CULTURAL QA 03202419A
Q1 How do I take care of myself when old or elderly?
KR One liner: NONSENSE
Q2 What is the most weird marriage custom of India?
KR WHAT IS SI WEIRD ABOUT? The word shows how young and immature the
Quora partners are. Now as on date of the youth who wrote it, the bride
groom, forgets those who groomed him but only takes care of the bride’s
parents. So, taking care of something denotes a good heart. And whether a
marriage custom or not, on principle perfect. Had I known the write sect, I
could have pulled up the weird in their side. Wasting the time of people by
filling pages and also writing elsewhere in a senseless manner defending
their actions: I FELL DOWN BUT NO MUD ON MY MOUCHE STYLE.
Q3 What are some mind-blowing facts that sound unreal but are actually
true?
KR It is a story that is all; there is no unbelievable but true etc;
one the big Buddha original position of the temple is unknown; and during
Burmese attach in 1800AD , removal of buddha and reallocation as SriRangam
-Melkote history was undertaken. Later another temple was built with public
donations and golden Budda was reinstalled; and all chiselled etc are just
a story. 2 It is not a big wonder as Thailand has many many gold buddhas in
various shapes and weight throughout the land. Eporul yar vaik ketpinum
apporul Meipporul kanbadu arivu; Tiruvalluar did not abuse; for later
lamentations of the compiler-sory the only compiler.
Located at the Wat Muang temple in the Ang Thong Province, this statue
stands 92 m (300 ft) high, and is 63 m (210 ft) wide. Construction
commenced in 1990, and was completed in 2008. It is painted gold and made
of concrete. The Buddha is in the seated posture called Maravijaya
Attitude. The statue was built following the order of Phra Kru Vibul
Arjarakhun, the first abbot of Wat Muang temple, in order to commemorate
the King Bhumibol of Thailand. The statue was built using the donated money
from faithful Buddhists considering as the act of making merit. The budget
spent on the statue was roughly 104,200,000 baht. Not far from the statue
is believed to be the Wat Muang temple. *The exact origins of the temple
are unknown,* as the original temple was destroyed in the 18th century
during the war with the Burmese - they invaded and looted the former Thai
capital of Ayutthaya. The reconstruction of Wat Muang took a long time and
was not completed until 1982, and 8 years later work began on the 'Big
Buddha', which was completed 18 years later. Nearby are more sculptures
which depict the gods, the kings of Thailand and the events of the
Siamo-Burma War. Also around the Buddha is a park where lotus flowers grow.
The statue's formal name, Phra Phuttha Mahanawamintra Sakayamunee Sri
Visejchaicharn , was given by Phra Khru Vibul Arjarakun, and means "the
Lord Buddha of Wiset Chai Chan, Built in Honor of King Bhumibol." The name
is a blend of Sanskrit words: Phra Phuttha (lit. 'Lord Buddha', Sanskrit
varabuddha); Mahanawamintra (Bhumibol's royal title, Sanskrit
mahānavamindra), Sakayamunee (Sanskrit śākyamunī), and Visejchaicharn
(Sanskrit śrīviśeṣajayajāña)
1Phuket Big Buddha
2Phra Buddha Mongkol Maharaj
3 Wat Muang
4 Phuttha monthon buddha
5 Wat bhurapha piram
6 Wat Intharawihan
7 Wat Lokayasutharam
8 Wat Phanan Choeng Worawihan
9 Wat Pho
10 Wat Phra That Doi Kham
In Bangkok there is a golden statue of the Buddha that stands 9'8” tall,
weighs 5.5 tons and is worth approximately 250 million in its gold. The
statue was thought to be built in 1,403 and was revered by Buddhist for
many hundreds of years.
K RAJARAM IRS 19 3 24
Q4 Is there a very engrossing context of mother Ganga's egotism in
the pages of Valmiki Ramayana?
KR SURESH BHARNANGA, and the compiler are guilty of running daily
pages of unethical versions and still calling the pointers, with abusive
words every day, unashamedly!!
Valmiki Ramayana says Ganga had the ego? Sure? Show me pl.
