answered September 12, 2019 The white is from a genetic allele called “piebald.” It causes patches ofwhite on a cat, erasing the color…in this case, white patches that erase theother colors of the cat. Piebald starts on the bottom of the body, and the morewhite there is, the higher up it goes. “Low white” affects the bottom of thebody: paws, belly, chest, maybe chin. More and more piebald spreads upwards onthe body. “High white” cats have a body that is mostly white, withcolor/pattern concentrated along the tail, top of the body, and top of thehead. The application appears to be random, and if there is a lot of white, theblack can appear in asymmetrical splotches. It is not known exactly how the pattern is determined. Piebald isinherited, but the specific pattern is not. One theory has it that it developsin the womb, due to variations in heat or some other element. This is basedupon the observation that that parts that get white first are pressed togetherin the middle of the cat. So your cat has two mainalleles: Non-agouti, which makes the stripes match each other so the coatappears to be a solid color (sometimes in sunlight you can see that the stripes are still there) and avery minimal amount of piebald white. The chest placement is one of the placeswhite appears when there is only a tiny bit of it. Such cats are called “tuxedocats” because it looks like they are wearing a tuxedo. Here are some black and white cats with increasing amounts of white. Youcan see how the white moves up on the body, leaving the last black on the top. Q7 Who is Kohlapur Ambabai?Is she Parvati or Lakshmi? A7 Akshay January 3-2021Artist Kollapur Ambabai is Goddess Parvati, its name is Kollapur MahalakshmiAmbabai temple. Goddess Parvati also called Ambika , its Ambabai . Reason = 1.Festival is Navaratri ,Lalit panchami 2. Shivling on her crown 3. Temples of lord Karthikeya and lord Ganesh in the temple entrancerepresents childrens of Goddess Parvati 3. Presence of fruits 4. Absence of money , coins 5.presence of lion behind her She is Kollapur Mahalakshmi/Ambabai Shivling on her crown 3rd eye Lionas vehicle Decoration of Kollapur Mahalakshmi-Ardanareshwara swaroop in LalitaPanchami in Kollapur Mahalakshmi temple. Q8 What are some ofthe most interesting facts about Indian Railways that very few people know? A8 Ashar Jami) December16-2020 Success Story · Your Friend | Spreading LOVE | Civil Engineer | Learner. Some of the mind blowing factson Indian railway. Indian Railway is the highestrail bridge over Chenab, in J&K. The Indian Railways website gets close to 12 Lakh hits per minute. The slowest train goes uphill at the speed of 10 kilometers per hour.Youcan jump off the train, light up a smoke, take few drags and climb on the trainagain. It’s theMettupalayam Ooty Nilgiri Passenger train. Loco-pilots (train drivers) are paid more than an average softwareengineer Salaries are the tune of Rs. 1 Lakh per month and more. If the tracks of Indian railways were to be laid out in a straight line,they would circle the earth almost 1.5 times. Its 161 years old! 16th April, 1853. That’s a long time ago. The station with the longest nameis Chennai Central (officially Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran CentralRailway Station ) The station with the smallest name is called ‘IB ’: It’s in Odisha. The longest running train covers a distance of 4273 km between Dibrugarhand Kanyakumari: It’s called the Vivek Express. The shortest distance covered between two successive stations is 3kilometers.It’s between the Nagpur and Ajni station. Howrah Junction RailwayStation. Howrah Railway Station is the busiest railway stations in terms of passenger volume per day and its 23 platforms areserving more than a million passengers. The Rail Museum in Delhi is the largest in Asia. Q9 When your suitcase isover the weight limit at an airport, why do the employees make you put some ofthe clothes from that suitcase into your carry-on? Doesn’t it all go onto thesame plane? What’s the point? A9 Franklin Veaux January 1-2021Visitingand Travel · Frequent world traveler I had this happen to me on a United flight a few years back. I asked theperson behind the counter this very question, because it seemed odd to me. She told me there were tworeasons: The baggage handlers have contractual limits to the maximum weight of thebags they move around. Overweight bags are considered a risk of injury, sotheir contracts say no bags over X weight. The checked bags go into a space in