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Godh Bharai
Godh Bharai!
I was
indisposed for some time. I was
recuperating from my illness, when the
door bell rang. I slowly got out and
opened my door. My neighbor Mrs. D had
invited me for ‘godh bharai’ fuction in the eve. Her daughter in law’s Seventh month of
pregnancy was to be celebrated followed by bhajans(ladies sangeet.)
Godh
bharai is a baby
shower celebrated during pregnancy to welcome the unborn baby to the family and
bless the mother-to-be with abundant joys of motherhood. In Hindi, godh
bharai literally means to 'fill the lap' with abundance. Traditionally godh-bharai
is a women-only gathering.
I was excited to attend. So I dressed up and knocked her door at the invited time. Lots of women and children in colorful sarees and dresses, had gathered. No sooner I presented the rose bunch, an aroma of rose essence filled the drawing room. She, (mom-to-be) looked beautiful in the embroidered silk saree. The jewellery added charm, her hairs were neatly spread over her shoulders. Ladies one by one applied kumkum tilak and garlanded her with fresh flowers. Sweets and dry fruits and five kinds of fresh fruits were neatly tucked in her lap, blessing the unborn child and the pregnant mum-to-be. A silver thali and bouls filled with different delicious dishes were offered to her. She barely tasted them and was summoned for relaxation. The hub-ub had created exhaustion.
India is
rich in traditions in diverse cultures .
Each community has religious culture. They may
differ slightly but the essence remains the same to bless the unborn baby and
shower the pregnant mum to be with blessings and gifts.
The new generation
is going for western culture. But ,when
it involves the family, traditions are followed though with brief sermons. The whole community gets together .. big or
small young or old all enjoy the family functions with much fanfare.
It’s a
joyous get together forgetting the materialistic world the inbetween
misunderstanding…quarrels.
The sound of
the dholak reverberated. A rhythm
created …mellow voices sounded in praise of almighty.
Spirits
elated, one transcends the path of devotion, with ease. The creator of this beautiful Universe is
evoked with love,to bless the unborn child and his mother.
Infant’s life
sleeps in the womb of the Mother. The
pangs of pregnancy are clear on her face.
The tired eyes needs rest for a short while. All twenty four hours and
nine months she carries her child with
smile. Ushering ‘him’ or ‘her’ to this beautiful
world of Existence.
None can
explain this Magical Mystery of Birth.
How did life breathe in the foetus.
Similarly how life emerged in the womb
of Mother Nature. N no of theories and
researchers will go on and on
discoveries after discoveries will unearth the hidden treasures of
Nature but …how life breathed in the cell remains unanswered. Reminising
Rabindranath Tagores verses:
“I cannot remember my Mother,…..
but when in the early autumn morning
the smell of the shiuli flowers
floats in the air,
the scent of the morning service in
the
temple comes to me as the scent of
my mother.
I cannot remember my mother
only when from bedroom window
I send my eyes into the blue of the
distant sky,
I feel that the stillness of my
mother's gaze on my face
has spread all over the sky.”
We are left
with respect, and folded hand to the Creator
A humble prayer, WHO AM I ?
WHY AM I HERE ? Oh! Mother I love YOU!
By
Prajakta Dighe
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Natural
Satellites of Our Solar System:
Moon:
Parent
Planet Earth.
A Natural
satellite or Moon is a celestial body which orbits a planet. Our Moon
is a Natural Satellite, it orbits the Planet Earth. It’s the first moon Humans ever
observed. But during 1950 ,only close
glimpse of its surface was observed. In
1969 American men stepped on the moon. A small step for man but was a giant leap for
Mankind.
·
Distance
to Earth: 384,400 km
·
Gravity:
1.622 m/s²
·
Orbital
period: 27 days
·
Age:
4.527 billion years
·
Circumference:
10,917 km
Titan
Titan is the
largest moon of Saturn. It is the only natural satellite known to have a dense
atmosphere, and the only object other than Earth for which clear evidence of
stable bodies of surface liquid has been found.
Titan resembles a frozen version of Earth several billions years ago.
The moon is enveloped by an orange haze, which hindered the study of its
surface. But in 2004 onwards the
spacecraft Cassini has revealed its whole new dimensions.
Distance to
Earth: 1,272,000,000 km
Gravity:
1.352 m/s²
Orbital
period: 16 days
Discovered:
March 25, 1655
Orbits:
Saturn
Discoverer:
Christiaan Huygens
Europa
Parent
Planet: Jupiter
Why You
Should Know it: Despite being covered by distinctive, criss-crossing cracks and
ridges, Europa's water-ice surface is largely free of craters, making it
perhaps the smoothest solid body in the entire solar system. More interesting
than Europa's frozen exterior, however, is what lies hidden beneath it.
·
·
Distance
to Earth: 628,300,000 km
·
Orbital
period: 85 hours
·
Discovered:
January 8, 1610
Parent Planet: Neptune
Why You Should Know it: Of all the biggest, "major" moons in the solar system, Triton is the only one that orbits in a direction opposite that of its parent planet's rotation. Astrophysicists call this a "retrograde orbit," and it's typical of moons that have been "captured" by their parent planet.
·
·
Triton is the largest moon of the planet Neptune, discovered on October
10, 1846, by English astronomer William Lassell.
·
Discovered:
1846
·
Gravity:
0.779 m/s²
The innermost planet Mercury has no moons. Venus has no Moons.
Earth has one moon the largest Moon
of any rocky Planet in the Solar
System. Mars has two known moons , the
Phobos and Diemos. Jupitor has 67 known moons. Saturn has 62 Moons .Uranus has
27 named Moons. Neptune has 14 named moons. Among dwarf planets Ceres has no
. moons . Pluto has five moons.
Haumea has two moons, Namaka and Hi'iakaMakemake has no known moons.
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