Again to Moon, Manned Mission Next

The nation is proud of ISRO’s space programme and achievements. After ending 2018 with seven successful missions, the Indian Space and Research Organisation has set its sight on a busy 2019 with 32 missions in the pipeline in the coming months. The Moon mission is a top priority this year while the human spacecraft flight programme will be further developed, with ISRO announcing, it will send humanoid robots to test Gaganyaan systems. Let’s look at what’s in store for ISRO in 2019 and beyond….

The first on the list is India’s second lunar project since Chandrayaan-1 about a decade ago. This time an orbitor, a lander and a rover will be carried to the Moon. ISRO is taking up bigger challenges with innovative technology and cost-effective budget.

India’s second Moon Mission

Chandrayan-2 will head to the Moon between January and February 2019.

*The GSLV-Mklll, an indigenously produced heavy launcher, will transport several modules into space.

*The orbiter will circle the Moon at an altitude of about 100km and map its surface, look for X-ray emissions and measure the abundance of water on the surface.

*The lander will explore the surface 600km from the Moon’s South pole. It will measure moonquakes and examine thermal properties of the surface. The rover will study lunar soil composition.

Putting an Indian in space

India’s manned mission is likely by December 2021 or early 2022. The entire initiative is set to cost nearly Rs 10,000 crore.

In 2019, three sets of rockets, crew and service modules for the human spaceflight programme will be certified to transport humans. Each set will be used for three missions, including two unmanned missions. ISRO announces the first such mission will carry a humanoid robot to conduct experiments.

The spacecraft, called Gaganyaan, will attempt to send three Indians into the low Earth orbit for up to seven days. It is basically to test the capability of sending humans into space and later outer space. The cabin temperature will be 23+-2 degrees centigrade with Relative Humidity 40-65%. If all the parameters and technology go as planned, it will provide a big boost for future space flights.

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A doctor who became an artist & author!

Lorant Eva Adrienne was born in Hungary and has travelled widely, to Germany, Belgium and USA. Her father was a member of the famous Hungarian golden football team of the fifties. She grew up admiring her father. 

This is an interesting story of a young woman who trained to be a doctor but her attraction for creativity made her give up her medical profession to pursue artistic expression.

Lorant Eva Adrienne is a doctor with a diploma in psychiatry. But she had a creative urge after completing her medical education and practice. With an artistic bent of mind soon ventured into creative pursuits, and found her creative expression through modern art, sketching, painting expressing her mind through a number of creative paintings. And later veered to writing; started writing about subjects close to her heart. She has already published 3 books in French. Below given are the French titles of the books, with loosely translated English titles:

* `A l’ombre d’une balle de Foot (Behind the shadow of football)

* Science En Heritage (Science like heritage)

* Destins et lois cosmiques (Destiny & cosmic rules).

 Inviting my French-knowing readers to get hold of these books and experience the different aspects of life as expressed by Lorant Eva Adrienne. Her books are as subtle as her paintings. She’s even planning to translate the books into English for the benefit of other readers around the world.

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Swami Vivekananda on Aryan Invasion Theory

Historical finding have raised controversies and have got rectified, thanks to the continuous research. The acceptance of the theory that the numerals 1 to 9 and 0 (zero) are Indian, in origin is one example. The theory of the Aryan invasion of India, though has become cliché to the readers of Indian history, is much in debate. Yet the truth seems to be bypassed. The following excerpts taken from the speech of Swami Vivekananda  “The Future of India” throws some light on this controversy.

There is a theory that there was a race of humans in Southern India called Dravidians, entirely differing from another race in Northern India called the Aryan, and that the Southern India Brahmins are the only Aryans that came from the North, the other men of Southern India belong to an entirely different caste and race to those of Southern Brahmins. Now I beg your pardon, Mr. Philologist, this is entirely unfounded. The only proof of it is that there is a difference of language between the North and the South. I do not see any other difference. We are so many Northern men here, and I ask my European friends to pick out the Northern and Southern men from this assembly. Where is the difference? A little difference of language. But the Brahmins are a race that came here speaking the Sanskrit language!  Well then, they took up the Dravidian language and forgot their Sanskrit. Why should not the other castes have done the same? Why should not all the other castes have come one after the other from Northern India, taken up the Dravidian language, and so forgotten their own? That is an argument working both ways. Do not believe in such silly things. There may have been a Dravidian people who vanished from here, and the few who remained lived in forests and other places. It is quite possible that the languages may have been taken up, but all these are Aryans who came from the North. The whole of the India is Aryan, nothing else.

