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Odisha Part 2 - Puri: The Experience of Jagannath

The temple of Jagannath at Puri is one of the four most important temples across India. Sometimes called the Char Dham – Badrinath in the north, Rameswaram in the South, Dwarka in the west, and Puri in the east – these temples mark four corners of our country, and each of these temples has a connection to Adi Shankara. He is said to have travelled to each of them, thus marking a sacred geography of India, long before the country actually existed. Among these 4 temples, 3 are dedicated to Lord Vishnu, while only Rameswaram is dedicated to Lord Shiva, though the lingam there is said to have been installed by Rama. Further, Shankara set up Mutts at 3 of these sites (or very close to these sites, like at Badrinath, where the mutt is at Joshimutt), while the mutt in the south is at Sringeri in Karnataka, quite a distance away from Rameswaram. Coming back to the topic, I have visited Rameswaram most often, Badrinath during my childhood, and Dwaraka a few times, but Puri had stayed out of re...
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Look Who got his name (mis-spelled) in the paper!

Here is what we saw in the paper, the first thing this morning.....


To read the full article. click on the link below...
Wall of education attains greater heights

So, did you find the name? Hint: Its on the right side of the photo!

When we headed over to Phoenix Mills yesterday after a inter-school gymnastics tournament at Wadala, we had no idea it was going to be such a wonderful evening! We had taken along a few of our books to donate to the Aviva Great Wall of Education, which we had been reading about, and they turned the simple art of donating books to an event, taking photos of the people giving the books, making them feel wonderful! Here is Samhith placing his books on the wall...



The day was far from over, and we spent a wonderful hour at Hamleys, enjoying all the trains and cars, and coming back home with a Lego set we have been looking for, for the last one year!

But the best part of the evening was undoubtedly the storytelling session by Blue Fun  Umbrella, which Samhith joined shyly, but then go so engrossed that he forgot all about the candy he held in his hand!!! Then came the art session, where he coloured a paper with the figure 'One' on it.... the sheets with number one to ten were given to the kids who coloured and decorated them and returned them. The sheets are to be bound in sets, made into number books and given to young street children. Interesting idea, isnt it? 

Well, by the time we got back home, it was too late for anything but dinner and bed, but it was a memorable day indeed, and what better way to wake up in the morning than to see Samhith's name in the paper? Yes, his name is mis-spelled, but then that happens all the time! Even some of his school teachers still do that!!!
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  1. Shrinidhi HandeDecember 5, 2010 at 9:04 AM

    It's a good cause

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  2. NishaDecember 5, 2010 at 9:37 AM

    That is a noble cause. I am going there today. :)

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  3. Tarun MitraDecember 5, 2010 at 10:01 AM

    nice cause..only thing that when we did it, it didn't got any name or any sessions :)

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  4. Anuradha ShankarDecember 5, 2010 at 11:01 AM

    @Shrinidhi: Yes, it is a good cause... we anyway give away our books (mostly to make place for new ones) and this time, this just happened to come at the right time!

    @Nisha:have fun! there is a storytelling session today too!

    @Tarun: Absolutely true! we never had encouragement like this! and anyway, this is the first such public time for us.. otherwise we usually give our books to family/friends/ school libraries!

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  5. MridulaDecember 5, 2010 at 11:45 AM

    A lovely way to spend the day and I wish they got Samhith's name right.

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  6. SridharanDecember 5, 2010 at 12:51 PM

    Great..It is a nice idea to get children involved to inculcate our values.. Samhit looks cute... Isn't he...!

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  7. AartiDecember 5, 2010 at 1:20 PM

    cool stuff... :)

    Damn.. i have been wondering for years why journos and correspondents dont spend an extra second in noting down name right...

    i had my name misspelt in toi on a caferati related post.. when i wrote to the girl who'd done the article, she simply laughed and said sorry!! bah...idiots!!

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  8. ShilpaDecember 26, 2010 at 3:27 PM

    Thats a nice cause.. :)
    I was trying to find whose name was mis-spelled...finally got it .. :)

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