Balakandam, chap 35 to 39 , Viswamitra narrated about Ganga and her elder
sister Uma. Where it is said sir All of you may reat in the net Thank you
KR IRS 19324
NB: GAANGA IN VEDIC SCRIPTURES
Bhagavad Gita
“Pavanah pavataam asmi, Raamah shastra-bhrtaam aham, jhasaanaam makaras
caasmi, srotasaam asmi Jaahnavi.” – “Of purifiers I am the wind, of the
wielders of weapons I am Rama, of fishes I am the shark, and of flowing
rivers I am the Ganga.” – Lord Krishna, Bhagavad Gita 10:31
“Living creatures are nourished by food, and food is nourished by rain;
rain itself is the water of life, which comes from selfless worship and
service.” – Bhagavad Gita 3:14
Upanishads
“Prithiviya Apo Rasah (“The water is the essence of earth.)” – Chhandogya
Upanishad
Puranas
“Food from the devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Ganga water,
the mind engaged in the Lotus Feet of Lord Vishnu and the day of Lord Hari,
named Ekadasi, these are all pure and thus holy.” – Conversation between
Markandeya and Bhagiratha, Hari Bhakti Vilasa 9/283 from the Skanda Purana
“India is great, the Himalaya are great, but the region in the Himalayas
where Ganga is born is especially great because that is the place where She
[Ganga] exists in confluence with Narayana.” – Skanda Purana
“Even if thousands and thousands of sinners touch the dead bodies and bathe
in thee [Ganga], all those will be destroyed when devotees will come and
touch thee.” – The Devi Bhagavatam, Skanda IX
“Thousands of man’s sins get destroyed by the holy sight of the Ganges, and
he becomes pure by the touch of the water of the Ganges, by consuming it,
or just by pronouncing Ganga.” – Garuda Purana
“Mountains of sins accumulated by a sinner in the course of his millions of
transmigrations on earth disappear at a mere touch of the sacred Ganga
water. Cleansed will he be also, who even breathes some of the air
moistened by the holy waters.” – Brahmavaivarta Purana
lick here to read the story of Ganga’s descent and her praise in the Srimad
Bhagavatam (Bhagavata Purana).
Mahabharata
“By holding that sacred stream, touching it, and bathing in its waters, one
rescues one’s ancestors to the seventh generation.” – Mahabharata
“That end which a creature is capable of attaining by penances, by
Brahmacharya, by sacrifices, or by practicing renunciation, one is sure to
attain by only living by the side of Bhagirathi and bathing in her sacred
waters.” – Mahabharata, Anusasana Parva, Chapter 27, Verse 26
“One may, by putting forth one’s best powers, count the stones that occur
in the mountains of Meru or measure the waters that occur in the ocean, but
one cannot count all the merits which belong to the waters of Ganga.” –
Mahabharata, Anusasana Parva, Chapter 27, Verse 97
“Ganga always extends her unto those that are devoted to her with
humbleness of heart. She unites those that are so devoted to her with every
kind of happiness.” – Mahabharata, Anusasana Parva, Chapter 27, Verse 100
Ganga praised by Bhishma Anushasana parva Mahabharatham chap 26:
*SECTION XXVI 26*
"Bhishma said, "In this connection is cited the old narrative of a
conversation between a Brahmana in the observance of the Sila and the
Unccha vows, O Yudhishthira, and a Rishi crowned with ascetic success. Once
on a time, a foremost person, having roamed over this entire earth adorned
with mountains, arrived at last in the house of a foremost person leading
the domestic mode of life in accordance with the Sila vow. The latter
welcomed his guest with due rites. Received with such hospitality, the
happy Rishi passed the night happily in the house of his host. The next
morning the Brahmana in the observance of the Sila vow, having finished all
his morning acts and rites and purified himself duly, very cheerfully
approached his guest crowned with ascetic success. Meeting with each other
and seated at their ease, the two began to converse on agreeable subjects
connected with the Vedas and the Upanishads. Towards the conclusion of the
discourse, the Brahmana in the observance of the Sila vow respectfully
addressed the Rishi crowned with success. Endued with intelligence, he put
this very question which thou, O Yudhisthira, hast put to me.'
"The poor Brahmana said, 'What countries, what provinces, what retreats,
what mountains, and what rivers should be regarded as the foremost in point
of sanctity? Do thou discourse to me on this.'
"The Rishi crowned with success said, 'Those countries, those provinces,
those retreats, and those mountains, should be regarded as the foremost in
point of sanctity through which or by the side of which that foremost of
all rivers, *viz*., Bhagirathi flows. That end which a creature is capable
of attaining by penances, by Brahmacarya, by sacrifices, or by practising
renunciation, one is sure to attain by only living by the side of the
Bhagirathi and bathing in its sacred waters. Those creatures whose bodies
have been sprinkled with the sacred waters of Bhagirathi or whose bones
have been laid in the channel of that sacred stream, have not to fall
away--from heaven at any time. Those men, O learned Brahmana, who use the
waters of Bhagirathi in all their acts, surely ascend to heaven after
departing from this world. Even those men who, having committed diverse
kinds of sinful deeds in the first part of their lives, betake themselves
in after years to a residing by the side of Ganga, succeed in attaining to
a very superior end. Hundreds of sacrifices cannot produce that merit which
men of restrained souls are capable of acquiring by bathing in the sacred
waters of Ganga. A person is treated with respect and worshipped in heaven
for as long a period as his bones lie in the channel of the Ganga.
