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VADAKKUNNATHAN TEMPLE......

Place : Thrissur, Kerala
Significance : The ancient temple believed to be founded by Lord Parasurama is declared as a National Monument by the Archaeological Survey of India.
Timings : Opens 3.00am -10.30am and 4.00Pm - 8.30pm

Vadakkunnathan Temple at Thrissur also known as Rishabhari or Thenkailasam ( the Kailash of the south) is one of the ancient and most prominent Shiva kshetram's (temples) of Kerala. Situated on top of a beautiful hillock, the temple is a classical example of the Kerala style of architecture depicting many decorative murals and works of art. Vadakkunnathan temple houses a museum of ancient wall paintings, wood carvings and art pieces of immense historical value. It is famous for its spectacular Pooram Festival celebrated annually in April -May every year. It is a stunning event, combining the majestic elephant pageantry with the frenzied playing of drums and cymbals, rounded off with a fireworks extravaganza.

Vadakkunnathan temple is believed to be built by Lord Parasurama, one of the incarnations of Lord Vishnu. The temple complex is a massive one covering an area of about nine acres. The vast maidan about 65 acres around the temple is called Tekkinkadu or forest of teak woods. Once, many years ago there used to be a beautiful teak forest here, now the ground is scattered by dozens of peepal trees. The four magnificent gateways called Gopurams facing the four directions and the massive masonry wall around the temple quadrangle gives the temple an imposing appearance. The multi-shrined internal temple complex (nalambalam or chuttamabalam) is situated in the center of this vast enclosure. There are five separate shrines inside the nalambalam for five separate deities. These central shrines are dedicated to Shiva, Parvati, Ganapati, Sankaranarayana and Sri Rama (Vishnu).

Lord Shiva, more popularly known as Vadakkunnathan, is the principal deity and the circular srikovil (shrine) of Shiva is on the northern side. The unique feature of the temple is that, the idol of Shiva i.e the Shivalingam facing west, is worshipped in the form of a mound of ghee or clarified butter. This is formed by the daily abhisheka with ghee over the years. The ghee never melts in spite of several lamps in the sanctum or even in hot weather nor has any bad smell or is infested by insects or pests. The centuries-old ghee is considered to possess medicinal qualities and cures many ailments. The eleven feet high mound of ghee is embellished with fifteen cascading crescents of gold and three serpent hoods at top. The main offering is ghee and Kadali bananas. The outside wall of the shrine has a big painting of Mohini holding a mirror.

The same shrine is divided into three compartments. Just behind the Shiva idol, in another compartment, there is Parvati's idol, facing east. The image of goddess Parvati is around three feet and is made of wood. The idol has three eyes and is dressed up in gold crown, ornaments and red silk. The main offering and prasadam is the turmeric powder. Devotees bring ornaments and silks, place it in front of this idol to get blessings before marriages.

Sankaranarayana's shrine, which is circular, double storied and facing west, has beautiful murals of the seventeenth century delineating graphically the story of the Epic Mahabharata. The idol of Sankaranarayana is the combination of both Lord Siva and Lord MahaVishnu. It has four arms, which carries a white hatchet and trident on the right side and Panchajanyam the shell and Club on the left side. The offering to Sankaranarayana is the abhisheka using water (panchajanyam).

The two-storied shrine of Sri Rama facing west is at the southern side. Lord Maha Vishnu is being worshiped here as Sri Ram. The walls of this srikovil is decorated with murals and wood carvings. Abhisheka with pure gingelli oil is the main offering here.

Ganapati's shrine is situated on the left side of the main shrine of Lord Siva. The idol of Ganapati which is depicted with four arms, is considered to be looking into the place where the offerings for the gods are being prepared. The Udayasthamaya pooja (a special ritual) of Vadakkunnathan temple is really meant for Lord Ganapati. This offering of appam (sweetened rice cake fried in ghee) to Mahaganapati is one of the most important offerings at Vadakkunnathan temple. Propitiating Ganapati here is believed to be paving a path to prosperity and wealth. The devotees revere elephants as Lord Ganesh incarnate.

At the nalambalam, there is a small triangular opening on the wall. 'Thazhikakudams' or finials of the three main shrines can be seen through this opening. It is believed that this darshan is equal to seeing several holy temples of India like Kashi, Rameswaram, etc.

Apart from these idols, Lord Vettakkaran (Shiva in hunter form) is also worshipped within the nalambalam enclosure. This idol supposed to be the guardian of Vadakkunnathan temple is situated on the northern side facing south.

A striking feature of Vadakkunnathan temple is the temple theatre known as Koothambalam, which is on the left of the main entrance i.e. western gopuram. This is the theatre hall for staging 'koothu', an ancient dramatic form of art famous in Kerala. This structure is considered to be a masterpiece of its kind, crowned with three kalasams ( finials). It is a marvelous structural workmanship with sloping roofs of carefully enmeshed copper plates, austere, dignified and aloof.

Outside the nalambalam, all round at a certain distance, there is the Pradakshina vazhi (circumambulatory path) which has a uniform width of seven feet. There are shrines for Lord Krishna, Rishabha, Parasurama, Simhodara, Dharmasastha and Adi Sankaracharya along this path.