Then there is the idea that the Shudra castes are surely the aborigines. What are they? There are slaves. They say history repeats itself. The Americans, English, Dutch and the Portuguese got hold of the poor Africans and made them work hard while they lived, and their children of mixed birth were born in slavery and kept in that condition for a long period. From that wonderful example, the mind jumps back several thousand years and fancies that the same thing happened here, and our archaeologist dreams of India being full of dark eyed aborigines, and the bright Aryan came from the Lord knows where. According to some, they came from Central Tibet, others will have it that they came from Central Asia. There are patriotic Englishmen who think that the Aryans were all red-haired. Others, according to their idea, think that they were all black-haired. If the writer happens to be a black-haired man, the Aryans were all black-haired. Of late, there was an attempt made to prove that the Aryan lived on the Swiss lakes. I should not be sorry if they had been all drowned there, theory and all.

Some say now that they lived at the North Pole. Lord bless the Aryans and their habitations! As for the truth of these theories, there is not one world in our scriptures, not one, to prove that the Aryan ever came from anywhere outside of India, and in ancient India was included Afghanistan. There it ends. And the theory that the Shudra castes were all non-Aryan and they were a multitude, is equally illogical and equally irrational. It could not have been possible in those days that a few Aryans settled and lived there with a hundred thousand slaves at their command. These slaves would have eaten them up, made “Chutney” of them in five minutes. The only explanation is to be found in the Mahabharata, which says that in the beginning of the Satya Yuga there was one caste, the Brahmins, and then by difference of occupations they went on dividing themselves into different castes, and that is the only true and rational explanation that has been given. And in the coming Satya Yuga all the other castes will have to go back to the same condition.  

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Strange New Year Traditions:

*In India and other places a giant old man made of hay, etc and dressed in old shirt and pant is burnt at the stroke of midnight, signifying the end of the old year and the beginning of the New Year.
*In Bolivia, Venezuela, men wear new underpants on New Year’s eve – red underpants for love and yellow for money.
*Spaniards eat 12 grapes at midnight; each grape symbolizing one month of year.
*The Filipinos wear polka dots and arrange round fruits on the dinner table. Polka and all things round signify coins, hence prosperity.
*In Scotland, the townsmen walk around with giant fireballs hoisted on long poles (resembling the sun) to purify the coming year.
* The Danes break glass dishes on the doors of neighbours and friends.
*Estonians eat seven times on the first day of the year to ensure abundant food throughout the year.
*Unmarried Irish girls place mistletoe leaves under the pillow to catch a good husband.

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Bappanadu Durga Parameshwari Temple

The temple has a history of over 800 years. Bappanadu simply means 'Bappa's village'. It is believed that, Bappa Beary, a Muslim merchant was responsible for the construction of Goddess Durga Parameshwari temple here. Since then the place is known as 'Bappanadu' and the first honorary prasadam of the annual rath festival is offered to the successors of Bappa Beary family every year.

Sri Durga Parameshwari Temple at Bappanadu is one of the important seats of Shakti worship in Dakshina Kannada district. Here the main deity is in the form of Linga (symbolic statue). Bappanadu Durga Parameshwari temple has been regarded as a symbol of communal harmony as devotees from all faiths visit to offer prayers here.

Bappanadu's Dolu (musical drum) is well known and a large drum can be found in the temple premises. During annual rath yatra festival, the members of the community are allowed to participate in beating of the drums which is done with great enthusiasm and devotion. This festival comes in the day of Meena Masa Shuddha Chathurdhashi and celebrated for eight days with an unique feature on each day.

Location: This temple is situated on the banks of river Shambhavi at Bappanadu village in Mulki town. The main deity of this temple is Goddess Shree Durga Parameshwari. As per the legend Bappa a Muslim merchant had built the temple. Annual festival (Brahma Rathotsava) of the temple falls in the month of April. It is located close to the highway on the way to Udupi.

