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  See more photos and complete report at https://facebook.com/1519198844979011/posts/2898100683755480 Kanu Pongal Vizha at Kizhambi village Pujyashri Shankaracharya Swamigal visited Kilambi village on 17/1/2021 to bless Kanu Pongal Vizha organised by local villagers. His Holiness first visited Adhishthanam of 60th Acharya of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, Sri Advaitatmaprakashendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya Swamigal. The Adhishthanam is located in midst of agricultural fields. Walking through the fields His Holiness reached the Adhishthanam & performed Puja & Harathi. Several centuries ago, in the 13th Century, the village was given as a gift to the then Shankaracharya of Sri Kanchi Math. Details of copper plate inscriptions from ‘The Copper Plate Inscriptons of Sri Sankaracharya Swami of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam’ by Sri Gopinath Rao is given for reference. नारिकेलाम्रपनसतालवृन्तादिशोभितम्। अम्बिकापुरनामानं ग्रामचिन्तामणिं ददौ॥   The copper plates mention this...

  The word Thaipusam is a combination of the name of the month, Thai, and the name of a star, Pusam. This particular star is at its highest point during the festival. Hindu Mythology believes that the world came into existence on this auspicious day. It is also believed that on this day, Lord Siva and His consort Uma Devi blessed the sage Vyagrapadha and Patanjali with their blissful cosmic dance in Chidambaram. It is also believed that Murugan was presented with a most powerful weapon called ‘Vel” (spear) so that Murugan could vanquish the evil demon Soorapadman and his brothers.   Apart from these ancient Godly episodes to indicate the greatness of this day, there is one more latest historic event to add to the glory of this date. Thai Poosam is also coincide with the 'Jyoti darshan' at Sathya Gnana Sabha (Hall of True Knowledge), founded by Ramalinga Adigalar, popularly known as Vallalar.    Arutprakasa Ramalinga Swamigal (born 5-10...

  Readers may object to my calling US Presidential Election Processes using some strong adjectives such as ‘confused, contradictory, contentious.’ I concede that US Electoral System is the oldest democratic system in the world, while Indian Electoral System is the largest democratic system in the world. Compared to US De-centralized Electoral System, India’s Centralized System under one Apex Body called – ‘Election Commission of India – completely independent body created under the Constituent of India to conduct all elections for Lok Sabha, State Assemblies, Rajya Sabha, the President, Vice-President down to Panchayat Elections – mostly through Electronic Voting Machines. This was hailed as the most efficient and successful election processes by the world at large. Then, one may ask – Why the US was using Paper Ballots – that too not uniform but every States had their own methods of printing ballot papers, postal votings etc. instead of a centralized Mechanical Voting Systems ...