At the main entrance of the Vadakkunnatha temple, there is a stone called 'kali'. The shrine of Lord Krishna (Gopalakrishna) is on the left of the main entrance. Koothambalam is in front of this shrine. The ritual is that we make a thud sound by striking a wooden plank situated on the right side of door of srikovil before we pray in front of the image.

A little beyond on the north side entrance of the nalambalam, situated the shrine of Rishabha or bull, Lord Siva's mount. The idol here is supposed to be asleep and a noise has to be made to wake him up. Therefore the devotees has to offer a thread from their dress and snap the fingers while praying.

The shrine of Parasurama i.e the 'thara' or platform is in the north-east corner in which Parasurama himself is supposed to reside.

Shrine of Simhodara is on the east side behind the nalambalam. The idol is facing west. On the north side of the shrine, devotees just put a small stone on the ground which is a symbolic representation of removing the burdens of their lives.

Dharmasastha shrine is at the southwest corner of the circumambulatory path. A little beyond there is a rectangular enclosure of stone walls without roofing in which there is a Sankha and Chakra commemorating Adi Sankaracharya. Adi Sankaracharya is supposed to have spent his last days in this temple.

Just outside the western gopuram there is a peepal tree with a paved platform, which is called "Sreemoolasthanam." It is believed it was at this spot that Parasurama, after consecrating the deities of the temple, met the Nambudiri Brahmins, the traditional priests of Kerala temples, and handed over charge of the temple to them and disappeared.

There are no annual utsavams or other celebrations in the Vadakkunnathan temple except Shivaratri. The annual Pooram festival celebrated here is not associated with the presiding deity in the temple. Even though the Tekkinkadu maidan is the venue of the pooram festival, no special pooja or offerings are received on the occasion. Thrissur Pooram, the most colourful temple festival of Kerala, attracts large masses of devotees and spectators from all parts of the State and even outside. It is a grand eight day festival with elephant, parasols, drums and fire works. It is marked by huge, colourful and very noisy procession joined by people of all religious communities irrespective of caste. The beautifully caparisoned elephants in two processions represents the Tiruvambadi and Paramekkavu temples. Elaborately bedecked elephants specially decorated with lamps and palm leaves process to the Vadakunnathan Temple carrying priest and deities to the accompaniment of extra ordinary drumming. On the final temple team meet on the Tekkinkadu Maidan for the drumming and kudamattam competition. The festival terminates with a huge display of fireworks.

It has been the regular annual practice at the Vadakkunnathan Temple for the last 20 years to conduct a large-scale Ashta Dravya Maha Ganapathy Havana and Aanayoottu (ceremonial feeding of elephants) on the 1st day of Karkidakom as per the malayalam calendar. Partaking in this function is believed to be a blessing not only to the elephants but also to the devotees. 'Gajapooja' also is conducted once in four years.

Presently, the administration of the Vadakkunnathan temple rests with the Assistant Commissioner under the Cochin Devaswom Board. The temple is declared to be a National monument by the Archeological Survey of India. The temple opens at three in the morning and closes about 10-30 after the morning rites. For the evening worship it opens at four and closes at 8.30 at night after 'Trippuka', the last rite for the day. Non-Hindus are not permitted inside the temple except during the pooram festival. In addition to its religious function, the temple was the center of an extensive administration with legal and tax raising powers.

According to the legends, the deities Shiva, Sankaranarayana and Rama were installed and worshipped by Parasurama. It is believed that Parasurama after restoring the land of Kerala from the ocean, wished to install an image of Shiva, prayed to Shiva that he should manifest himself there. Opening his eye, Parasurama found the image of Mahavishnu. He installed this image as Rama and not satisfied with the manifestation of Mahavishnu, Parasurama continued his meditation. At its culmination, he saw a Shivalingam, ie. Shiva on one side and Rama on the other. Again on further meditation, he saw Sankaranarayana or the combined form of Shiva and Vishnu in the middle of the two deities. He was now satisfied and realized that Siva and Vishnu are in fact one and the same.

Contacts :

Sree Vadakkunnathan Kshethra Kshema Samithy,
Sreemoolasthanam,
Thrissur, Kerala State.
Pin - 680 001
Phone : 91-487 - 2426040

How to get there :

Air : The nearest international airport is at Nedumbassery, Ernakulam located 60km north from Thrissur.

Rail : Thrissur is an important railhead of the southern railway and linked to most major towns inside and outside Kerala. The railway station is about 1km south-west of the town centre and just 350 meters from the temple premises. Trains to Ernakulam, 74km south, take about 1¹/₂ -2 hours; trains to Kozhikode, 118km north, take about 3hours. Train Timings

Road : There are frequent buses from Thrissur along NH47 to different destinations. The KSRTC bus stand is at the south west of the town center. There are buses to Kochi (3 hrs), Thiruvananthapuram (8 hrs), Kozhikode (31/2 hrs), Kottayam, Palakkad (11/2 hrs), Chennai (12hrs)etc. The large, private bus stand Sakthan Tampuran is south of the city center, the smaller, private Priyadarshini bus stand is north of the city. Private buses have frequent services to places close by like Guruvayur and small towns like Mallapuram and Shornur near by.

