AASTROSAI-----ASHOK SUBRAMANIAM M.B.A ,M.R.H

  lord shivas wonderful mantra Wonderful Mantra to Reduce Sufferings We live in a world which works on the principle of Duality. Everything has two extremes: Good-Bad, Sorrow-Happiness, Hot-Cold, and so on. Such as a battery cannot work with just one pole; there has to be positive as well as negative, similarly good and bad have to be there. Hardship, suffering, problems, obstacles, disease are very much a part of life. Time is ever changing and each person has phases of sorrow and happiness, health and disease and so on. We live in a world where spiritual learning and development is through hardships and sufferings. It is a fact that many spiritually highly evolved beings had a life full of suffering, disease and scarcity. An ignorant onlooker may regard such a being as a poor soul working out his or her previous bad Karma. But probably that person undertook suffering and hardships just to overcome physical limitations and evolve to a higher entity. Is there any Relief? …

diwali Puja Process One of the main festival in hindu is Diwali , the Goddess of prosperity and wealth. It is believed that Goddess Laxmi visit everyone during Diwali and brings peace and prosperity to all. On the night of Diwali  "Lakshmi-Pujan"  is performed in the evenings. A traditional Pujan is performed after sunset in all the homes. Five pieces of ghee diyas (lamps)  are lit in front of the deities, naivedya of traditional sweets is offered to the Goddess and devotional songs are sung in praise of Goddess Laxmi. After Deepawali Puja people light diyas (lamps) in their homes to usher in light and clear the darkness from the world. After Diwali Puja people light diyas (lamps) in their homes to usher in light and clear the darkness from the world.  In villages  cattle are adorned and worshipped by farmers as they form the main source of their income.  In south cows  are offered special veneration as they are supposed to be the incarnation of Goddess Lakshmi and theref