10 Truths you will Understand if You have an Elder Sister

 Introduction

If you have an elder sister at home, you will have a hell of a difference in the way things are handled at home. You might have had trivial fights on small issues that your parents often find difficult to digest. If you look back at those fights, it would bring a smile to your face. The memories may fade away with time. But the love you share will only grow in the same period. Here are some of the craziest experiences every sibling who has an elder sister would have probably had at home, giving periods of unrest at home to the parents.

1.     You will always be the guinea pig to appease your elder sister. She will try things on you different things like makeup, dresses, hair, etc.

2.     Anything and everything will be used as a weapon of war during the moments of contention. These could have been precipitated on trivial matters.

3.     Fights over trivial matters such as the grabbing of remote, pulling of the legs, punches, hair-pulling would have taken place. All these things were done to prove one-up-man-ship.   Ultimately someone has to cry in the house.

4.     You will be the student of her makeshift classroom.  In this game, she plays the teacher and picks up the cane to beat you one pretext or the other to make you cry.

5.     You will always be the Assistant to her weird experiments that she undertakes at home with or without the knowledge of your parents. It could be cooking food, pranks, fun, etc.

6.     You need not worry about a career path you want to take in your life. Your elder sister would be there to guide you in knowing your skills and sensitivities.

7.     If you are a partner in a prank with your elder sister, then you’re safe as the elders get all the thrashing from parents!

8.     Through the contacts of your elder sister, you become a famous guy in your school. Girls come to you for discussion on one pretext or the other.

9.     You get excited when a stranger is not able to make out who is elder between you and your sister.

10.  You have been made to believe that you’re adopted to make you cry and feel lonely. You might have fallen for it several times.

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10 Simple Ways to Hack the Brain

 Introduction

The human brain is the biggest asset of mankind. With its use, we have totally dominated our planet. Though we are incapable of flying or holding things with the best claws as do other animals or run as fast as leopards do, due to our brain functions, we have clawed our way to the top of the evolutionary ladder. Despite its superb capabilities, our brain has its own limitations. These limitations often show up at worst times without notice and to our embarrassment. 

Ways to Tame Our Brain

To maximize its capability, scientists are consistently working on the brain and are coming up with hacks to overcome its limits. They know that there is still a lot of information about the brain that has to be discovered. Through the research, they have come up with certain simple ways to overcome these limitations. These are time-tested ones. Here are ten ways you can hack your brain to your advantage, according to science.

 

1. Smiling Can Trick Our Brain Into Thinking We’re Happy: Smiling always makes the people around us happy. This is because the smile releases feel-good chemicals such as dopamine and serotonin in our brain. Hence, the smiling dupes the brain to think that we are happy and brings down stress and anxiety in high-pressure situations, which, in turn, lowers blood pressure and helps us to live longer.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. Study In Spaced Intervals To Retain More Information: We need to feed the information to the brain in spaced intervals. This lets us retain more information than when we try to study continuously for a longer period of time. When we take a break in studies, our brain forms new neural connections to retain what is fed to it. This process needs time.
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. Chew Gum To Reduce Anxiety And Depression: We can chew the gun and reduce anxiety. The effects are more pronounced after two weeks of regular gum-chewing. People who chew gum are known to better tame the depression and fatigue as well.
   
   
   
   
   
   
4. The aroma of Rosemary Improves Mental Ability: The usage of scented oil such as rosemary oil has got positive effects on the cognitive skills of our brain. The aroma of the oil awakens the brain into definitive action and brings more concentration on the work at hand.
   
   
   
   
   
   
5. Listen to Classical Music to Improve Learning: It is known from time immemorial that music improves the productivity of the brain. More precisely, classical music listening improves the power of concentration, which in turn improves the power of assimilation of knowledge.
   
   
   
   
   
   
6. Stop Yourself from Choking by Singing: There are times when we get choked in the throat when we are called out for a lecture or a talk. It is not because we do not know anything instead it was due to the fear of the audience. All that can be done is to sing a song in the mind to divert the mind or brain. If this is not possible in a meeting or in similar situations, we can focus on something else there in the venue or count backward.
   
   
   
   
   
   
7. Trick Your Brain into Thinking a Rubber Arm is Real: Keep a rubber hand glove near your right hand and go to sleep. When you get up you tend to use the glove as if your brain has instructed you to consider it as the right hand. 
   