Accommodation :

Click here for a list of hotels in Thrissur

VADAKKUNNATHAN TEMPLE......

Place : Thrissur, Kerala
Significance : The ancient temple believed to be founded by Lord Parasurama is declared as a National Monument by the Archaeological Survey of India.
Timings : Opens 3.00am -10.30am and 4.00Pm - 8.30pm

Vadakkunnathan Temple at Thrissur also known as Rishabhari or Thenkailasam ( the Kailash of the south) is one of the ancient and most prominent Shiva kshetram's (temples) of Kerala. Situated on top of a beautiful hillock, the temple is a classical example of the Kerala style of architecture depicting many decorative murals and works of art. Vadakkunnathan temple houses a museum of ancient wall paintings, wood carvings and art pieces of immense historical value. It is famous for its spectacular Pooram Festival celebrated annually in April -May every year. It is a stunning event, combining the majestic elephant pageantry with the frenzied playing of drums and cymbals, rounded off with a fireworks extravaganza.

Vadakkunnathan temple is believed to be built by Lord Parasurama, one of the incarnations of Lord Vishnu. The temple complex is a massive one covering an area of about nine acres. The vast maidan about 65 acres around the temple is called Tekkinkadu or forest of teak woods. Once, many years ago there used to be a beautiful teak forest here, now the ground is scattered by dozens of peepal trees. The four magnificent gateways called Gopurams facing the four directions and the massive masonry wall around the temple quadrangle gives the temple an imposing appearance. The multi-shrined internal temple complex (nalambalam or chuttamabalam) is situated in the center of this vast enclosure. There are five separate shrines inside the nalambalam for five separate deities. These central shrines are dedicated to Shiva, Parvati, Ganapati, Sankaranarayana and Sri Rama (Vishnu).

Lord Shiva, more popularly known as Vadakkunnathan, is the principal deity and the circular srikovil (shrine) of Shiva is on the northern side. The unique feature of the temple is that, the idol of Shiva i.e the Shivalingam facing west, is worshipped in the form of a mound of ghee or clarified butter. This is formed by the daily abhisheka with ghee over the years. The ghee never melts in spite of several lamps in the sanctum or even in hot weather nor has any bad smell or is infested by insects or pests. The centuries-old ghee is considered to possess medicinal qualities and cures many ailments. The eleven feet high mound of ghee is embellished with fifteen cascading crescents of gold and three serpent hoods at top. The main offering is ghee and Kadali bananas. The outside wall of the shrine has a big painting of Mohini holding a mirror.

The same shrine is divided into three compartments. Just behind the Shiva idol, in another compartment, there is Parvati's idol, facing east. The image of goddess Parvati is around three feet and is made of wood. The idol has three eyes and is dressed up in gold crown, ornaments and red silk. The main offering and prasadam is the turmeric powder. Devotees bring ornaments and silks, place it in front of this idol to get blessings before marriages.

Sankaranarayana's shrine, which is circular, double storied and facing west, has beautiful murals of the seventeenth century delineating graphically the story of the Epic Mahabharata. The idol of Sankaranarayana is the combination of both Lord Siva and Lord MahaVishnu. It has four arms, which carries a white hatchet and trident on the right side and Panchajanyam the shell and Club on the left side. The offering to Sankaranarayana is the abhisheka using water (panchajanyam).

The two-storied shrine of Sri Rama facing west is at the southern side. Lord Maha Vishnu is being worshiped here as Sri Ram. The walls of this srikovil is decorated with murals and wood carvings. Abhisheka with pure gingelli oil is the main offering here.

Ganapati's shrine is situated on the left side of the main shrine of Lord Siva. The idol of Ganapati which is depicted with four arms, is considered to be looking into the place where the offerings for the gods are being prepared. The Udayasthamaya pooja (a special ritual) of Vadakkunnathan temple is really meant for Lord Ganapati. This offering of appam (sweetened rice cake fried in ghee) to Mahaganapati is one of the most important offerings at Vadakkunnathan temple. Propitiating Ganapati here is believed to be paving a path to prosperity and wealth. The devotees revere elephants as Lord Ganesh incarnate.

At the nalambalam, there is a small triangular opening on the wall. 'Thazhikakudams' or finials of the three main shrines can be seen through this opening. It is believed that this darshan is equal to seeing several holy temples of India like Kashi, Rameswaram, etc.

Apart from these idols, Lord Vettakkaran (Shiva in hunter form) is also worshipped within the nalambalam enclosure. This idol supposed to be the guardian of Vadakkunnathan temple is situated on the northern side facing south.

A striking feature of Vadakkunnathan temple is the temple theatre known as Koothambalam, which is on the left of the main entrance i.e. western gopuram. This is the theatre hall for staging 'koothu', an ancient dramatic form of art famous in Kerala. This structure is considered to be a masterpiece of its kind, crowned with three kalasams ( finials). It is a marvelous structural workmanship with sloping roofs of carefully enmeshed copper plates, austere, dignified and aloof.

Outside the nalambalam, all round at a certain distance, there is the Pradakshina vazhi (circumambulatory path) which has a uniform width of seven feet. There are shrines for Lord Krishna, Rishabha, Parasurama, Simhodara, Dharmasastha and Adi Sankaracharya along this path.