Mythology: As per the folklore, there was a demon called Darigasura ruling Shonitapura. He had an enmity with Devatas and Lord Vishnu. Antagonised and with the intention of defeating the Devatas and Lord Vishnu, he worshipped Lord Brahma and received a boon. And with the help of this boon he defeated Devatas and Lord Vishnu, and snatched the weapons from Lord Vishnu and handed over it to his wife, and told her to keep it safely in their place of worship. While Lord Vishnu was mourning the loss and for his lost weapons, Goddess Durgaparameshwari appeared before him in the form of seven women, Sapta-Durgas and promised to kill the demon. These Sapta-Durgas went to Shonitapura accompanied by a deity called Guliga. Bhagavathi one of the Sapta-Durgas appeared before demon Darigasura while he was on the way to take a bath in the river; in a disguised form of a poor old woman, and begged for a meal. Darigasura suggested her to go to the palace and ask for a meal from his wife. And also told her to inform him, if she isn't given a meal there. Accordingly Goddess Bhagavathi visits the palace of Darigasura and meets his wife, but instead asks for the weapons of Lord Vishnu to be returned. The wife of Darigasura refuses to return the weapon as her husband had instructed her to keep in safe custody. However as told, Bhagavathi informs Darigasura about her refusal, but doesn't mention about the weapons and, that his wife is not willing to give her a meal.

Hearing this Darigasura instructs his wife to give Bhagavathi whatever she wished. Darigasura's wife gives her the weapons of Lord Vishnu without further enquiry. Later realizing that he was deceived by Goddess Bhagavathi,  Darigasura gets furious and decides to challenge the Sapta-Durgas and attacks them. He defeats deity Guliga in a fight. But after seven days of furious fighting Darigasura is defeated by Sapta-Durgas and ultimately he flees and seeks refuge in  the underworld.

Goddess Bhagavathi taking the form of Bhadra-Kali begins to search for him. As Darigasura arrives to perform pooja to Lord Shiva in the late evening, Bhadra-Kali finds him and slays him. Bhagavathi then accompanied by her other sister goddesses and deity Guliga, visit Lord Vishnu and request for a boat made of sandalwood for a journey from Vaikunta (heaven) to Bhooloka (earth) with an intention of settling down in Bhooloka for betterment of earthly people. 

Lord Vishnu permits them to take a sandalwood tree from Vaikunta for preparing a boat. Accordingly they make a boat and commence their journey. The boat reaches Bhooloka and crosses Kasaragod, Kumble, Uppala, Pattattur, Manjeshwara, Udyavara, Ullala and Kudroli in the coastal region, close to present day Mangaluru in Karnataka. From there they arrive at Sasihithlu near Mulki town. Here, Bhagavathi accepts a tender coconut from a devotee, and wishes to settle there. Goddess Durgaparameshwari emerged symbolically in confluence of two rivers, Shambhavi and Nandini at Mulki border.

In due course, a Muslim merchant, Bappa Beary while sailing through Shambhavi river with an intention of trading in remote places; his boat suddenly stops in the middle of the river. While examining the cause of stoppage, he finds blood floating on the surface of the river and he fears for the worst. He is worried and suddenly he hears a divine voice ordering him  to construct a temple with the help of Mulki Sawantha (king) and to conduct regular pooja with the help of Baila Udupa ( local priest). Mulki Sawantha was a Jain and a good ruler. Hearing about the incident and the divine command, from Bappa Beary, the king agrees and builds a temple with the contribution of many other donors and makes Baila Udupa as the chief priest of the temple. Hence the temple came to be known as Bappanadu Kshetra.

The temple has the features of 14th century architectural style in the main sanctum, pedestal etc. In 1333-35 AD, an African traveller Vilban Batoota who visited India wrote that some of the Muslims in the region (Mangalore and Mallika town) were following Hindu traditions. But the region he mentioned  cannot be confirmed with Mulki, as there is a vast difference in geographical features described by him.

As believed by the locals, Bappa a Muslim merchant had played an important role in the construction of the temple. But no evidence confirming the role of the Bappa Beary in the construction of the temple is documented or available. Whether Bappa was a Muslim or he was a Bapa Pai (a Saraswath Brahmin) or he was a follower of Jain faith is still a subject of research. The name Bappa also appears in one copper plate inscription (1607 AD) available in Kotageri Jain Basadi in which it is said " Moose Kavi son-in-law offered Varaha 113 on this Kunhappagu to Bappa ". 

However, we can assume that Muslims have a major role in this temple activity as it is mentioned in one recently found inscription of Hanjaman (Association of Muslim merchants). Also there are two inscriptions on either side of the temple. Though one is completely damaged, another inscription is pertaining to the era of 1411 AD and is belongs to Tedi. While verifying the words mentioned in this inscription, we can strongly presume that in the history of temple many non-Brahmins also participated in the activity of the temple.

Bappanadu Dolu (Drum): 

Beating of the drums during annual festival of the temple is an important part of the celebration. Bappanadu Dolu is well known all over Karnataka. One can't compare these drums with other drums of temples elsewhere in Karnataka. Beating of the drums when local rulers and landlords are visiting the temple during festivals is an age-old tradition. During annual festival a certain group of people of the community are given the task to participate in beating of the drums.  This is considered as a service to the deity and the persons play the drum with great enthusiasm and devotion. 