Even as the Sun, when he rises at the dawn of day, blazes forth in
splendour, having dispelled the gloom of night, after the same manner the
person that has bathed in the waters of Ganga is seen to shine in
splendour, cleansed of all his sins. Those countries and those points of
the compass that are destitute of the sacred waters of Ganga are like
nights without the moon or like trees without flowers. Verily, a world
without Ganga is like the different orders and modes of life when they are
destitute of righteousness or like sacrifices without Soma. Without doubt,
countries and points of the compass that are without Ganga are like the
firmament without the Sun, or the Earth without mountains, or the welkin
without air. The entire body of creatures in the three worlds, if served
with the auspicious waters of Ganga, derive a pleasure, the like of which
they are incapable of deriving from any other source. He who drinks Ganga
water that has been heated by the Sun's rays derives merit much greater
than that which attaches to the vow of subsisting upon the wheat or grains
of other corn picked up from cow dung.
It cannot be said whether the two are equal or not, *viz*., he who
performs a thousand Chandrayana rites for purifying his body and he who
drinks the water of Ganga. It cannot be said whether the two are equal or
not, *viz*., one who stands for a thousand years on one foot and one who
lives for only a month by the side of Ganga. One who lives permanently by
the side of Ganga is superior in merit to one who stays for ten thousand
Yugas with head hanging downwards. As cotton, when it comes into contact
with fire, is burnt off without a remnant, even so the sins of the person
that has bathed in Ganga become consumed without a remnant. There is no end
superior to Ganga for those creatures who with hearts afflicted by sorrow,
seek to attain to ends that may dispel that sorrow of theirs. As snakes
become deprived of their poison at the very sight of Garuda, even so one
becomes cleansed of all one's sins at the very sight of the sacred stream
of Ganga. They that are without good name and that are addicted to deeds of
sinfulness, have Ganga for their fame, their protection, their means of
rescue, their refuge or cover. Many wretches among men who become afflicted
with diverse sins of a heinous nature, when they are about to sink into
hell, are rescued by Ganga in the next world (if, notwithstanding their
sins, they seek the aid of Ganga in their after-years). They, O foremost of
intelligent men, who plunge every day in the sacred waters of Ganga, become
the equals of great Munis and the very deities with Vasava at their head.
Those wretches among men that are destitute of humility or modesty of
behaviour and that are exceedingly sinful, become righteous and good, O
Brahmana, by betaking themselves to the side of Ganga. As Amrita is to the
deities, as Swadha is to the Pritis, as Sudha is to the Nagas, even so is
Ganga water to human beings. As children afflicted with hunger solicit
their mothers for food, after the same manner do people desirous of their
highest good pay court to Ganga. As the region of the self-born Brahma is
said to be the foremost of all places, even so is Ganga said to be foremost
of all rivers for those that desire to bathe. As the Earth and the cow are
said to be the chief sustenance of the deities and other celestials, even
so is Ganga the chief sustenance of all living creatures. As the deities
support themselves upon the Amrita that occurs in the Sun and the Moon and
that is offered in diverse sacrifices, even so do human beings support
themselves upon Ganga water. One besmeared with the sand taken from the
shores of Ganga regards oneself as a denizen of heaven, adorned with
celestial unguents. He who bears on his head the mud taken from the banks
of Ganga presents an effulgent aspect equal to that of Sun himself bent on
dispelling the surrounding darkness. When that wind which is moistened with
the particles of Ganga-water touches one's person, it cleanses him
immediately of every sin.
A person afflicted by calamities and about to sink under their weight,
finds all his calamities dispelled by the joy which springs up in his heart
at sight of that sacred stream. By the melody of the swans and Kokas and
other aquatic <https://sacred-texts.com/hin/m13/errata.htm#23> fowls that
play on her breast, Ganga challenges the very Gandharvas and by her high
banks the very mountains on the Earth. Beholding her surface teeming with
swans and diverse other aquatic fowls, and having banks adorned with
pasture lands with kine grazing on them. Heaven herself loses her pride.