At the main entrance of the Vadakkunnatha temple, there is a stone called 'kali'. The shrine of Lord Krishna (Gopalakrishna) is on the left of the main entrance. Koothambalam is in front of this shrine. The ritual is that we make a thud sound by striking a wooden plank situated on the right side of door of srikovil before we pray in front of the image.

A little beyond on the north side entrance of the nalambalam, situated the shrine of Rishabha or bull, Lord Siva's mount. The idol here is supposed to be asleep and a noise has to be made to wake him up. Therefore the devotees has to offer a thread from their dress and snap the fingers while praying.

The shrine of Parasurama i.e the 'thara' or platform is in the north-east corner in which Parasurama himself is supposed to reside.

Shrine of Simhodara is on the east side behind the nalambalam. The idol is facing west. On the north side of the shrine, devotees just put a small stone on the ground which is a symbolic representation of removing the burdens of their lives.

Dharmasastha shrine is at the southwest corner of the circumambulatory path. A little beyond there is a rectangular enclosure of stone walls without roofing in which there is a Sankha and Chakra commemorating Adi Sankaracharya. Adi Sankaracharya is supposed to have spent his last days in this temple.

Just outside the western gopuram there is a peepal tree with a paved platform, which is called "Sreemoolasthanam." It is believed it was at this spot that Parasurama, after consecrating the deities of the temple, met the Nambudiri Brahmins, the traditional priests of Kerala temples, and handed over charge of the temple to them and disappeared.

There are no annual utsavams or other celebrations in the Vadakkunnathan temple except Shivaratri. The annual Pooram festival celebrated here is not associated with the presiding deity in the temple. Even though the Tekkinkadu maidan is the venue of the pooram festival, no special pooja or offerings are received on the occasion. Thrissur Pooram, the most colourful temple festival of Kerala, attracts large masses of devotees and spectators from all parts of the State and even outside. It is a grand eight day festival with elephant, parasols, drums and fire works. It is marked by huge, colourful and very noisy procession joined by people of all religious communities irrespective of caste. The beautifully caparisoned elephants in two processions represents the Tiruvambadi and Paramekkavu temples. Elaborately bedecked elephants specially decorated with lamps and palm leaves process to the Vadakunnathan Temple carrying priest and deities to the accompaniment of extra ordinary drumming. On the final temple team meet on the Tekkinkadu Maidan for the drumming and kudamattam competition. The festival terminates with a huge display of fireworks.

It has been the regular annual practice at the Vadakkunnathan Temple for the last 20 years to conduct a large-scale Ashta Dravya Maha Ganapathy Havana and Aanayoottu (ceremonial feeding of elephants) on the 1st day of Karkidakom as per the malayalam calendar. Partaking in this function is believed to be a blessing not only to the elephants but also to the devotees. 'Gajapooja' also is conducted once in four years.

Presently, the administration of the Vadakkunnathan temple rests with the Assistant Commissioner under the Cochin Devaswom Board. The temple is declared to be a National monument by the Archeological Survey of India. The temple opens at three in the morning and closes about 10-30 after the morning rites. For the evening worship it opens at four and closes at 8.30 at night after 'Trippuka', the last rite for the day. Non-Hindus are not permitted inside the temple except during the pooram festival. In addition to its religious function, the temple was the center of an extensive administration with legal and tax raising powers.

According to the legends, the deities Shiva, Sankaranarayana and Rama were installed and worshipped by Parasurama. It is believed that Parasurama after restoring the land of Kerala from the ocean, wished to install an image of Shiva, prayed to Shiva that he should manifest himself there. Opening his eye, Parasurama found the image of Mahavishnu. He installed this image as Rama and not satisfied with the manifestation of Mahavishnu, Parasurama continued his meditation. At its culmination, he saw a Shivalingam, ie. Shiva on one side and Rama on the other. Again on further meditation, he saw Sankaranarayana or the combined form of Shiva and Vishnu in the middle of the two deities. He was now satisfied and realized that Siva and Vishnu are in fact one and the same.

Contacts :

Sree Vadakkunnathan Kshethra Kshema Samithy,
Sreemoolasthanam,
Thrissur, Kerala State.
Pin - 680 001
Phone : 91-487 - 2426040

How to get there :

Air : The nearest international airport is at Nedumbassery, Ernakulam located 60km north from Thrissur.

Rail : Thrissur is an important railhead of the southern railway and linked to most major towns inside and outside Kerala. The railway station is about 1km south-west of the town centre and just 350 meters from the temple premises. Trains to Ernakulam, 74km south, take about 1¹/₂ -2 hours; trains to Kozhikode, 118km north, take about 3hours. Train Timings

Road : There are frequent buses from Thrissur along NH47 to different destinations. The KSRTC bus stand is at the south west of the town center. There are buses to Kochi (3 hrs), Thiruvananthapuram (8 hrs), Kozhikode (31/2 hrs), Kottayam, Palakkad (11/2 hrs), Chennai (12hrs)etc. The large, private bus stand Sakthan Tampuran is south of the city center, the smaller, private Priyadarshini bus stand is north of the city. Private buses have frequent services to places close by like Guruvayur and small towns like Mallapuram and Shornur near by.