   
   
   
   
   
8. Use the Sun to Hallucinate: We can use the legal form of hallucinations to the re-excite human brain. As one physiologist of the 19th century had pointed out, it can be done with the help of sunlight. Looking at the sun with one closed eye, we can start waving the hand on the other side for 20 minutes. Soon we will start seeing shapes in front of our eyes. The shapes depend upon the person. Anyhow, we can expect to see shapes like spirals, hexagons, or squares. Similar hallucinations can be had if we place a white paper on the closed eyes and lie down under the bright white light in a room. 
   
   
   
   
   
   
9. Use Gestures to Prepare for a Test: This is a known fact that some people need to write the learned things down on a piece of paper to impress them hard on to their memory. Some people do a session of yoga or meditation to rejuvenate their minds before embarking on their studying or learning session. These may or may not help in retaining the learned things in memory whereas the use of gestures while studying surely helps in retaining them in the memory.
   
   
   
   
   
   
10. Be More Attractive By Believing We Smell Good: Always applying scent is part of increasing the acceptability among the crowd, especially with women. This induces confidence in our mind and that would be visible in the way we deal with people. 
    
    
    
    
    

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How can we bring down the severity of COVID-19?

 Introduction

Generally, people tend to disregard the flue-like symptoms as they want to visit neither hospital nor the doctor and take either home remedies or self-prescribed medicines. Sometimes, this side-stepping the warning symptoms may lead to serious complications if the appeared symptoms are those arising out of COVID-19. If the people have contracted the coronavirus, the time is ticking away for them as it may lead to serious complications after 4 or 5 days. The physicians who have studied this pandemic say that people need to be extra vigilant regarding the types of symptoms that appear and their timeline. In this article, let us see what the course of the virus is during an infection in the human body.

Viral Life Cycle

Like any other virus, the viral infection in the human body subsides after 11-14 days in people with milder symptoms. However, the situation turns worse in some patients after 5 days. Over the period of 5 days, the virus makes enough copies to infect the lungs. By this time, the body would have started making the antibodies to stall the progress of the virus. Typically, it is after the second day of infection the body starts making the antibodies and generating symptoms such as cold, nasal block, throat aches, chills, fever, body ache, etc. All the patients may not get all the symptoms listed. Some may get a subset of them. The severity of the symptoms produced by the body depends on the viral load and the extent of immunity built in the body. The period of viral multiplication in the body is called the viraemic phase.

Viral Infection Stages

According to health experts, the whole viral infection can be divided into two phases. They are viraemic and non-viraemic phases. They are described below for the benefit of the readers.

1.     Viraemic Phase: Typically, the viraemic phase lasts for 4-5 days.  During the course of this phase, the body starts making antibodies and generate different symptoms. The symptoms subside after 5 days in most patients (80%). However, the situation spins out of control in few patients (20%) after 5 days due to excessive immune response of the body. Therefore, the patients should look for the worsening of symptoms after the initial five-day period or viraemic period. By this time, the virus would have made sufficient copies of itself in the human organs, especially the lungs. In this phase, doctors prescribe medicines to control fever, inflammations, and pain symptomatically.

2.     Non-viraemic Phase: The worsening of the condition in this phase is mainly due to the overreaction of the immune cells of the human body, not because of the virus per se. The human immune system generally produces cytokines to arrest the progress of the viruses in the body. Generally, cytokine concentration is a measure of the viral load in the body. If the patients’ immunity is compromised due to some underlying condition, the viral load in their body would be exceedingly high, triggering a cytokine storm to arrest the viral progression. This results in severe inflammation in different parts of the body, especially those affected by the virus.

 Symptoms Management

 In the non-viraemic stage, the doctors generally prescribe steroids and blood thinners to manage the situation. The steroids are prescribed to mellow down the immune response, which in turn would keep the cytokine concentration in the blood under control. Generally, the COVID-19 generates blood clots in the body, which may precipitate serious problems depending on the region where the clots have clogged the blood supply. Hence, the physicians prescribe the blood thinner to manage the symptoms. Due to the administration of the steroids, the body immunity will be compromised, providing other microorganisms an opportunity to attack the human body. Typically, the opportunists present in our body start invading it after 7 or 8 days. Mostly, the lungs start getting affected due to the opportunistic infection, resulting in pneumonia. There is a misconception in the minds of people that pneumonia mainly occurs due to the coronavirus. Pneumonia occurs after 7 or 8 days due to the bacterial infection, not due to the virus. In the non-viraemic phase, the aggravation of symptoms is mainly due to the body’s immune response and bacterial infection. Hence, the doctors prescribe the antibiotics also in the anticipation of the bacterial infection.