The high happiness which one enjoys by a residence on the banks of Ganga,
can never be his who is residing even in heaven. I have no doubt in this
that the person who is afflicted with sins perpetrated in speech and
thought and overt act, becomes cleansed at the very sight of Ganga. By
holding that sacred stream, touching it, and bathing in its waters, one
rescues one's ancestors to the seventh generation, one's descendants to the
seventh generation, as also other ancestors and descendant. By hearing of
Ganga, by wishing to repair to that river, by drinking its waters, by
touching its waters, and by bathing in them a person rescues both his
paternal and maternal races. By seeing, touching, and drinking the waters
of Ganga, or even by applauding Ganga, hundreds and thousands of sinful men
became cleansed of all their sins.
They who wish to make their birth, life and learning fruitful, should
repair to Ganga and gratify the Pitris and the deities by offering them
oblations of water. The merit that one earns by bathing in Ganga is such
that the like of it is incapable of being earned through the acquisition of
sons or wealth or the performance of meritorious acts. Those who, although
possessed of the physical ability, do not seek to have a sight of the
auspicious Ganga of sacred current, are, without doubt, to be likened to
persons afflicted with congenital blindness or those that are dead or those
that are destitute of the power of locomotion through palsy or lameness.
What man is there that would not reverence this sacred stream that is
adored by great Rishis conversant with the Present, the Past, and the
Future, as also by the very deities with Indra at their head. What man is
there that would not seek the protection of Ganga whose protection is
sought for by forest recluses and householders, and by Yatis and
Brahmacharins alike? The man of righteous conduct who, with rapt soul,
thinks of Ganga at the time when his life-breaths are about to leave his
body, succeeds in attaining to the highest end. That man who dwells by the
side of Ganga up to the time of his death, adoring her with reverence,
becomes freed from the fear of every kind of calamity, of sin, and of
kings. When that highly sacred stream fell from the firmament. Maheswara
held it on his head. It is that very stream which is adored in heaven. The
three regions, *viz*., (Earth, Heaven, and the nether place called Patala)
are adorned by the three courses of this sacred stream. The man who uses
the waters of that stream becomes certainly crowned with success. As the
solar ray is to the deities in heaven, as Chandramas is to the Pitris, as
the king is to human beings, even such is Ganga unto all streams. One who
becomes bereaved of mother or father or sons or spouses or wealth does not
fell that grief which becomes one's, when one becomes bereaved of Ganga.
One does not obtain that joy through acts that lead to the region of
Brahma, or through such sacrifices and rites that lead to heaven, or
through children or wealth, which one obtain from a sight of Ganga. The
pleasures that men derive from a sight of Ganga is equal to what they
derive from a sight of the full moon. That man becomes dear to Ganga who
adores her with deep devotion, with mind wholly fixed upon her, with a
reverence that refuses to take any other object within its sphere, with a
feeling that there is nothing else to the universe worthy of similar
adoration, and with a steadiness that knows no failing away. Creatures that
live on Earth, in the welkin, or in Heaven, indeed, even beings that are
very superior,--should always bathe in Ganga. Verily, this is the foremost
of all duties with those that are righteous. The fame of Ganga for sanctity
has spread over the entire universe, since she bore all the sons of Sagara,
who had been reduced to ashes, from here to Heaven. 4
<https://sacred-texts.com/hin/m13/m13a026.htm#fn_241> Men who are washed by
the bright, beautiful, high, and rapidly moving waves, raised by the wind,
of Ganga, became cleansed of all their sins and resemble in splendour the
Sun with his thousand rays. Those men of tranquil souls that have cast off
their bodies in the waters of Ganga whose sanctity is as great as that of
the butter and other liquids poured in sacrifices and which are capable of
conferring merits equal to those of the greatest of sacrifices, have
certainly attained to a station equal to that of the very deities.
Verily, Ganga, possessed of fame and vast extent and identical with the
entire universe and reverenced by the deities with Indra at their head, the
Munis and human beings, is competent to bestow the fruition of all their
wishes upon them that are blind, them that are idiots, and them that are
destitute of all things. They that sought the refuge of Ganga, that
protectress of all the universe, that flows in three streams, that is
filled with water at once highly sacred and sweet as honey and productive
of every kind of good, have succeeded in attaining to the beatitude of
Heaven. That mortal who dwells by the side of Ganga and beholds her every
day, becomes cleansed by her sight and touch. Unto him the deities give
every kind of happiness here and a high end hereafter. Ganga is regarded as
competent to rescue every creature from sin and lead him to the felicity of
Heaven. She is held to be identical with Prisni, the mother of Vishnu. She
is identical with the Word or Speech. She is very remote, being incapable
of easy attainment. She is the embodiment of auspiciousness and prosperity.