Accommodation :

Click here for a list of hotels in Thrissur

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I am learning how to copy and paste stuff from the internet into my blog.
Fisrt,I open a browser using internet explorer or Mozilla Firefox
Then,I type www.google.com on the address bar
Then I search for the term I am looking for.For Eg: Trichur
Then upon opening the website that Google or Yhaoo returned,I select the relevant contents using my mouse (left click) or the touch pad on the laptop.
Then I open another browser using Ctrl+T.It opens another tab on the same browser window.
Here I open blogger using www.blogger.com or my google documents using www.doc.google.com or email it to me by logging into www.gmail.com
Then I paste using the command Ctrl+V
Then I send or publish the content to the web.
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Thrissur I Trichur / Trissur) pronunc...

Thrissur I Trichur / Trissur) pronunciation (help·info) (Malayalam: തൃശ്ശൂര്‍) is a city situated in the center of Kerala (Malayalam: േകരളം) state, India. It is the headquarters of Thrissur District. The city has a population of around 3.2 lakhs. It is an important cultural centre, and is known as the 'cultural capital of Kerala'. It is famous for the Thrissur Pooram festival, the most colourful and spectacular temple festival of Kerala. It has a large number of well-known temples, Thiruvambady temple, Vadakkumnatha temple and Paramekkavu temple, and two churches of note, the Our Lady of Lourdes Metropolitan Cathedral and the Our Lady of Dolour's "New Church" Basilica (the biggest in South Asia). The Kerala Police Academy (second largest in India) is situated in this city.

History

An elephant carrying Thidambu during Thrissur pooram festival.

From very early times Thrissur has been a centre of learning. With the decline of Buddhism and Jainism due to the growing supremacy of Brahminism during the revival of Hinduism, Thrissur became an important centre of Sanskrit learning^{[citation needed]}. It is believed that the great Hindu Saint, Adi Shankara, was born in answer to the prayer made by Arayambal and Sivaguru at Vadakkunathan temple. Sankara's disciples Hastamalaka, Thotaka, Padmapada and Sudhachara established four Madoms(mutt) in the city, namely the Northern Madom, the Middle Madom, the ln-Between Madom and the Southern Madom respectively^{[citation needed]}.

This sacred land had been visited by other religious icons like Swami Vivekananda, St. Thomas, and Sree Narayana Guru, who fought against the caste system in Hindu religion, founded his first temple in Koorkanchery^{[citation needed]}.

Thrissur, for a brief period, was the capital of the Kochi kingdom. The Shaktan Thampuran palace, which was the abode of the Cochin king, Shaktan Thampuran, was recently renovated by the Archeological Survey of India.

Thrissur gained prominence under the reign of Raja Rama Varma, who is referred as Sakthan Thampuran, in 1790. It was Sakthan Thampuran to whom the modern Thrissur is ever indebted, because it was he who rebuilt Thrissur from the destruction caused by the attacks of Tipu Sultan's army.

Thrissur city has played a significant part in the political history of South India. Even as early as 1919 a committee of the Indian National Congress was functioning in Thrissur^{[citation needed]}. In the Civil Disobedience Movement of 1921, several persons in city took active part and courted arrest.

Long ago, the vast open area around the Vadakkumnatha temple was a magnificent teak forest called Thekkinkaadu. Today, the forest has given way to one of the most important cultural, educational and commercial hub of Kerala.

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Vijay TV is having a regular programme GRANDMASTER…

MONDAY TO THURSDAY…9.30 PM…

GRANDMASTER BEING DR.G.S.PRADEEP

HOST..Ms. KAVITHA

JURY. Mr.NETHAJI,and Mr.SESHADRI…

A SIMILAR PROGRAMME DATED 4.9.2007 IS RECORDED HERE.

GRANDMASTER:.….How did you get selected for this programme and what do u feel about it…

CHITRA …I see the Grandmaster everyday in the house and the programme is really good for intelligent participants like me….

Grandmaster. OK Chitra…shall we commence the proramme.

Chit …yes sir

GM..The incident you have in mind …is it a good incident/bad incident…or both

Chit…It is none of the above

GM… Did it happen in Asia. Europe, Latin America, Africa or in Arab Countries..

Chit….In none of above countries

GM…..Did it happen before 1950

Chit…No

GM .After 1970

Chit…..yes

Gm…Was it an incident involving 2 persons….

Chit…No

GM…Were two individuals united through the incident..

Chi.. Yes

Gm. .Does the pair consist of a male and female

Chit…yes

GM….Was the incident connected with same political activity,war,scientific research, sports…etc

Chit…No

Gm: Was there a change of power on the date of incident between two personalities.

Chit. Yes

GM….Are the two persons involved known to you.

Chit…..YES

GM… The incident happened in a place whose first letter starts with A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,

Chit Yes

GM ABCD…

Chit Yes

GM..C

Chit. Yes

GM…was it in the year 1974…sept 4^th

Chit …yes

GRANDMASTER…… Chitra… THE INCIDENT YOU HAV E IN MIND IS THE MARRIAGE DAY OF YOUR FATHER (GRANDMASTER HERE ) WITH BRINDHALAKSHMI YOUR MOTHER (JURY HERE ) at CHENNAI

And as they say matches and marriages are held in heaven it took place in heaven and in none of the continents..

