tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post6868296411302262708..comments2024-03-24T16:46:26.733+05:30Comments on Indian Temples & Iconography: Jyothir linga Somanatham - The moon descends to earthKavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-49791531143830557522007-05-27T08:56:00.000+05:302007-05-27T08:56:00.000+05:30Kavitha, although now it is not known if there are...Kavitha, although now it is not known if there are any visitors to your blog or not, I give below another reaction to an article in 'my' newspaper dedicated to tehformless!<BR/><BR/>"Shashi Tharoorji, thanks for (perhaps unconsciously and unintentionally) communicating the truth through use of minimum words on ‘cows’, that is, alphabets used as symbols - for any numbers of words cannot Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1294762913981714602007-05-26T09:03:00.000+05:302007-05-26T09:03:00.000+05:30Pyramids, the mysterious man made colossal masonry...Pyramids, the mysterious man made colossal masonry structures that mostly exist today in Egypt for a few thousand years, has attracted the attention of the westerners over the last few centuries and engage innumerable ‘Egyptologists’ - seeking to unravel its mysteries. <BR/><BR/>In the Fifties, it was reported in newspapers/ magazines how experiments were conducted on small scale models of some Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-64918589910038947942007-05-25T14:27:00.000+05:302007-05-25T14:27:00.000+05:30Anilji, I haven’t yet been successful in the task,...Anilji, I haven’t yet been successful in the task, so I give below whatever brief information on the subject of electromagnetism I found so far. <BR/><BR/>In the ‘Christian era’, as per the present day information, a ‘scientist’ by the name of Gilbert is given the credit for introducing in the relatively recent past the concept of earth itself as a giant magnet, which has now been generally Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-36843497039536379272007-05-25T08:14:00.000+05:302007-05-25T08:14:00.000+05:30Thanks Anilji, I will try to explore the possibili...Thanks Anilji, I will try to explore the possibility of laying hands on the said research work. <BR/><BR/>In the meanwhile, however, I would like to recapitulate the essence of whatever could be made out by me from a small part of the infinite data that is available in our mythology.<BR/><BR/>The ancient Yogis realized man, believably also made with the ‘panchatatva’ only, as a working model of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-70594807855449673612007-05-24T19:47:00.000+05:302007-05-24T19:47:00.000+05:30Kavitha,Joshi uncle,Just received an interesting b...Kavitha,Joshi uncle,Just received an interesting bit of information!Dr.R.N.gupta retired scientist from NCL Pune has done a good amount of research on the 12 Jyotirlingas.Hehas conducted some scietific experiments like measuring electomagnetic waves at all these places.He has etablished certain common physical parameters for these places & interestingly these parameters are absentat Parali/Dr.Anil Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00751770622662718050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-46641923128821687072007-05-24T11:45:00.000+05:302007-05-24T11:45:00.000+05:30Kavitha, talking of ‘Ashtabhujadhari Durga’s kavac...Kavitha, talking of ‘Ashtabhujadhari Durga’s kavach’ or protective shield around individuals, the concept of eight colours/ energy forms as the essences going into the formation of human structure - and the age-old practice of use, in pendants or rings, of different coloured naturally found gemstones on Earth as God’s perfect model that are got polished through human agency - could provide some Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-42249766697469774722007-05-24T09:36:00.000+05:302007-05-24T09:36:00.000+05:30Thank you Anilji, I was quite oblivious to the pra...Thank you Anilji, I was quite oblivious to the prana prathishtha that Sardar Shri Vallabhbhai Patel had performed for the Somnath temple. I have updated the blog with more information on that. <BR/><BR/>Joshi uncle, it is very fascinating to read about how mantra can be used for astras as well as kavach. Though its a tough task to dig up ancient texts to understand how they used divine sound to Kavitha Kalyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-8535374557008449292007-05-24T08:12:00.000+05:302007-05-24T08:12:00.000+05:30Man apparently heads the animal world and therefor...Man apparently heads the animal world and therefore is given to understand that he can exploit ‘Nature’ to the best of his advantage! In this process, the knowledge of existence of a high potential energy component within humans, certain ‘elevated souls’/ ‘educated and advanced races’ have apparently sought ways to use that energy directly through ‘black magic’, or indirectly, say, in the form ofAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-53427250951220503092007-05-24T07:59:00.000+05:302007-05-24T07:59:00.000+05:30Kavitha,Just like astrology,joshi uncle's referenc...Kavitha,Just like astrology,joshi uncle's references to the medical sciences are fascinating! I think Vallabhbhai patel merits a mention for the restoration work! I think a series on the 12 Jyotirlingas is on the cards & am eagerly looking forward to it!Dr.Anil Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00751770622662718050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-41327394095486522202007-05-23T20:35:00.000+05:302007-05-23T20:35:00.000+05:30Like Parvati’s favourite son Ganesha believably ha...Like Parvati’s favourite son Ganesha believably had Riddhi and Siddhi to assist him (essence of planet Mars with two of its satellites, Demos & Phobos, at the ‘mooladhar’ located at the tail-bone end in human form, a true copy of ‘Mahashiva’ or the solar system), similarly, as per the popular mythological story, Sage Dadhichi too believably had Lopamudra as his wife and also her sister GabhistiniAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-14237743101666503772007-05-23T18:07:00.000+05:302007-05-23T18:07:00.000+05:30The mythology gives credit to ‘Viswakarma’ for cre...The mythology gives credit to ‘Viswakarma’ for creation of the entire universe as well as the ‘heaven’ and the earth. He is also credited for creating missiles, including the Vajrastra the sacred weapon of Lord Indra, from the bones of sage Dadhichi. <BR/><BR/>Such stories perhaps could only be related to the hidden potential, or large percentage of Supreme Energy/ knowledge stored in the ‘Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-87870963404348787782007-05-23T11:34:00.000+05:302007-05-23T11:34:00.000+05:30Kavitha, once I ‘surrendered in Krishna’, maybe it...Kavitha, once I ‘surrendered in Krishna’, maybe it was a phenomenon like Arjuna receiving ‘divya chakshu’ or ‘divine eyes’ from Krishna. However, although Arjuna believably took only about 16 days during the battle of Mahabharata to get enlightened, I am still struggling to get a glimpse of the Supreme Knowledge over more than last two decades! But, still I haven’t much to complain about it, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-3341648905678240922007-05-23T09:33:00.000+05:302007-05-23T09:33:00.000+05:30It is very interesting indeed to see how astronomy...It is very interesting indeed to see how astronomy is knitted into mythology to explain certain things that otherwise could not have been comprehended. <BR/><BR/>The ancients were genius when it came to teaching the masses complicated theories which otherwise would have stayed unknown in their purest state.Kavitha Kalyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-4419397996141091752007-05-22T20:38:00.000+05:302007-05-22T20:38:00.000+05:30Kavitha, as we have seen it earlier also elsewhere...Kavitha, as we have seen it earlier also elsewhere, (and I have also indicated that Hindu Mythological stories, in fact, discuss ‘Creation of physical universe' from sound energy), it is obvious that ‘27 daughters of King Daksha’, the molten core of earth, as 'father of Shiva’s consort Sati’ (associated with red colour, as also indicated by you as the ‘garment worn by the jyotirlingam’, and its Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com