A busy day with me actually doing nothing in the real sense. Have I confused you, then I've achieved my aim to a certain extent. Without much ado, here I go:-
(a) The 'Vaikuntha Ekaadasi'.
Today's the day of the Vaikuntha Ekaadasi, when the temple town celebrated the day with all the
pomp and show that it could muster. Devotees, from far and wide, have been making a beeline
for the town to have a glimpse of their favourite god and this frenzy will go on till tomorrow
evening. The sanctum santorum has remained open since 3 AM, yesterday morning and will only
be closed at 9 AM tomorrow.
'Ekaadasi' is the 11th day of every fourteen day lunar cycle and the 'Guruvayur Ekaadasi' falls in
the Malayalam month of Vrushikam on the 'sukla paksha' or the full moon phase of the cycle!
It's also believed that the charioteer, Lord Krishna, gave his famous discourse - known as the
Bhagavad Gita to 'Arjuna' when he broke down emotionally at the battlefield of 'Kurukshetra'
seeing his beloved Bheeshma pitamaha, Dronacharya and the others arraigned against him as his
foes - on this day!!
(b) Many happy returns of the day, GoI!
The landmark monument at Bombay, facing the Arabian Sea, to commemorate the visit of King
George V of Great Britain - the Gateway of India - is gonna celebrate its 90th birthday on 04 Dec.
It continues to be the landmark for all seafarers making a landfall off Bombay, even to this day! At
a height of 85 ft, it doesn't fail to catch the eye despite the numerous skyscrapers that have sprung about, in its vicinity.
(c) Wow, what a catch?
A student of the IIT, Gorakhpur has been offered a job, by the Facebook on the first day of the
campus placement, that promises an annual paycheck of 2,50,000 $ equal to Rs. 1.55 crores! The
identity of the sudent has been kept under wraps, for the time being.
Well, heartiest congratulations! It's a befitting offer for your hard work and life can never be the
same for you, again!! A piece of unsolicited advice, "Do not lose your head, ever"!!!
Tailpiece.
The day, for me, had begun at the stroke of midnight when I was at the railway station to pick up my aunt, coming from Thiruvananthapuram, to pray at the temple on the occasion of the Ekaadasi. Sabu and Madhav joined her towards late noon, had their tryst with the good Lord and the three of them were off to Pondicherry by 2200h.
(a) The 'Vaikuntha Ekaadasi'.
Today's the day of the Vaikuntha Ekaadasi, when the temple town celebrated the day with all the
pomp and show that it could muster. Devotees, from far and wide, have been making a beeline
for the town to have a glimpse of their favourite god and this frenzy will go on till tomorrow
evening. The sanctum santorum has remained open since 3 AM, yesterday morning and will only
be closed at 9 AM tomorrow.
'Ekaadasi' is the 11th day of every fourteen day lunar cycle and the 'Guruvayur Ekaadasi' falls in
the Malayalam month of Vrushikam on the 'sukla paksha' or the full moon phase of the cycle!
It's also believed that the charioteer, Lord Krishna, gave his famous discourse - known as the
Bhagavad Gita to 'Arjuna' when he broke down emotionally at the battlefield of 'Kurukshetra'
seeing his beloved Bheeshma pitamaha, Dronacharya and the others arraigned against him as his
foes - on this day!!
(b) Many happy returns of the day, GoI!
The landmark monument at Bombay, facing the Arabian Sea, to commemorate the visit of King
George V of Great Britain - the Gateway of India - is gonna celebrate its 90th birthday on 04 Dec.
It continues to be the landmark for all seafarers making a landfall off Bombay, even to this day! At
a height of 85 ft, it doesn't fail to catch the eye despite the numerous skyscrapers that have sprung about, in its vicinity.
(c) Wow, what a catch?
A student of the IIT, Gorakhpur has been offered a job, by the Facebook on the first day of the
campus placement, that promises an annual paycheck of 2,50,000 $ equal to Rs. 1.55 crores! The
identity of the sudent has been kept under wraps, for the time being.
Well, heartiest congratulations! It's a befitting offer for your hard work and life can never be the
same for you, again!! A piece of unsolicited advice, "Do not lose your head, ever"!!!
Tailpiece.
The day, for me, had begun at the stroke of midnight when I was at the railway station to pick up my aunt, coming from Thiruvananthapuram, to pray at the temple on the occasion of the Ekaadasi. Sabu and Madhav joined her towards late noon, had their tryst with the good Lord and the three of them were off to Pondicherry by 2200h.
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