So Chitra it was a good selection….at least you remember the incident although forgotten by the individuals involved…..

Chit.. Thank u grandmaster….many more happy returns of the day to you and your spouse……to my parents.,

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My experience in cooking

My   experience in  cooking…..a part of my  application for  job…..

 

After  serving  40  years …one year as a Sales  representative in vicks.  ..and ..over   32 years as Officer in  a  Public  sector

Bank in  various capacities  I have    experience as   salesman and  a seasoned  banker

 

Now it  is time for   me    to  search  for  some  job  after  my retirement due in June, 2007.My  google  search…etc  through  Naukhri.com/Monsrter  dot.com/Job .com    etc   provide  large  number  of  jobs  in  various  fields/industries  in India  and  abroad.  But   more often that not   the employers requirements range from IT Professionals, Chartered accountants, Cost accountants, Company secretaries, Attorneys,  etc     with   sufficient  experience in the  filed.

 

It was at this point I   have my considered view/opinion  that  I  should    include  my  experience  in  cooking  in all my   applications.

 

I   state hereunder my experience as a cook before marriage and after   marriage.

 

I have no formal   academic training/experience in cooking except  I  can  say  I hail  from  Palghat  which  as  produced  many  cooks, crooks  and  civil  servants.

 

As   family inheritance/legacy I always mention my mother nammammai   Annapoorni   who was a   recognized   very good in cooking throughout her  life  time  by  all  her  contemporaries  and  children  as  well.  Some of her preparations so  tasty  like filter  coffee  keeramolaghoottal  chakkavaratti  pazhavaratti,Urunda  kozhambu,adai,avial,dosai,godhumbu dosai,vella dosai   ,etc   can not  be  copied  by  anybody  till  today.  Of course she has lifetime  experience in  cooking  being the mother/daughter in  law  of  large families.

 

Then  there  were  special  preparations  like  paal   payasam  Aandinuravu, Aayushhomam….vadai,idli,uppittu,  etc  on  Aavani  avittam   and  then  the   ney  paayasam  made  on  the  occasion  of  Bagavthi sevai  etc.Those  days  we  hd  no  gas  stoves  electric   cooker  etc  but  everything   prepared  using  vessel/uruli   using    mannu  aduppu  using  firewood   burring  as  the  heating  source.She  had  capacity  to   make  good  food  and  please  all her  children  and  all relatives   .She  has  left  a  legacy  on some  of  her  a offspring   and  many  of  her  children  aren’t  good  in  cooking…..

 

I had  necessity  to  enter  the area  of    cooking  in  my  personal  interest  and  for  my  survival.  It  was  in   1970  I  was  working  at  Mariammanahalli  in  Karnataka  a  rural  place  with  no  Brahmin hotels  ,  Saravana Bhavan  etc..there.I  had  to  prepare  my  coffee,  food,  etc  and  consume  it  .I had  written a  letter to  our  Sister  Lakshmi   who  had  sent  me   a  long  letter  giving  ideas/clues  in  the  subject  which  I  started  following  systematically. Her  letter was  quite  informative as it  contained  minute  details  like  quantity  of  water   to  be  added  to milk,  the  amount of salt,  chili  powder , etc to be  added  in  making rasam,  sambar,  etc.Initially  I   purchased  necessary  vessels,  tools  like  knife,cheena  chatti,  plate,  vessels  for  making  samabar,  rasam,  etc  and  the  Bharath  Brand  kerosene  stove  along  with   match  box, one  mathu  for  curd  churning.  Also  was  with me  one  filter  coffee  paathram…

 

I followed the instructions given by Lakshmi as  below;

1.In the morning   buy  ¼  liter  cows  milk  not  buffalos  milk  from  the  milkman  in  a vessel

2.Add  half  a  tumbler  of  good  water  to  dilute  it  as  pure  milk  is  dense  and hard  to  digest  etc

3.Boil  water   ..1   cup  in  a  small  vessel…keep  the  idukki  or  say  holder  in   hand  remove  it  from  stove  after  fully  boiled. This  boiled  water  use  only   for  mixing  with  coffee powder    in filter.

4.Put  2  spoons  Robusta  coffee  powder  bought  from  Coffee  board  in  filter  vessel

5.  Add  boiled  water  hot  over  till   and  the  filtered  coffee  powder  decoction  stard  trickling  down

6.Now  boil  the  milk  with  water  already  added

7.Add   decoction  from  filter  to  milk,  add  2  spoons  of  sugar  and  sir  with another  spoon.

7.Coffee  is  ready

Drink  coffee  feel  its  flavour  and  say

Idu  filter  coffee,     Nallayirukku.besh  besh

 

Again  don’t  waste  the  used  coffee  powder  in  filter  instead  add second  dose  of  boiled  water  and  prepare  coffee  as  usual  and  serve  it  to  unwanted  guests  as  it  will  be  of  poorer  taste.

 

Now  it is  the  procedure     for  making   koottan/rasam/  say  samabar.

