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Indian Space Research Organizationon Mondaysuccessfully launched Polar Satellite
Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C35) carrying eight satellites took off from Satish Dhawan
Space Centre in Sriharikota. This is ISRO's longest ever launch mission with
duration of 2 hour and 15 minutes.
This is 37th flight for the PSLV
and the 15th time. This broke thenews
headlinesas PSLV for the
first time launched eight satellites into two different orbits
PSLV-C35 will help in India's
weather monitoring satellite and SCATSAT-1 is placed in the polar sun
synchronous orbit.According tonews
update, the mission of SCATSAT-1 is to help provide weather forecasting
services to the user communities through the generation of wind vector products
for weather forecasting, cyclone detection and tracking, ISRO said.
Menstruation is common among women. India is the country
where number of God and Goddesses are worshipped and a few temples believe that
the Goddesses undergo menstruation once in a while. Though there has
been no scientific confirmation to these beliefs, the roots for the same are
traced back to historic stories. Let’s take a look at the temples where the
goddesses are said to undergo menstruation and they have made latest
news updatesoften for it's uniqueness. Interestingly, these
temples are situated in two corners of India, based on the same story.
Kamakhya Temple, Gawahati:
Kamakhya Temple is situated about 8km from Gawahati Railway
Station. This temple is known to be one of the 51 Shakthi Peethas in India.
Shakthi Peethas are the places where the body parts of Lord Parvathi fell after
she committed suicide in the Yagna when Daksha, her father insulted Lord Shiva.
It is believed that the female part of the body fell at Kamakhya temple.
This place is also popularly known as ‘Yoni Peeta’. It was
actually Kamadeva who found out this place and so the name Kamakhya (place
where Kamadeva is worshipped)
The origin of the Temple:
The temple was built by King Narayanan of Cooch Behar. It was
built in the year 1665 A.D. It has three oval shaped Kopuras and is open from
morning 8 till dawn. It is closed for few hours during noon.
What is menstruation Festival?
The Yoni statue of Parvathi Devi is kept in small pond inside
the sanctum. It is believed that every year on the 7th day of Asad month the
small pond turns red and it happens so because coz the Goddesses
is undergoing menstruation during that time. Though there has been no
scientific proof about how it is happens. A few also say that the priests
put Kumkum powder in the pond and it turns red. During the same, the temple is
closed and is later opened with a great festival
That’s not just the only temple, around 40 km from Kottayam ,
Kerala Chengannur Bagawathy Amman temple also they believe in
the menstruation of Goddesses. The belief is absolutely same as
Kamakhya Temple. It is amazing that, two temples situated 1000 of Kms away from
each other and the belief that the body part of Parvathi fell there.
According to a belief, it is said that the Goddesses in the
temple is not Parvathi but she is Kannagi. She is the one who burned the
Madurai city as her husband was wrongly sentenced by the king. After the
Mudarai city was burned she came to Chengannur and attainted peace in the place
where the temple is currently situated.
Realizing it was Kannagi, a hunter women worshipped her and made
a small statue in mud. Later, Chera King Senguttuvan constructed this temple.
Menstruation for Chengannur
Amman:
It is believed that one day when the priest came to change the
flower for the Goddesses, he saw blood patches on Amman’s clothes. This cloth
was shown to the ladies of Vanchi Puzhathu Madam as well as the land lady of
the house of Thazhaman pothy. Both of them confirmed that Goddess was
undergoing periods. Later, they kept the statue of goddesses in a room in
the north eastern part of the temple for three days. Women from Vanchi Pazhathu
madam and Thazhaman Pothy houses accompany during those days. During
this menstruation time a special cloth called 'Thiru Poothu' is worn
by the goddesses. After the menstruation is over, Goddesses is taken
out secretly in a procession on an elephant, given holy bath in the river
Mithra by the women from those two houses.
This ritual is been followed for generations now. It is said
that now a days goddesses undergoes menstruation for three to four
times a year.
Then after that is kept inside the sanctum after a big festival.
everyday the temple is opened on early morning 3:30 am till 11:30 and
its opened at 5pm and kept open till 8pm.
It’s a great achievement and once again ISRO (Indian Space
Research Organisation) has created history and it has successfully launched
advanced weather satellite INSAT-3DR on board the Geosynchronous Satellite
Launch Vehicle - GSLV-F05. This is one of the latest headlines in Indiathat creating buzz across the globe.
The rocket took off to orbit from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) at Sriharikota, Andhra
Pradesh. The latest news updatesis that for the first time Cryogenic Upper Stage (CUS) engine is
used in an operational flight.
INSAT-3DR will join the operational Search and Rescue service provided by
INSAT-3D to various users, Shipping services, Defense services, Airport
Authority of India. The previous advanced weather satellite INSAT-3D launch
took place on July 26, 2013 from French Guiana.
Earlier, in January 2014 and August 2015 the GSLV had successfully launched D5
and D6 missions putting GSAT-14 and GSAT-6 satellites in the intended orbits.
The designed mission life of INSAT-3DR is 10 years.
Indian Economy and
Development is totally dependent on upcoming generation as children are touted
to be future of the nation. India aims to be one of the top developed countries
in the World but after the Water Aid report, an international non-profit
organization, you will be shocked to core!
The survey mentions that
in India, there are ‘n’ numbers of stunted children and there is big difference
between the height, given the factors of weight and age. Many children do not
have particular weight of height according to their age and this is concerning
aspect for the nation.
Compared to all the
countries across the Globe, India is on the first place to have highest number
of stunted children. According to Water Aid organization, some of the factors
that play a crucial role in stunted height are lack of purified water, no
proper sanitation, and lack of nutrition. Across the Globe, 159 million
children under the age of five are stunted one in four children. But in India,
it is every 5 children, 2 are stunted.
Situation of Children:-
If India’s population is
considered 125 crores, then according to present calculation approximately 16
crore population in India is occupied by children under 5 years, out of which 4
cr and 80 lakh children do not have proper height according to age or weight.
Almost 7 cr 60 lakh kids do not have basic facility of hygienic drinking water.
Due to the same, every year almost 1 lakh 40 thousand children are prone to
Diarrhea.
As per live
news report, almost 60% of children in India face sanitation issues and
India is ranked amongst first countries to have lack of sanitation, Nigeria on
the second place and Pakistan on third position.
The report also mentions
that according to a recent study suggests that 54% of international variation
in children’s height can be linked to open defecation, which spreads deadly
diseases and makes children more susceptible to diarrhoeal illness and
infection. India has made progress on reducing child stunting, from 48% of all
children in 2006 to 39% in 2014.
United Nations Organisations (UNO) Millennium Targets:-
When will India achieve its goals?
Compared to China,
Brazil, Vietnam, Thailand, India has more number of stunted children. The above
countries are looking after proper nutrition of their countrymen and also
making sure that each one gets basic necessities. But if India goes at this
pace, then India will be free of stunted children only by 2043.
According to the latest
news updates India loses almost 3% of GDP which is a big amount on stunted
children, if adequate actions are taken then India can definitely erase the
issue of stunted children, thus save a big amount from the economy and take a
step towards developed country.
Interesting facts by Water Aid Organization
-Worldwide ratio of
stunted children in 4:1 and in India it is 5:2
- The cause for ¼ stunted children is because of diarrhea.
- 88% of diarrhea is causes due to not washing hands properly.
- In spite of China being the most populated country, India has six times more
stunted children.
