What's in a name?

shri.Kunjan Namboodiri was working as a Poojari (Melsanthi)in a village Temple. He was a learned person who was friendly with people in the Village because of holihis knowledge in the local language and Sanskrit and was respected by all in the village. His childhood friend Krishnan Nair after taking retirement Reached the village to see his childhood friend Kunjan Namboodiri.Both of them were very happy to see each other. Krishnan Nair who was to inaugurate his house in the city with a "Palukaachal" ceremony ,invited Shri. Namboodiri to the city.He thought he can use the opportunity to show Shri Namboodiri all the important places worth seeing besides introducing his friends and family to Shri Namboodiri who readily agreed to accompany him. So Shri Kunjan Namboodiri entrusted his pujari duties to one of his friends in the village and left for city with Krishnan Nair.On reaching the city they had a nice time for a couple of days and finally the day of inauguration of the house of Shri.Krishnan nair arrived. His friends and relations invited started arrivingbone by one. So Krishnan Nair began introducing his friends one by one to shri.Namboodiri.The fist person on introducing said his name was C.R.P.Menon.The next said V.R.V.Iyer, then K.N.P.Nedungadi,T.K.P Nambidi,C.N.A Warrier and so on. When the turn of shri.Namboodiri came,he said KA.KEE.KU.Namboodiri,the full term being Kattur Keezhedath Kunjan Namboodiri.All laughed.thecsimpleton Namboodiri said Whatbis in a name? ( Courtesey: A story read in Piravi,a magazine run by Swami Sandeepananda Giri) SreedharanMundanat 28tFebruary 2018

IPL TROPHY SEASON 11 2018

The IPL schedule has since been announced by BCCI.The 11th season of IPL the mega event in Cricket in India will have 51 matches to be played across in 9 Cities of India.As usual,the IPL 2018 would begin with a match in volved with Defending Champion Mumbai Indians.The opponent is Chennai Super Kings (CSK) who are returning to the tournament after a 3 year suspension.This match is on Saturday the 7th April 2018.The final of IPL 2018 is scheduled to be held in Wankhede Stadium on May 27 2018.This season would also witness the exit of teams Rising Pune Giants & Gujrat Lions .In their places,the suspended teams for two years Rajastan Royals and Chennai Super Kings will find places. However, the IPL season 11 will have 12 matches played vat 4-00 PM and 48 matches at 8-00 PM.The tournament will have the same format as before with top 4 teams playing Play OffS after playing seven league matches each.Then The Play offs will have qualifier 1,Eliminator ,Qualifier2 and the Final. Now is the time to assess the batting potential of the teams.everyone has their personal choices to assess. My personal choice is based purely on the batsmen and all rounder.. I opt for batsmen first and ,all rounder and bowlers later.My favorite batsmen of previous seasons were Yuvraj Singh,Chris Gail,K.L.Rahul,Aaron Finch as bats men and all rounder R.Aswin ( also a favourite bowlr). This being so and all these players happened to be in Punjab Eleven .R.Aswin is statedvto be the captain of Punjab eleven So I wish all success for the players mentioned above .The team is, therefore, Punjab Eleven to lift the cup. Sreedharan Mundanat 27th February 2018

Silent Service of an Unknown Face

There are many kind people among us who get themselves involved in silent servicesservices but prefers to remain unknown.Here is the story of such a noble person. He is from Nasik.His name is RohitPillai. He was a Research student who took masters degree in Engineering from IIT,Mumbai.Usually such degree holders try to get highly paid jobs in India or fly abroad seeking higher salaries jobs But Rohit Pillai did not get engaged in any such job and instead concentrated on the Women froom Bangalore who spend their life ln cooking by inhaling enormous amount of smoke every day.He was pained to note that every time they inhaled smoke they coughed helplessly. This reminded him of the Slogan " Smoking is injurious to health" which the Government is using for public awareness by spending substantial amount of Money. RohitvPillaii knew that the smoke from cooking inhaled by by them was as bad as smoking 400 Cigerrettes in one hour.So shri Pillai used his talent in Engineering to make smokeless Stoves for them.Neither their husbands ever visited the kitchen to know the miseries of their women nor the Women knew it was a matter that deserved complaints to their husbands. Let this be an example for young talented scientists and technical degree holders to simultaneously serve society as a measure of Social service. (Aadhar:An article by Swami Sandeepanandagiri) SreedharanMundanat 2nd March 2018.