Temple authorities pay a certain amount of honorarium to these drum beaters. It's a beautiful sight, of this drum beating being performed by the beaters accompanied by their family members and community. As a symbol of the of the drums, temple authorities have made a big size drum and hanged it near the main entrance.

Annual Festival occasions:

1. Dwajarohana (Holy Flag hoisting) - on the day of Meena Masa Shuddha Chathurdhashi.
2. Bali Utsava & Ayana Deepotsava - Second day
3. Pete Sawari - Third day
4. Koppala Sawari - Fourth day
5. Bakimaru Deepotsava - Fifth day
6. Kere Deepotsava - Sixth day
7. Morning Car Festival, Night Chandra Mandala, Shayanotsava - Seventh day
8. Kawata Inauguration, Night rather festival - Eight day

How to reach temple:
From Mangalore there are plenty of buses and taxis available for Mulki and Udupi. The distance between Mangalore to Bappanadu is about 29 km. Since the temple is situated near the Udupi Mangalore Highway, it is very convenient for devotees and tourists to reach the temple by taking the buses or taxis and getting down at Mulki or Bappanadu. 

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New Year celebration? 

Do you know about the new year celebration or how it came to be celebrated? I am sure most of the people around the world are not aware about it. The first recorded New Year's celebration dates back 4,000 years to Babylon, when the first moon after the spring equinox marked a new year. In 46 BC, Julius Caesar created a calendar with Jan 1 as the first day of the year, partly to honour Janus, the month's namesake. Since then 1 January is celebrated as the new year day. 

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Mangalore – another tragedy in May

Pre-monsoon lashes Mangalore and Udupi through Tuesday, 29 May and left large areas marooned. Nine hours of rain from 9 am brought the city to its knees. Mangaloreans said, they haven't seen such heavy downpour and gusty winds throwing off everything on it's path. This is the first times they have witnessed such massive flooding.

Another tragedy though of a different kind reminded us of another major tragedy that happened on 22 May 2010. The Air India Express 812 crash at Mangalore airport, which overshot the runaway, while landing, killing 158 people on board. People who lost their loved ones are still in grief after seeing the aircraft land and perish right in front of their eyes.

A couple of days ago towards end of May, Mangalore witnessed a catastrophe, very wet and strong windy day bringing the city and surrounding areas to a standstill. Mangalore was hit by pre-monsoon downpour for nine hours with over 270mm of rainfall perhaps highest recorded in the past few decades in a single day. 

Mangalore and Udupi faced the brunt of the cyclone, with unprecedented flooding and damage to life and property. Luckily there was no major loss of lives barring three deaths, due to drowning in the swollen waters or due the falling of walls and roofs. Innocent lives were lost in the rains.

This tragedy though of a different kind reminded us of another major tragedy that happened on 22 May 2010. The Air India Express 812 crash at Mangalore airport, which overshot the runaway, while landing, killing 158 people on board. The aircraft was a 3 year old 737-800 (VT-AXV).

As per the findings, Air India 737-800 was on its way from Dubai to Mangalore. On board were 160 passengers alongwith 6 crew members. Captaining this flight was Capt Zlatko Glusica with over 10,000 hours of flying experience. With him was the First Officer Harbinder Singh Aluwalia from Mumbai.

The flight decended and was given Vectoes for ILS24 approach. As they decended, the weather at Mangalore deterioted, reduced visibility. The Captain had been sleeping during the decent. The First Officer woke him up for the approach and landing. The aircraft was flying above the normal path, about 2,000 feet high. The Captain ignoring the First Officier’s request to abort landing, prepared to land. The Captain put the aircraft into a nose dive, putting all on board in grave danger. They were decending too fast while the First Officier insisted the Captain to go around, but again ignored him. They were decending too fast towards the runaway. The touchdown was so hard, that the gears burst as they landed. There was no way to stop the plane. And it plunged downhill and burst into flames killing 158 people.

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Very few people are aware about this fact.
The Bible was Sir Isaac Newton’s greatest passion – he wrote more about religion than about science and mathematics! Indeed, Newton calculated the date of crucifixion of Jesus Christ as April 3, AD33 and the earliest date of Apocalypse as 2060 AD. Newton’s prediction that the Jews would return to Israel came true. Newton was obsessed with trying to find hidden meanings in the Bible. He learnt Hebrew, spent half his life, and devoted much more time to this pursuit than to science.

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