She is capable of bestowing the six well-known attributes beginning with
lordship or puissance. She is always inclined to extend her grace. She is
the displayer of all things in the universe, and she is the high refuge of
all creatures.
Those who have sought her protection in this life have surely attained
heaven. The fame of Ganga has spread all over the welkin, and Heaven, and
Earth, and all the points, cardinal and subsidiary, of the compass. Mortal
creatures, by using the waters of that foremost of streams, always become
crowned with high success. That person who himself beholding Ganga, points
her out to others, finds that Ganga rescues him from rebirth and confers
Emancipation on him. Ganga held Guha, the generalissimo of the celestial
forces, in her womb. She bears the most precious of all metals, *viz*.,
gold, also in that womb of hers. They who bathe in her waters every day in
the morning, succeed in obtaining the aggregate of three, *viz*.,
Righteousness, Wealth and Pleasure. Those waters are, again, equal in point
of sanctity to the butter that is poured with Mantras on the sacrificial
fire. Capable of cleansing one from every sin, she has descended from the
celestial region, and her current is held in high esteem by every one.
Ganga is the daughter of Himavat, the spouse of Hara, and the ornament of
both Heaven and Earth. She is the bestower of everything auspicious, and is
competent to confer the six well-known attributes beginning with lordship
or puissance. Verily O king, Ganga is the one object of great sanctity in
the three worlds and confers merit upon all. Truly, O monarch, Ganga is
Righteousness in liquefied form. She is energy also running in a liquid
form over the Earth. She is endued with the splendour or puissance that
belongs to the butter that is poured with Mantras on the sacrificial
<https://sacred-texts.com/hin/m13/errata.htm#25> fire. She is always
adorned with large waves as also with Brahmanas who may at all times be
seen performing their ablutions in her waters. Falling from Heaven, she was
held by Siva on his head. The very mother of the heavens, she has sprung
from the highest mountain for running over the plains and conferring the
most precious benefits on all creatures of the Earth. She is the highest
cause of all things; she is perfectly stainless. She is as subtile as
Brahma.
She affords the best bed for the dying. She leads creatures very
quickly to heaven. She bears away a large volume of water. She bestows
great fame on all. She is the protectress of the universe. She is
identical with every form. She is very much coveted by persons crowned with
success. Verily, Ganga is the path to Heaven of those that have bathed in
her current. The Brahmanas hold Ganga as equalling the Earth in
forgiveness, and in the protection
<https://sacred-texts.com/hin/m13/errata.htm#26> and upholding of those
that live by her; further, as equalling Fire and Surya in energy and
splendour; and, lastly, as always equalling Guha himself in the matter of
showing favours unto the regenerate class. Those men who, in this life,
even mentally seek with their whole souls that sacred stream which is
praised by the Rishis, which has issued out of the feet of Vishnu, which is
very ancient, and which is exceedingly sacred, succeed in repairing to the
regions of Brahman. Fully convinced that children and other possessions, as
also regions possessed by every kind of felicity, are transitory or liable
to destruction, men of subdued souls, who are desirous of attaining to that
everlasting station which is identical with Brahma, always pay their
adorations to Ganga with that reverence and love which are due from a son
to mother.
The men of cleansed soul who is desirous of achieving success should
seek the protection of Ganga who is like a cow that yields Amrita instead
of ordinary milk, who is prosperity's self, who is possessed of
omniscience, who exists for the entire universe of creatures, who is the
source of all kinds of food, who is the mother of all mountains, who is the
refuge of all righteous persons, who is immeasurable in puissance and
energy, and who charms the heart of Brahma himself. Having, with austere
penances, gratified all the deities with the Supreme Lord (Vishnu),
Bhagiratha brought Ganga down on the Earth. Repairing unto her, men always
succeed in freeing themselves from every kind of fear both here and
hereafter. Observing with the aid of intelligence, I have mentioned to thee
only a small part of the merits of Ganga. My power, however, is inadequate
to speak of all the merits of the sacred river, or, indeed, to measure her
puissance and sanctity. One may, by putting forth one's best powers, count
the stones that occur in the mountains of Meru or measure the waters that
occur in the ocean, but one cannot count all the merits which belong to the
waters of Ganga. Hence, having listened to these particular merits of Ganga
which I have uttered with great devotion, one should, in thought, word and
deed, reverence them with faith and devotion. In consequence of thy having
listened to those merits which I have recited, thou art sure to fill all
the three regions with fame and attain to a measure of success that is very
large and that is difficult of being attained to by any other person.
Verily, thou shalt, soon after that, sport in joy many a region of
great felicity created by Ganga herself for those that reverence her. Ganga
always extends her grace unto those that are devoted to her with humbleness
of heart. She unites those that are so devoted to her with every kind of
happiness. I pray that the highly-blessed Ganga may always inspire thy
heart and mine with such attributes as are fraught with righteousness'.