 Timeline for the Symptoms Management

 So, the effective management of the COVID-19 can easily be achieved by timely prescription of medicines for the symptoms in the first and second phases. In the first phase, the medicines for the symptomatic treatment will be given to see whether the symptoms subside or not. The symptoms subside after 5 days in 80% of cases. Effective management in the second phase can be achieved by a combination of steroids, blood thinners, and antibiotics. Therefore, the precise onset time of the symptoms has to be determined by the patients and their relatives for effective disease management. At the time of the visit, the physicians ask this timeline to gauge the progress of the disease and prescribe the medicine accordingly.  Thus,  the determination of the milestones passed by the patients during the course of the disease largely helps them to avoid hospitalization with complications.­­­­­­­­­

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5 Snacks that are Good for Heart’s Health

Introduction 

Often, the doctors and other health workers have dubbed #snacks as unhealthy. However, recent researches have shown that the snacks are not that bad at all. However, the choice of snacks matters. Most of the readily available ones are not that friendly to the body from a medical standpoint. Despite this, most of us go for it because we do not want to toil it out in the kitchen to make healthy ones. If we are persevering and knowledgeable enough, we can make snacks out of many healthy materials that are readily available in the kitchen.

Importance of Healthy Snacks

Normally, we could get unhealthy snacks from every nook and corner of any city in our country. We rely upon this food to satiate our hunger when we don’t have time to spend in the kitchen. Once in a while, this may seem okay. But it is harmful to the cardiovascular system as it has unhealthy fats that are capable of clogging the arteries and veins. If this happens, the part that gets blood from these blood vessels would be damaged permanently. Moreover, we start putting up more weight and increase our waistlines. At this point, it is not fair to blame the oils used in the locally available outlets in our neighborhood. The harmful effects of these fatty substances are further accentuated by the sedentary lifestyle that we lead in our daily lives.  Actually, our lifestyles are the culprits, not the fatty substances. This is where the making of healthy and heart-friendly snacks come in handy. In this short article, we would be looking at the 5 snacks that are good for our #hearts. Do you know that the consumption of these snacks also helps us to shed extra weight by increasing the rate of metabolism?

1. Mushroom-egg-white Omelette: This combination is low in calories and delicious. Moreover, it is perfect for the health of the heart.
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. Dalia Upma: This snack helps us to re-energize ourselves with the right combination of essentials. It is rich in fiber, minerals, and vitamins.
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. Whole Wheat, Egg White Crepes: This snack is tasty and rich in nutrients. Hence, it makes a healthier snack option for elders who run the risk of developing heart disease.
   
   
   
   
   
   
4. Carrot, Green Peas, Brown Bread Sandwich: It is rich in proteins, vitamin A and fiber.  Moreover, it is easy to prepare, and it requires less time.  You can even add some ketchup, boiled carrots, peas, etc. to make it even tastier and healthier.
   
   
   
   
   
   
5. Egg White Spinach Omelette: People with borderline HDL can even think of taking a snack with egg white without worrying about the repercussions, provided they mix it with spinach.

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5 Benefits of Golden Milk (Turmeric Milk)

Introduction 

Though Chilli is most commonly associated with Indian staple for ages, the importance of the #turmeric or Haldi, as is known in India, is not that publicized among the people. However, its importance has once again come to the reckoning during the time of global pandemic #COVID-19. It is surprising and ironic to know that turmeric’s health benefits were unknown to the Indians even when they are using it to make different cuisines at home. People make a solution of #Haldi and salt to dip the vegetables and fruits before their use. It is believed that the solution removes the bacteria and other harmful chemicals that may have been on the surface of the treated fruits and vegetables.

 Origin of Turmeric

A mainstay of all Indian kitchens, turmeric is extracted from an underground stem, just like ginger. It is cultivated throughout India. As it grows up, it accumulates all the required chemicals for the well-being of human beings. When we grew up, the grandparents used to talk a lot about its benefits and made us drink the milk laced with turmeric powder. Even, Indian System of Medicine, Ayurveda gives it as a recipe for sun tanning, bruise, or chronic cold. In this article, let us see whether these claims by elders are with good reasons to backup or not and the way by which the golden milk is properly cooked.