 

First  get  necessary  vegetables  like  tomato,ladies finger,ptotato,  chembu,pumpkin,drum stick  etc.

Wash  the  vegetables  for  some  like  potato.carrot   remove  the  skin  using   knife.

Thereafer  cut  them  into  smaller  pieces  small enough to  enter  through  the  mouth.

Take  a  vessel  with  ½  liter  of  pour  water

Add  sambar  powder  2  spoons,20mg  of  common  salt.

Keep  the  vessel  on  oven  for   cooking    say  10  minutes  till  the  vegetables  are  fully  cooked.

In the  side  keep   a  small   vessel  with  tamarind  soaked  and  squeezed  in  it  .

While  the  rice  being  cooked  in  cooker  lower  pan  keep  on  the  upper  pan  one  vessel  with  water  and  4  spoons  thuvaram  paruppu  for   cooking.

Before   cooking  of  rice  wash  the  rice,  remove  the  stone add  water  21/2 times  by  volume  the  quantity  of  rice  being  cooked.

Thereafter  add  the  tamarind  juice  to  cooked  vegetable   in  liquid  ,add  the  cooked  thruvam  paruppu,  add   asafetida,  turmeric  powder,  coriander  leaves  and  the    final  work  is  porichukottal…..that  is  frying  in  thengai  ennai   kadugu  and  Ulutam  paruppu   both  very  little  quantity  …add  to  the  total  samabar  under  preparation  and  keep  it  in  aduppu  for  getting  mixed  up  and  make  it  tasty.

 

By  trial  and  error  somehow  I  gained  experience  in the  art  of  cooking  and  making  items  like satham,  coffee,  sambar,  paayasam,avil  uppuma,etc  before  marriage.

 

 After  my  marriage  in  1974  I  got  on  the  job  intensive  training  in  cooking  and  some  of  my  preparations  are:

Filter coffee

Tea

Sambar

Rasam

Sambar

Akkara vadsal

Puliyodarai

Elavadam

Adai;Aviyal

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While  I  was  in Quilon  during  2000  I  used  to  add  cashew nut  in  samabar  as cashew nut   was   available  in  plenty  there. It had a special taste  too…although  may  be  banned  now  as  cholesterol.

 

Of curse   I   had  experience  for  another  2  years  in  Bombay  while  I  was  staying  in  Andheri  and  Borivli  adding  up to  my  experience  in  preparing  food.

 

Perhaps   the  experience  I  gained   I  certify  myself  to  be  good   and use a s  a  trump card   as  I  can  always  say  I  know  cooking.  Also  as  and  when my  wife  is  away  from  home I  can  try  my  expertise, cook  good  food  and  taste.

 

THIS IS MY  EXPERIENCE  in  …. Cooking……

 

LET  ME  SEE  IF  IT  IS OF  ANY  VALUE  IN  MY  APPLICATIONS  FOR   JOB…….

 

Raghavan

 

 

 

My new Appointment

MY    NEW   APPOINTMENT…AFTER RETIREMENT….

 

I retired  from   Bank  of  India  , Coimbatore  as  Senior   Manager   after serving  in Bank  for  39  years  and  serving as   Sales  representative  for    one  year thus  making  my  total  service  40  years. I  am  on the  lookout  for  suitable   openings   after  rertirement.and  am  applying  to  many  prospective  employers.

 

Meantime   today at 5.45 AM  I  was  given  an  on  the  spot  oral  appointment  by  my  spouse   and  I have  joined    duty   today  the  1^st July,  2007    inside  house   at    6  AM.

The main terms and conditions of employment are as below:

 

Place:  Presently Coimbatore   but it   will be   anywhere in India or abroad.

Job Area:  Domestic..Pertaining to   family work…

Designation:   House keeper/House Manager/House husband/At tender

(Designation may be interchanged and new designations like  servant,  useless  fellow   may  considered  on merits  based  on unsatisfactory  service)

Main departments:  Getting milk from booth, making coffee by 6  AM  without   wasting  milk,  sugar  and  supplying  to  other  members  of  the  company   in time,

Preparing breakfast  like  uppuma,,rasam chadam,etc   buying   vegetables  from  market  at  cheap rates ,  cutting  them   without  wasting  any  part  of  the  vegetable and  cooking     lunch   breakfast, tea  in  the  evening  4  pm  without  adding   milk, preparing  dinner…only  thayiru  Chatham) In  addition  other   regular  work  like  washing  clothes,  drying,  sweeping  house   twice  daily, cleaning  toilets, dusting  furniture, attending  to   telephone  calls,  taking  care  of  Television,Computer,,etc  being  not  used  more  than  30  minutes  per  day,  opening  /closing  gates,  doors,  windows,  going  to  ration  shop  by  walk,  etc .

Probation:  2 months from DT of joining…may be extended if found necessary applicable

Notice of relinquishment   of   Job:  Not applicable

Lifetime service bond to   be executed by oral submission

Date of retirement: Negotiable but not likely to   be before you are found to do any    domestic work.

EMOLUMENTS:   No monetary compensation…instead   morning coffee after serving the proprietor,  after  noon  lunch  if  anything  is  remaining,  and  night   thayir  chadam.