"Bhishma continued, 'The learned ascetic endued with high intelligence
and great illumination, and crowned with success, having in this manner
discoursed unto that poor Brahmana in the observance of the Sila vow, on
the subjects of the infinite merits of Ganga, then ascended the firmament.
The Brahmana in the observance of Sila vow, awakened by the words of that
ascetic crowned with success, duly worshipped Ganga and attained to high
success. Do thou also, O son of Kunti, seek Ganga with great devotion, for
thou shalt then, as the reward thereof, attain to high and excellent
success.
"Vaisampayana continued 'Hearing this discourse from Bhishma that was
fraught with the praise of Ganga, Yudhishthira with his brothers became
filled with great delight. That person who recites or hears recited this
sacred discourse fraught with the praise of Ganga, becomes cleansed of
every sin.'"
KR IRS 19324
On Tue, 19 Mar 2024 at 10:32, Rajaram Krishnamurthy <[email protected]>
wrote:
> CULTURAL QA 03202419A
>
> Q1 How do I take care of myself when old or elderly?
>
> KR One liner: NONSENSE
>
> Q2 What is the most weird marriage custom of India?
>
> KR WHAT IS SO WEIRD ABOUT? The word shows how young and immature the
> Quora partners are. Now as on date of the youth who wrote it, the bride
> groom forgets those who groomed him but only takes care of the bride’s
> parents. So, taking care of something denotes a good heart. And whether a
> marriage custom or not, on principle , is perfect. Had I known the writer
> sect, I could have pulled up the weird in their side. Wasting the time of
> people by filling pages and also writing elsewhere in a senseless manner
> defending their actions: I FELL DOWN BUT NO MUD ON MY MOUCHE STYLE.
>
> Q3 What are some mind-blowing facts that sound unreal but are
> actually true?
>
> KR It is a story that is all; there is no unbelievable but true
> etc; one the big Buddha original position of the temple is unknown; and
> during Burmese attack in 1800 AD , removal of Buddha and reallocation as
> SriRangam -Melkote history was undertaken. Later another temple was built
> with public donations and golden Budda was reinstalled; and all chisels etc
> are just a story. 2 It is not a big wonder as Thailand has many many gold
> buddhas in various shapes and weights throughout the land. Eporul yar vaik
> ketpinum apporul Meipporul kanbadu arivu; Tiruvalluar did not abuse; for
> later lamentations of the compiler-sorry,- the only compiler.
>
> Located at the Wat Muang temple in the Ang Thong Province, this statue
> stands 92 m (300 ft) high, and is 63 m (210 ft) wide. Construction
> commenced in 1990, and was completed in 2008. It is painted gold and made
> of concrete. The Buddha is in the seated posture called Maravijaya
> Attitude. The statue was built following the order of Phra Kru Vibul
> Arjarakhun, the first abbot of Wat Muang temple, in order to commemorate
> the King Bhumibol of Thailand. The statue was built using the donated money
> from faithful Buddhists, considering as the act of making merit. The budget
> spent on the statue was roughly 104,200,000 baht. Not far from the statue
> is believed to be the Wat Muang temple. *The exact origins of the temple
> are unknown,* as the original temple was destroyed in the 18th century
> during the war with the Burmese - they invaded and looted the former Thai
> capital of Ayutthaya. The reconstruction of Wat Muang took a long time
> and was not completed until 1982, and 8 years later work began on the 'Big
> Buddha', which was completed 18 years later. Nearby are more sculptures
> which depict the gods, the kings of Thailand and the events of the
> Siamo-Burma War. Also around the Buddha is a park where lotus flowers grow.
>
> The statue's formal name, Phra Phuttha Mahanawamintra Sakayamunee Sri
> Visejchaicharn , was given by Phra Khru Vibul Arjarakun, and means "the
> Lord Buddha of Wiset Chai Chan, Built in Honor of King Bhumibol." The name
> is a blend of Sanskrit words: Phra Phuttha (lit. 'Lord Buddha', Sanskrit
> varabuddha); Mahanawamintra (Bhumibol's royal title, Sanskrit
> mahānavamindra), Sakayamunee (Sanskrit śākyamunī), and Visejchaicharn
> (Sanskrit śrīviśeṣajayajāña)
>
> 1 Phuket Big Buddha
>
> 2Phra Buddha Mongkol Maharaj
>
> 3 Wat Muang
>
> 4 Phuttha monthon buddha
>
> 5 Wat bhurapha piram
>
> 6 Wat Intharawihan
>
> 7 Wat Lokayasutharam
>
> 8 Wat Phanan Choeng Worawihan
>
> 9 Wat Pho
>
> 10 Wat Phra That Doi Kham
>
> In Bangkok there is a golden statue of the Buddha that stands 9'8” tall,
> weighs 5.5 tons and is worth approximately 250 million in its gold. The
> statue was thought to be built in 1,403 and was revered by Buddhist for
> many hundreds of years.