 Preparation of Golden Milk

The best way of preparing #golden milk is by the addition of a teaspoon of turmeric powder to hot milk and adding a dash of sugar or honey to it. The experts believe that the maximum benefits of this healthy concoction can be obtained if it is drunk without any sweetening agents. To make the concoction healthier, it is better to add fresh rhizome paste to it. However, everything depends upon the quality of turmeric powder used. Some people prefer to call it ‘turmeric latte’ as they feel that it tastes awful. The golden milk can indeed taste awful if it is not prepared properly.

There are other ways of making the golden milk tastier, especially for those who hate its original taste. The golden milk made using the following method tastes so delicious that you feel like having a cup of coffee. It is done as follows.
 

1. Make an equal-mixture of water and milk and bring the resultant mixture to a simmer. 
2. Separately, melt some ghee in a pan and sprinkle a half teaspoon of turmeric powder into the molten ghee. 
3. Continue heating the mixture, until it smells aromatic.
4. Take the pan containing ghee and turmeric powder off the flame, and add cinnamon, pepper, and nutmeg.
5. Mix the resultant mixture by shaking it over the flame.
6. Pour the water-milk mixture onto the pan and mix it thoroughly.
7. The flavored mixture of milk in water is then heated to a light boil.
8. Add the sweetener of your choice to make it sweet and tasty.
9. Take the pan off the flame, and serve it hot to devour its taste.

Main Ingredient of Turmeric Powder

The piperine present in the black pepper improves the bioavailability of curcumin. This combination works even better with some nutmeg and cinnamon in the milk medium. Some people don’t like to drink milk due to various reasons such as allergies and lifestyle choices. During those times, it is always prudent, from a health point of view, to prepare turmeric-based preparations such as golden milk. The nutritive value of milk can be enhanced by using coconut or almond milk.

 Health Benefits of Turmeric Powder

 The spice itself is an antidote for common ailments like chronic or simple cold, inflammations and bruises. It is even used as a medicine for skin tanning and other simple skin ailments. When it is mixed with health drink milk, its medicinal properties grow at least 10 folds. Lots of researches have been done on its medicinal effects in different parts of the world. These researches corroborate with what our grandparents coerced us to believe through their wonderful preparations as antidotes for common ailments at home. The posts with headings “golden milk” on Instagram have made it an international star among the global dwellers.
 

1. Turmeric Powder Stimulates Immune System: The most important content in turmeric that powers the body’s immune system is curcumin. This wonderful natural chemical has pharmacological properties such as antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, and antibacterial properties. Because of this reason, the consumption of a glass of turmeric powder-laced milk has become a norm for the Indian kids at home. The kids consuming the golden or Haldi milk get relief from not only coughs and sniffles but also acquire immunity against further infections. Seeing the response to various ailments after the gulping of the golden milk, the lactating mothers, young children, or patients who are recovering from surgery are given this health concoction to build the body immunity in Indian households.   
2. Turmeric-laced Milk Cures the Sick: The reason why the health benefits of the turmeric powder get boosted on mixing with milk is the solubility of its potent chemical curcumin in fat-rich milk. When the turmeric powder-laced milk is ingested, the curcumin present in the turmeric powder gets absorbed along with fat easily in our digestive system. So, after getting into our bloodstream, the curcumin purifies it and flushes out the toxins from the system. Thus a person who is suffering from headaches due to sinus blockage gets immediate relief from it after drinking turmeric milk. The turmeric powder present in the golden milk dissolves the phlegm or mucus and promotes sinus drainage. The main component curcumin also helps in the digestion of food. The regular ingestion of turmeric with milk keeps at bay heartburn and bloating as well.
3. Antidepressant Effect of Turmeric Milk: People taking a cup of golden milk before going to bed get a peaceful sleep in the night. Armed with antioxidant properties, curcumin protects the internal organs of the human body when used regularly with milk over a longer duration. It is important to remember that the health benefits of golden milk appear only after a certain time. Hence, it should be used on a long-term basis, not on an SOP basis. The bioavailability of the tryptophan in the brain gets enhanced in the presence of curcumin. Hence, the medicinal properties of milk get bio-magnified in the presence of turmeric powder. Golden milk is believed to bring the depression down as some research studies have shown. It can even potentially bring down inflammation relating to mood disorders too.
4. Turmeric Cures Skin Disorders: The curcumin present in turmeric powder is known to improve the skin complexion of people. This is the reason why the brides-to-be are given a glass of turmeric milk before their marriage. The anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties of curcumin enable the turmeric to remove acne and improve the skin complexion. The local beauticians in India promote the concoction of turmeric and cow’s milk as cleanser-cum-moisturizer. A potent creamy mixture of turmeric and malai is used as an instant glow mask to brighten the face. This cream works well for people who have dry to normal complexions. On the other hand, a potent mixture of turmeric with yogurt works well to give brighter skin in people with oily skin complexion.