Roger Federer ,the Greatest master of the time.

Roger Federer is the Greatest Lawn Tennis player of the time . The Rotter Dam open venue was the stage set for him to achieve the greatest honour of the time after beating Robin Hase. He went one step ahead to enter the final and finally had beaten Demitrov for the 97th title.A tremdoos achievement for a 36 year old veteran.Now he has only Jimmi conours of USA in terms of number of tiled in a carrier.that is Conor had 109 But what really conquered ny heart was the Australian Open title .When he was holding the winner's cup in his hand he could not control his emotions and wept constantly for a few minutes.

Roger Federer has the reputation of being Cool in the court. Until Australian Open 2017 Rafel Nadal was the world number One & the biggest challenge for Federer. At Melbourne Park,however,the the great friend outside court in spite of a epic fight of 5 setters, Nadal had to Surrender to Federer after fluctuating fortunes of the tuff fight in a humble manner. Thereafter there had been no serious rivals for Federer as Andy Murray and Djockovick were on a declining trend and Rafel Nadal had to withdraw from Rotterdam due to injury to his leg which rendered him unable run from corner to corner in the court fast for which he had a reputation of his own.The victory in Quarter final to enter Semi final itself and beating Hase enabled him to regain the coveted number one rank once again at the age of 36 a record he erased which belonged to the aged Andre Agassi of Les Vegas. The win at the Final of the Rotterdam of 2018 earned him the 97th Grand slam.Now again Ony Jimmi Connors of USA is ahead of him With 109 gran slam titles.Now Federer says his immediate aim is to complete 100 Grandslams which is within his reach in the near future.The style of the game a monopoly of Federer helps him to make his opponents shy in the court.The coolness he is maintaing again a special asset for him not to show over enthusiasm is yet another factor and his extraordinary patience adds to it. Now Federer is the King of Grand slams.He is so humble in nature that he would not underestimate his close friend Rafel Nadal. Now it would be a great pleasure for Lawn Tennis Fans to welcome Federer back to court as Number one and carry on his classical Dwells to earn more and more titles ,the immediate aim being 100 titles.If only Rafel Nadal joiMe him to make every match more interesting. Long live Federer.Every good wishes for him. Sreedharan Mundanat 23rd February,2018

Bamboo a tree or plant?Bamboo indeed queen of Forest!

Recently an Ordnance has been issued by Government by declaring Bamboo is not a tree. Bamboo is seen growing in villages of Kerala also besides Forests.Generally Bamboo is growing in a group as a bush of msnty Bamboo trees. It is said Bamboo is a strong tree used for multipurpose. It is mainly used by the Garbathi Industries.Bamboo is being imported and is growing as a profitable business in India. The picture depicted is a particular type of Bamboo grown in villages of Kerala. Bamboo grows in villages through the pollination process. The Flute of Sreekrishna seen in pictures are made of young Bamboo.Similarly it can be used for many toys and for making strong mats. it is said that while in World war ,Hiroshima was bombed the only tree survived was Bamboo. So this is a very strong evidence for the strength of Bamboo. So derecogizing it as a tree and reçognizing as a plant or Grass seems not well justified. The need for reconsideration of the Bammoo as tree vis a vis considering it as a agricultural product would appear to be not fully justified. Here is a picture of Bamboo being grown itself in a village of Kerala is depicted below:

In view of its Multipurpose use as a tree derecogizing it as tree and obviously considering it as a plant or Grass would appear to be needing reconsideration as hitherto being a profitable business might lack it's status. Tholis might also lead to felling Bamboo by poachers and others as it is no longer under control of forest department and can not prevent it's felling. The agriculture envisaged is likely to take a lot of time Sreedharan Mundanat 22,nd of February 2018