>
> K RAJARAM IRS 19 3 24
>
> Q4 Is there a very engrossing context of mother Ganga's egotism in
> the pages of Valmiki Ramayana?
>
> KR SURESH BHARNANGA, and the compiler are guilty of running daily
> pages of unethical versions and still calling the pointers, with abusive
> words every day, unashamedly!!
>
> Valmiki Ramayana says Ganga had the ego? Sure? Show me pl.
> Balakandam, chap 35 to 39 , Viswamitra narrated about Ganga and her elder
> sister Uma. Where it is said sir All of you may reat in the net Thank you
> KR IRS 19324
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 <[email protected]>
> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 at 08:41
> Subject: [iyer123] CULTURAL QA 03-2024-19A
> To: Patty Thatha <[email protected]>, Kerala Iyer <
> [email protected]>, Iyer <[email protected]>
>
>
> CULTURAL QA 03-2024-19A
>
> All the below QA are from QUORA DIGEST to me on 19-03-2024.
>
> Selected Quora answers by scholars generally interesting are included. Still
> they need not be 100% correct answers. Good jokes are also included.
>
> I am only a compiler. Compiled and posted by R Gopalakrishnan, 80, on
> 19-3-2024
>
> *Q1 How do I take care of myself when old or elderly?*
>
> A1 Venkateswara Swamy Swarna, Former Scientist, Metallurgist,
> Quality / NDT Manager at Department of Atomic Energy, India (1967–2008)18h
>
> I am now nearly 76, old by Indian standards.
>
> But, I am able to take care of my personal needs like taking bath, using
> the toilet, changing myself, going out for a haircut, go to the bank if
> needed. I manage my affairs online.
>
> In the same apartment complex where I live, there is another man who is
> 100 years old. He is completely bed ridden for the last few years and he is
> taken care by his 80 year old wife and a middle aged male attendant who
> stays with them.
>
> We have one young female attendant living with us to take care of my wife
> who is recovering from a major health issue from 2022.
>
> So, either manage yourself or engage someone who can. If both the options
> are ruled out, you may consider moving to an old age home.
>
>
>
> *Q2 What is the most weird marriage custom of India?*
>
> A2 Ambika Sukumaran, Lives in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, India
> (1998–present)Updated 5y
>
> I can't say that this as a weird custom, but it is a unique custom
> followed in a village in Tamilnadu.
>
> Mudivaithanendal is a village in Thoothukudi district of Tamilnadu. The
> marriage custom is very unique in this village. Here the bride need not
> go to the groom's house after wedding. Rather it is the groom who comes to
> the bride's house.( Imagine the groom weeping for leaving his parents
> behind!)
>
> Also in this village the girls are given houses by their parents. So it
> is the daughter who takes care of her parents till their last breath.
>
> The point to be noticed here is the people will be longing to have a girl
> child.
>
> Unlike others the parents won't be saying 'Anyway my daughter will go to
> another house after marriage, it is only my son who is going to look
> after me!'. These dialogues seem a little weird to the people of
> Mudivaithanendal. Their dialogue will be a total opposite to the above one.
>
> Don't you find this custom unique or may be, according to you, ‘weird’?And
> I feel so happy to be a native of this village.
>
> *Q3 What are some mind-blowing facts that sound unreal but are
> actually true?*
>
> A3 Daniel L Jacobs, entrepreneur, storyteller, dreamer, 3x founder,
> 2x exits4y
>
> In 1954, the government of Thailand decided to build a highway in Bangkok
> through a location where an old temple stood. They purchased the rights to
> the temple, and agreed to let the local monks move a centuries-old clay
> Buddha to another location.
>
> The clay Buddha was massive. It stood more than ten feet tall, and its
> belly was more than six feet in circumference. So the monks arranged for a
> crane to safely move the Buddha from the old temple to a new home.
>
> But when the crane began to pick up and move the clay Buddha, it was clear
> they’d miscalculated its fragility. The idol was cracking. Immediately, the
> temple’s abbot screamed for it to be lowered to the ground and covered with
> tarps to protect it from incessant rains.