 

Other Variants of Turmeric

Another variant of turmeric, locally known as Kasturi Haldi in South India is an amazing ingredient in many beauty and facial treatment mixtures. For instance, the beauticians in India use another Haldi variant by the name amba halid in their recipes for beauty enhancement. They mix this Haldi variant with malai and raw rice to make a smooth scrub for the body. This superb mixture not only hydrates the body but also removes the dead skin to make a brighter complexion. So, next time if you have any skin issues, it is better to look for grandma remedies than looking for the instant chemical solutions that are available online.

 

 

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Known and Unknown Facts You Should Know About COVID 19

Introduction

The new #coronavirus is the disease-causing agent of the viral disease that has become a global pandemic, and it has induced the global economic recession. Known as #COVID-19, this disease has threatened public health on a large scale and forced the authorities worldwide to go for the long-term lockdown to break its chain of progression. According to the UN Secretary-General, the situation due to the COVID-19 is reminding of the crises that had occurred during World War II. Globally, more than 16 lakhs people have been infected by this disease and it has caused over 82,000 deaths worldwide. 

 Origin of COVID-19

The COVID-19 had its origin in the Chinese city of Wuhan in the last month of 2019 when the local health workers stated that this viral disease was passed from animals to humans. Since then, it has spread to different countries across the world. At present, the disease is prevalent in over 100 countries across the world. Being a new virus, there is no specific vaccine or medicine available over the board to prevent this viral disease. Since December last year, there have been many attempts to understand the novel coronavirus. Despite the availability of a plethora of data available, it is not known much about this newly mutated coronavirus. In this article, we are going to walk you through some unknown things and facts about the virus. 

 Known Facts about Novel Corona Virus

1. This newly muted virus was first spotted in the Chinese city of Wuhan where the people got this virus from the products derived from cattle.
2. Corona Virus is scientifically called #SARS-CoV-2.
3. Since the disease was discovered in the year 2019, World Health Organization (WHO) has christened it as COVID-19.
4. Only a few days back, WHO has decided to call this COVID-19 ‘Pandemic’.
5. This virus belongs to a family of viruses that cause diseases ranging from mild cold to severe diseases. Some of the severe diseases caused by this family of viruses include Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).
6. The common paths of transmission of viruses include physical contact of or through the coughed or sneezed droplets coming from the infected person. 
7. This viral disease is highly contagious. 
8. The symptoms are mild in the beginning for an infected person and the infections pick up over a period of time. The symptoms associated with COVID-19 include dry cough, fever, sore throat, nasal congestion, tiredness, diarrhea, or running nose.
9. About 80% of people with COVID-19 recover without much medical intervention. However, ever one person out of six infected people becomes seriously ill and requires serious medical intervention as they develop breathlessness. 
10. Ordinary people can avoid getting this disease by observing social distancing, washing their hands with hand sanitizers or soaps at regular intervals, stopping the touching of their face, nose, and eyes, avoid traveling, and stopping the practice of hugging and handshaking. 

Unknown Facts About Coronavirus

 After having gone through the known facts, let us now look at some unknown facts about this disease.

1. Since there is no prescribed cure for the treatment of COVID-19, all the patients will get is a supportive treatment based on symptoms produced by them. 
2. The vaccines for the Coronavirus are being developed in the countries like the U.S. and China. However, they are undergoing clinical trials in these countries, which is a mandatory step before getting approval from the local government agencies. 
3. The COVID-19-infected person on average may pass on the virus to two or more people.
4. Mainly old people, children below 10 years, and those persons who have weak immune systems and pre-existing medical conditions may develop serious illnesses. According to the doctors, people with heart problems, diabetes, high blood pressure, or previous lung infections might turn serious due to exposure to this virus.
5. When the affected person sneezes or coughs, the droplets that come out contain this virus. The virus particles present in air-suspended droplets remain virulent for about 3 hours in the airborne drop suspensions. 
6. Though wearing face masks does not guarantee 100% protection from the COVID-19 transmission, it is advisable for the persons infected with the virus to wear them to stop the spreading of cough or sneeze droplets in the air. Even people with common cold and cough are advised to wear a face mask to avoid spreading the cough or sneeze droplets. The healthy people need not wear the mask. 
7. Though there is no data available to substantiate the re-occurrence of COVID-19 infection, there have been instances of people getting the infection after recovering completely from it once. For example, a Japanese woman was reported to have got the re-infection after recovering from it once. 
8. Despite the previously held beliefs that COVID-19 infection tends to slow down during summer seasons, there have been increased infections in all climate areas. That is why, the WHO has made it clear that the transmission of this disease is not climate-dependent. 
9. There is no information to suggest when the COVID-19 infection is likely to subside and life across the world would return to normal. 
10. Though there is no evidence to suggest the spread of Corona Virus from pet cats or dogs, there has been a case involving a tiger at a zoo getting the COVID-19 infection. More data is required to substantiate this claim.