Bamboo Tree- The queen of Forests

For more than 90 years Bamboo was recognised as a tree grown in forests .Recentlyby means of an ordnance from President of India this has been trmoved from the status of tree and considered as plant growing out side foret also so that it can be cultivated by farmers in places which are not forests.Thus the restriction to fell it hitherto by people was removed so as to enable anyone selling it legal. Thus it can be cultivated easily by farmers and make India more popular with Bamboo which is of high demand to use as even building material,for making plywood,toys,furniture and many more uses in business.This was expected to reduce import and promote production in places other than Forest. But one adverse fact that poachers can freely fell them without being caught was not taken into account.Similarly the use of Bamboo is manyfold.The Adivasis near forest area was using Bamboo tree as aclivekyhood for then as the paddylikesubstance available with grown up up Bamboos was as good as food.It can be used like rice to make porridge and sweet kheer .Once p Iusedeople outside forest start telling it as trees without legalvrestriction it was likely to affect the food habits of Adivasis hitherto available to them as Paddy.Besides the young bamboo can be used to make music instrument called flute very popular with Music.Even GodvSrikrishnavwasvbelieved to have used it as a music instrument to letbGopikasvknown his presence felt.Besides this legendary aspect,Bamboo was the only tree which was not affected during World war when Japan was Bombed at Hiroshima.This proves how strong was Bamboo as compared to other trees.Bamboo is also found in even villages in Kerala where the are used for enormous purposes like making mats,toys etc freely. The main businessin India,perhaps,most prominent in India is for the making of Agarbathis.The business is very prominent in south in Bangalore the IT capital now. At present,for Agarbathi manufacture Bamboo is being imported from Chine in bulk by tonnes and tons.25 tons of Bamboo sticks at the cost between 17-20 lakhs if imported will cost Rs75/- per kg.whn sold in India approximately at Rs110/- per kgprofitvmade is enormous by private parties.It needs containers.25 tonnes of Agarbathi sticks need a 40 feet contsiner.it takes 20 to 25 Days to reach India from China.Thus one could make 8 to 10lakhs profit in just 40 days with an investment just 18-20 lakhs. Now by derecogizing it as trees and reçognizing as grass or plants might spread a tendency to felling Bamboo trees in forests as it is not an offence any more.so the appearance of Bamboos in Forests would turn into rare as poachers and fellers would start working overtime as it is no more an offence. And planting and growing as envisaged while derecogizing would take time to complete the process .In the meantime the loss to Exchequer could be enormous. Bamboo is a toy for Adivasi boys and girls in different ways. Children has a very strange and Novel way of making leaves as theelcopters.What they do is wet thrir index finger by means of Saliva or waterAnd press on the leaf Leaf gets stuck on the finger and if run forward the leaf would like an Helicopter propeller. In shot to put it in a nut shell inorder to make a profitable business involving Bamboo it would appear to retain the status of Tree in the forest as well as outside in sorrounding areas and villages than derecogizing it as trees. The Government might like to reconsider the present dicision while converting the Ordnance into an act by the Parliament. SreedharanMundanat 15th of February 2018 Thrikkakkara ,India .

Chiravarambath Kavu Bhagavathy Temple.

