My earlier blog post was about Arthanaeeswar temple in the small village called Arakkuparamba. There is a anther templei n the next village called mattarakal. The Shiva Vishnu temple is situated amongst groves of banana araicanuts, coconuts etc. The villagers say that the Shiva lingam was built for the pandavas to offer their prayers. This makes the temple also to be an ancient one dating back to Mahabharata times. Of course the current temple premises is built only in the last century. I presume that the Vishnu was the later time addition for the benefit of the namboodhiris living here. In this temple Vishnu is in the form of Vanana, who was supposed to be born in Kerala to conquer Mahaballi. The beauty of this Diety in the form of a small child is seen to be enjoyed. Such a graceful and charm that it makes you rooted to the sannidhanam. The Siva lingam is of medium height and is on the west side of...
About 7 months back a group of Entrepreneurs from Chennai who had a common thread of running their software companies got togehter to form a cohesive group - The IT SME FORUM - as a Strategy to accelerate their individual growth through synergy. Each one of these entrepreneurs are successfully running their software companies fighting individual battles to keep the company up and running, maintain a steady growth rate, increase their customer base, etc. Running a company in India is not a easy task - it is literally getting pulled in thousands of direction and believe me - A business leader is supposed to concentrate only on Growth - Marketing - Sales. But I have found that typically in the Indian environ, we get pulled into operations and managing to spend some time for the most crucial aspect of the business. This gave rise to the idea - why not have a platform to share the best practices, to learn how to tackle problems, get a better voice and get a big bandwidth in terms of out rea...
From the Mor Chouk, on the Northern side you can enter the Sheesh Mahal or the Palace of Mirrors. According to our guide, this also served as the temporary dining place for the King too. You can see the raised platform covered with velvet where the king is supposed to have sat down for his lunch or dinner. There were people who used to partake the food before the king to find out whether it was safe to eat too. Sheesh Mahal was built in 1716 by Maharana Pratap for his wife Maharani Ajabde. On the Southern side of the Mor chouk you enter the Surya Chopar where there is a huge emblem of Sun God. For the Mewar Clan praying to Sun God in the morning was Mandatory and during the winter days they used to pray to the huge Sun God emblem in the Surya Chopar. Near by you can find the weighing machine in which Raja was weighed against Gold and silver coins which were then distributed. On the outer walls of the Fort there is an...
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