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Colorful Navratri Festival in Trivandrum

Introduction

Annual Navratri festival got off to a colorful start with the arrival of the deity of Devi Saraswati near the Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple on September 21, 2017. The subsequent day, Thursday,

September 22, 2017, marked the beginning of the said festival in Thiruvananthapuram. During the 9-day festival, the worshippers can offer their prayers to Goddess Saraswati installed at the specially set up Navratri Mandapam in the mornings and evenings. In this period, there will be musical offerings to the presiding deity by reputed artists from across the country. The deity traveled all the way from Padmanabhapuram Palace in neighboring Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu. In this blog post, we will be talking about this annual ritual for the benefit of people from other parts of the world, including those from outside Kerala.

Procession

The main deity Goddess Saraswati was brought to Thiruvananthapuram city from Padmanabhapuram Palace in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu in the form of a procession. The other deities that accompanied the main deity were Kundani Manka and Kumara Swamy. The procession carrying the deities traveled to the city in two days with two halts. One halt was at famous Neyyattinkara temple for one night. That was on Tuesday, September 20, 2017. On September 21, 2017, the procession reached the Navratri Mandapam near Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple receiving huge public reception.

En route, the procession was received at Nemom by Thiruvananthapuram Mayor V.K. Prasanth and Deputy Mayor Rakhi Kumar. There was a guard of honor function organized for the incoming deity at Kacheri junction, near Nemom junction. The procession had halted for a while at Nemom village office following the age-old tradition. Furthermore, the procession was given welcome by Suresh Gopi MP and O. Rajagopal MLA at famous Karamana Satyavageeswara temple at Karamana and V.S. Sivakumar MLA and Travancore Devaswom Board Commissioner Ramaraja Prema Prasad at Chalai in different functions.

Poojas and Rituals

During the 9-day festival, the people can offer their prayers to Goddess Saraswati in the morning and evenings. As part of the festival, there will be “Pooja Vaipu” ritual on September 29, 2017, and “Pooja Edipu” ritual on September 30, 2017.On the ultimate day, the children are initiated into the world of letters and music by well-known and accomplished persons from various fields of life. This ritual is called “Ezhuthinu Iruthu”. The parents who wish to initiate their children into the world of letters before the presiding deity can books their slots in advance for a fee of Rs. 50. The booking has started from September 21, 2017.

Darshan Timings

The worshippers need to follow the dress code to visit the Navratri Mandapam. Women devotees should come for darshan with saree and blouse. On the other hand, men need to come wearing white dothi and towel or mundu. The timings are as given below.

Morning:

5:15 AM to 7:30 AM and 8:30 AM to 11:00 AM

Evening:

3:00 PM to 5:00 PM and 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Musical Offerings

During the 9-day festival, reputed and performing artists from across the country, especially from Southern India, come to the city to give their musical offerings to the presiding deity at Navratri Mandapam. As before, there is a long list of reputed artists who have come forward to perform before the Goddess Saraswati, seeking her blessings.  The list is given below.

1.           Vocal by Amrutha Venkatesh on September 22, 2017


2.           Vocal by Aswathi Thirunal Rama Varma and Party on September 23, 2017


3.           Vocal by Sanjay Subrahmanyan on September 24, 2017


4.           Violin Solo by S. Varadarajan and Mridangam by T.V. Gopalakrishnan on September 25, 2017


5.           Vocal by Professor Venkataramanan on September 26, 2017


6.            Vocal by Professor B. Parassala Ponnammal and party on September 27, 2017


7.            Vocal by Professor Thamarakkad T. N. Govindan Namboothiri on September 28, 2017


8.             Vocal by Vishnudev Namboothiri on September 29, 2017

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