the belly of the plane. The weight distribution of the cargo the planecarries is apparently fussy, and the loaders make assumptions about how muchthe space reserved for passenger bags will weigh. Deviating from the maximumweight risks unbalancing the plane. I don’t know if these are true or not, but they seem plausible. Q10 What is the legend of MataKanyakumari and her Eternal wait for Lord Shiva? A10 Pruthwi AjayUpdated July16, 2020 Software Developer(2015–present) Once upon a time a Demon king protected by a boon that he can be killedonly by a virgin girl was wreaking havoc in both heaven and earth. Gods and sages were bothtortured alike with gods driven out of heaven. Unrighteousness prevailed allaround. All the Gods approached Lord Vishnu for help. Lord suggested that Devtas should pray toParashakti (Parvati) as she alone has the power to humble Banasura. Accordingly Gods performed a Yagna toplease Parashakti. Pleased, Parashakti came out of fire in the form of a small girl andpromised to bring to an end the demonic havoc created by Banasura. She askedthem to be patient and wait for the opportune moment for killing Banasura. Saying this she traveled to thesouthern most part of India and started meditating upon Lord Shiva. Eventually the small girl turned into a teenager.This is how this place came to be known as Kanyakumari. It literally means a virginteenaged girl. Lord Shiva was attracted towards this beautiful form of Parashakti and wanted to marry her.According to the tale, Lord Shiva’s abode was considered at Suchindram, just 15kms from here. Parashakti also gave her nod to marriage and arrangements forthis great marriage commenced. Narada, the shrewd thinker that he is immediately understood what apotential danger in the making it was. If the virgin goddess Kanyakumari getsmarried then the chances of Banasura getting killed becomes impossible as hecan be killed only by a virgin girl. He started devising ways to stall this marriage atany cost. Narada first tried to confuse Parashakti. She asked Devi how sure she isthat it was only Lord Shiva and not Banasura in disguise she would get marriedto. He suggested that Devi should ask Lord Shiva to come with 3 items that wereimpossible to find in the world. If he can produce them then only she shouldbecome sure that the bridegroom indeed was Siva. The 3 thingswere betel leaf without veins, coconut without eyes and a stalk of sugarcanewithout the mandatory stump-joints. Lord Siva easily brought these items and the marriage proceedingscontinued as per schedule. Narada though temporarily stunned had another ace up his sleeve to saveDevas and saints. The marriage ceremony was fixed atmidnight on an auspicious day. On the appointed day Lord Shiva with themarriage party in toe started his journey from Suchindram to Kanya Kumari`splace. As he was just 5 km from Suchindarm , Narada startedplaying his tricks. He assumed the form of a cock and crowed, to falselyannounce that it is already dawn. Lord Siva fell into the guile of Narada and returned to Suchindramthinking that he was late for the appointed hour of marriage. It is believed that when Shiva did not turn up at themarriage venue KanyaKumari got really angry. She threw all the food items prepared for theguests. This food items eventually turned into small pebbles and the multi-coloured sands. That is why they are found in abundanceon the shore of Kanyakumari. Banasura on hearing Kanya Kumari`s beauty, decided to marry her. Devirefused him. The demon king insulted by the refusal tried to teach her alesson. In the ensuing fierce battle, Devi Kanya Kumari slayedBanasura with chakra at a place called Mahadana Puram just 4 km north of KanyaKumari. The goddess was crest-fallen but did not let her disappointment come inthe way of her dedication to Lord Shiva. Till this day she continues toperform austerities with the hope that one day she will unite with Siva. This is the first Durga Temple created by Lord Parasurama and is also oneamong the 108 Shakthi Peethas in the world. The Kanyakumari temple has been mentioned in theRamayana, Mahabharata. source : Shiva puran Devi Kanya Kumari – Wikipedia All the above QA are based onQuora digest to me on 05-03 - 2021. Quora answers need not be 100% correctanswers Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on05-3-2021 -- 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 thatha_patty+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/847826089.945128.1614958446387%40mail.yahoo.com.