kerala is popularly known as God'sown country.Spread over an area of 15005 Sq Miles ,there are approximately over 10,000 Hindu Temples in Kerala.A major portion of it is in Thrissu District. There are annual festivals in every Temple in Kerala.In Thrissur District ,I have heard a common saying from Kottappadi,{near]Guruvayur that "Aalukkal ninneduthal Palakkal vare".This implies that the first Pooram/Vela begins in Kottapadi Aalukkal Temple and ends with Kattakampal Pooram/Vela.Please dont ask me who is responsible and who made this saying.May be me, you,or any one else.What is meant by it is that the first Temple festival begins at Aalukkal Temple in Kottapadi and the last in the Kattakampal Temple in the month of Medam.There was another popular saying "Chendpurathu Kolu Vechidathellam Pokuka" means Visit every Temple where drumming Melams starts.Dont ask me again who is responsible for this saying.Mostly our dearest Mother. Let us come back to the Temples of Chiravarambathukavu Bhagavathy at Aruvayi. In Aruvayi ,Pazhanji,{near}Kunnamkulam therer is one Temple called Cheruvarambathu Kavu Bhagavathy Temple.The Temple festival this year falls on 26th and 27th of Februay 2018. THE SPECIALITY OF THIS TEMPLE AS COMPARED TO OTHER TEMPLES IS THAT THE NUMBER OF CAPRISONED ELEPHANTS IS MORE THAN 50 AND IT IS A SIGHT ONE SHOULD ENJOY AT LEAST ONCE IN A LIFE TIME!!! Like all other Temples in Kerala Cheruvarambathu kavu Temple also bears history and Legends. According to the Asthamangala vidhi of the Temple,the temple is as much old as 800 years.There are no autoritative writings or books about this Temple.However as heard from old generation approximately 15 Km from Aruvayi there is one place called AYINURKUNNU.This place was important for commerce and shops of Marchants.Most of the Merchants were Paradesi bhrahmins known as Iyers.When a Financial cricis occured to the business of the merchants in general most of the Iyers left business and returned home.One Bhramin Iyer out of the remaining iyer inAyinur Kunnu was a Devotee of Devi.He instead of returning home went to Guruvayur wearing an Olakkuda(An umbrella made of Cococonut tree leaves()The present location of the Cheruvarambathu Bhagavathy Temple was a forest place,On the both sides of Aruvayi field there were Two Chiras(Water resorce like a river but a called "Thoduu".)Our devotee Iyer was walking through the Varambu(A roadlike path to walk along)").Our Iyer thought of taking bath in the thodu and doing Sandhyavandanam(An evening ritual observed by Brahmins who wear Holy Thread) on the Varambu.Iyer sat on the Varambu ,kept his umbrella on the varambu and did the ritual.When he got up and was about to take the Umbbrella kept on the Varambu,he found that it was stuck on the Varambu and was unable to take out of there.Kepping the Umbrella there he went to Guruvayur.On return aso Iyer tried to take the umbrella but was unable to remove it from the varambu.Stunned with this experience,the iyer called all other iyers remaining in th area and performed a Deva Prasnam(A devotional method to decide the reason behind any unusual occurence ) ,The result of the Deva Prasnam indicated that the iyer was a true devotee of Devi and pleased with the iyer ,the Devi herself entered into the Umbrella .The Devaprasnam also indicated that the spot where the umbrella was kept had Devi Chaitanyam and so a Temple should be constructed at the place for the devi and the Devi installed there.Hence the Devi Temple was constructed at the place and Devi prathshta performed.Thereafter the Temple was called Cheravarambathu Bhagavathy Kshetram.Iyer after a few days entrusted the ownership of the temple to Four prominent Tharavadus(Family)&left for his native place..Out of this just one tharavadu remained there.They are called Payyazhi Tharavadu who are carrying out the management of the Temple today.Another Devaprasnam performed later on according to the resu of which a Naveekarana Kalasam(Renovation process) was performed and Devi Bhagavathy was reinstalled in the present Sreekovil on th Makayiram Star day of Meenam Month.Since then Devi bhagavathy is living comfortably in the new abode spreading Her Chaitanya all over the place to keep the people of the area peaceful and happy.Every year on the Makayiram day of Meenam monthprasadaoottu(Annadanam) is performed for which thousands of people gather here to enjoy the Prasada oottu. The other Upadevathas in this Temple to enhance the chaitanya of the Temple are Ganapathy,Dharmasastha,Shree Hanuman,Rakshas,,Karukulam Ayyappan&Karineeli.People visiting this Temple are pleased with main Diety and Upadevathas equally and the Devi And Upadevathas look after people eqally . As told earlier ,there is no other Temple in Kerala who use more than 50 Elephants to honour the Devi in the procession And Ezhunnallippu.Similarly in Melam also veteran specialists are invited to take part.Besides ,before the Pooram is commenced the ritual of Parayeduppu from 53 Desams are regularly performed to please the Devi. in a nut shell, the Para,Pooram,Melam,Vela and all remaining programs in a Temple is system,aticcally performed in Cheruvarambathu Kavu Kshetram. Ma God almighty help conducting the Pooram and Vela in future also ,if not better than the present system.Improvement and renovation always help to perform things more usefully not only in Temples but all fields of business as well.All the best wishes for the conduct of Pooram and safe fireworks in Cheruvarambathu Bhagavathy Temple. SreedharanMundanat , 24th of January,2018, Thrissur