Working hours:  6  am  to   6  am…24  hours

Holiday:  not presently considered

Perquisites:  Allowed to go and get previous days newspaper  from  neighbors  and  read, allowed  to  visit  general   hospital  for  any  free medical  checkup

Hospitalization   :Not    allowed

Leave:   Not required to be  considered

Note:  Any external  recommendations/consideration  in  service  matters  through  any   other  member  of  the  family  or  outsiders  will  be  deemed  to  be  a  major  misconduct  and  necessary  disciplinary  action  will  be  instituted   against  the  staff

Note:  Depending on  satisfactory  performance  of  duties  assigned  or  unassigned  from  time  to  time  the  candidate  may  be  considered  for  posting  abroad.

 

This is for the information of all retired people…..who  are  in  similar   position….

 

Raghavan

 

 

 

 

My resume for post retirment Job prospects.

P.VIJAYARAGHAVAN

Objective:

To secure a fulltime or part-time job as a Senior Manager in a reputed banking/accounting/Insurance firm where I could leverage the vast experience and management skills I have in gained in the fields of Banking, Foreign Exchange, Inspection and Internal Audit and Administration.

Preferred Place of Posting: Chennai or anywhere in Tamilnadu.

Preferred Job: Manager in Accounts, Administration, Credits, Law, HRD area.

(Ready to join duty in July, 2007)

Expected Salary : Negotiable

Personal Details :

Address:

112/14 Karpagam Avenue,

4^th Street, R.A.Puram,

Chennai. Tamilnadu, India.

Pincode. 600028

Contact Phone number: 9443450155

Email address: vijayaraghavanp1@yahoo.com

Date of Birth: 19.06.1947

Nationality: Indian

Gender : Male

Educational details:

Ø B.Sc (Physics and Mathematics) from Bangalore University – Year of Passing: 1967

Ø LL.B. {Taxation and Labor Laws} from Bangalore University - Year of Passing: 1975

Ø CAIIB from Indian Institute of Bankers, Mumbai India - Year of Passing: 1975

Ø Praveshika (Hindi Certification) Dakshin Bharath Hindi Prachar Sabha

Year of Passing: 1995

Languages known:

English, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Sanskrit (Both writing and speaking ability)

Current Employment details:

Present job: Senior Manager in a nationalized Bank.

Present annual income: Rs.4 lacs.

Computer knowledge and Software applications known:

MS Office 2003 - Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel

Accounting knowledge through Tally software.

Employment profile:

• Started as a Sales representative in a reputed pharmaceutical firm
• Officer/ Senior Manager in public sector bank over 32 years
• Have worked in various branches in different capacities with exposure to
• Banking, Managerial Post, Advances, Foreign Exchange, Inspection and Internal Audit, Administration, Funds Management, Stock Exchange Matters etc.

Bank Service History ( Location /Years of service/ Job exposure) :

Ø Have worked as Manager in charge of Branches as under:

Branch Name	years	operations/job exposure
Majhgaon, Bihar state	1978-1981	Agriculture /Community/Banking/ Rural Banking
Santhome…Chennai…TN	1984-86	Retail Banking/Administration
Pullambadi..Tiruchi..TN	1988-1990	Agricultural/Community Banking
Phaltan…Pune….Maharashtra	1996	Large agriculture account; Professional& self employed Credits
Quilon….Kerala…South India	1999	Large Export finance/NRI, Deposits, Foreign Exchange
Tuticorin…Tamilnadu	2000-2002	Traders credits, Import/Export Finance
Bharathiyar University Coimbatore Tamilnadu	2002-2004	Large accounts of Bharathiyar University Traders/Retail Credit/Agriculture
Dharmapuri…Tamilnadu	2004-2005	Trade credit…agriculture
Coimbatore Tamilnadu	2005 till present	Retail Banking/Administration

Detailed Work experience:

Ø I have been in charge of Currency Chests of Reserve Bank of India at following centers:

Bangalore

Chennai

Tiruchirapalli

Kurichi Coimbatore

Ø Familiar with funds management

Ø Investigation/Inquiry/Presenting Officer in Departmental enquiries and familiar with Disciplinary action procedures.

Ø Worked as District Co coordinator for Tiruchi Dist Branches for 2 years compiling District credit data ,Credit Plan, Achievement etc

Ø Worked in the Inspection and Audit Dept of the Bank covering states Kerala, Karnataka, Tamilnadu, and Maharashtra ; in respect of audit pertaining to ‘Large borrowal accounts’ , other Advances accounts, Foreign Exchange tranasactions, Administration, Revenue Audit ,Systems and Procedures of Computer Audit.

Ø Have audited Portfolio Management of NRI branch Mumbai involving portfolio investment of customers in equities, mutual funds, debentures etc.

Ø Have worked as in charge of Export Packing credit dept of Madras Branch in 1982 and have exposure to export credit.

Ø Worked as investigating officer /Inquiry/Presenting Officer in Departmental enquiries and am familiar with the Departmental Disciplinary Action Procedures.

Ø Have attended many civil /criminal cases against bank in Karnataka, Kerala, Tamilnadu deposing evidence on behalf of Bank and have vast experience in court matters.

References: Available upon request