>
> Later that night, the abbot couldn’t sleep. So he returned to the clay
> Buddha with a flashlight to inspect the damage to the sacred idol. As he
> peered through one of the cracks, he noticed something strange deep beneath
> the surface.
>
> He returned to his monastery, found a hammer and chisel, and chipped away
> a small section around the crack. He was puzzled by what he saw. So he
> returned to the monastery, awoke the other monks, and asked for their help.
>
> He told them each to bring a flashlight, hammer, and chisel. Together,
> they returned to the clay Buddha and, synchronously, they began to chip
> away at the enormous idol they’d been protecting for so many years.
>
> When they finished their work the next morning, they stood back and gazed
> at what, together, they’d uncovered: their clay buddha wasn’t clay at
> all. Instead, it was a solid gold Buddha
>
> — the largest known solid gold statue in the history of the world.
>
> In today’s dollars, just the price of the gold for this 5,500 kilogram
> solid gold Buddha is more than one quarter of a billion dollars!
>
> *Q4 Is there a very engrossing context of mother Ganga's egotism in
> the pages of Valmiki Ramayana? *
>
> A4 SURESH BHARNANGA,10h
>
> Yes, there's a very engrossing context of mother Ganga's egotism in the
> pages of Valmiki Ramayana. When Lord Shiva decided to sustain Mother
> Ganga on his head, she out of her arrogance thought that she would whisk
> away Lord Shiva by her unendurable streams.
>
> Valmiki Ramayana, Bala Kanda
>
> Afterwards, she who is reverenced by all the worlds and who is the elder
> daughter of Himavanta, that Ganga assuming an unendurable form and an
> insupportable rapidity, they say, then plunged from the sky onto the
> auspicious head of Shiva. She who is an extremely unendurable river that
> goddess Ganga even speculated saying to herself, 'let me enter
> netherworld, indeed whisking Shiva with my streams.
>
> But Lord Shiva, who is all-knowing, all seeing or omniscient, knew about
> Goddess Ganga's arrogance. In order to destroy her egotism and false
> pride, He thought to pent her up in the tufts of his head-hair. And as a
> result, When Goddess Ganga flowed down into the huge curls of matted
> hair-tufts on the holy head of God Shiva, she became a detainee in them.
>
> Valmiki Ramayana, Bala Kanda
>
> And oh, Rama, she that holy River Ganga swooped down into the cavernous
> curls of matted hair-tufts on the holy head of God Shiva, and she became
> a detainee in them. Though she strove hard in one way or another to reach
> the earth that Ganga is rendered incapable, as she could not gain access
> for an outlet from any edge of the coils of matted hair-tufts of Shiva, hence
> she is held there in durance vile.
>
> Even after making several attempts to reach the earth, Goddess Ganga could
> not gain any access to escape. She was completely imprisoned there.
> However, when Bhageeratha again firmed up in a marvellous penance in the
> matter of her descent to earth, Lord Shiva released Goddess Ganga from his
> matted hair-tufts, aiming at Bindu Lake in Himalayas.
>
> So this is how Lord Shiva destroyed Goddess Ganga's egotism. He is Hara,
> who always take away or destroy miseries, ego, and ignorance of his beloved
> devotees.
>
> Hara Hara Mahadeva, OM Namah Shivaya~
>
> *Q5 What’s the worst candidate who came to an*
>
> * interview?*
>
> A5 Richard Stubbings, Former Retired Bookseller and
>
> IT Consultant Updated 4y
>
> Many years ago my partner, David, was a shop manager and was advertising
> for a full time shop worker. One morning this kid came into the shop in
> dirty jeans and t-shirt and asked about the job. David gave him an
> application form and told him to complete it, which the kid did straight
> away. David said that he was starting interviews that afternoon and
> arranged a time.
>
> The interview time approached. The kid turned up on time. Still wearing
> the same clothes, now wet (it had been raining) and now smelling of poor
> body odour. Not a great beginning.
>
> First question, what have you done? Answer “I’m just out of Borstal….” For
> those who do not know, this is a prison for youth offenders. He was in
> prison for multiple counts of shoplifting!
>
> Why didn’t you change and look smart for the Interview? - Because I live
> several miles away and I did not have the bus fare to get home and back.
> So I hung around in town all day.
>
> David hired him. HR was very very worried.
>
> Years later the kid was still employed, now assistant manager. He turned
> out to be one of the most reliable and honest employee David had ever
> hired. One day he admitted that he turned to shoplifting when he was
> younger to get caught and taken away from his abusive father. He was safer
> in prison than at home.
>
> So he was the worst looking candidate, with the worst CV, but the best
> employee
>
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