Karvachauth is the festival of togetherness and happiness

Blog by-Dr Jaya Kumar.

Karva-Chauth a festival to re-inforce the bond between two beautiful souls for strengthening mutual love and affection.

Soul-mates coming together year after year and remembering the loving relation and understanding they share with each other.

Many stories are remembered with the purpose of celebrating this festival.

It is an age-old tradition to celebrate the Karva-Chauth by married women.

It is the day of prayers and blessings for long life of their beloved husbands.

It is also a day to relive the beauty and charm of being a young bride forever.


Sitting, laughing, chatting and lovingly having the morning traditional feast with their mothers-in- law brings joy to everyone.
Human body also needs a break to refresh itself. So, it becomes a day for women to refresh their bodies and to refill it with energy and charismatic charm for the coming festive season.

Now-a-days with all the professional commitments and personal busy schedule, even couples do not get time to share the sweetness and emotions of life together.

Karva-Chauth gives a golden opportunity for strengthening the bond under the 'Holy Moon' with smiles and soulful golden silence.

Appreciating, respecting and thanking each other to be together in every thick and thin of life.

Taking a vow and promising together to grow together in maturity and mutual understanding.
Adjustments, compromise, ups and downs, troubles and tribulations, tears and joys and pain and pleasure all are part and parcel of any human relation.

It is our outlook, approach, understanding and value we give to each relationship.

The beauty of a  journey of this soulful relation is dependant on trust, care, support and a life long true commitment to enjoy and cherish the beauty of this pure and selfless relation of souls coming together forever.

Making every moment of married life as blissful remembrance of togetherness.

The words and views expressed in my blogs are personal and are my original work of thoughts.

Have A Blessed Sharad Purnima

Blog by-Dr Jaya Kumar.

SHARAD PURNIMA' according to Hindu mythology is a very auspicious day to perform various religious rituals wholeheartedly.
It is believed that on this day, 'Lord Krishna' along with the Gopis performed the 'Maha-Raslilla', a dance of the Divine.

It is believed that on this day the 'Moon Beams', the rays of the beautiful Moon have special therapeutic healing powers.
Following this belief, the sweet-rice 'kheer' dish is made on this day. The procedure to make it therapeutic is by keeping it under the moonlight, whole night.
Then early in the morning, the 'Therapeutic Holy Kheer' is eaten with full trust and the faith of it being a 'Blessed Kheer'.

On this day the moon is closer to the earth and therefore it's beam has cosmic powers which come directly to our mother earth.
Hindu epics also believe that on this day Goddess Lakshmi takes a round of the whole earth and blesses all.
"Cleanliness is next to Godliness '.
A clean environment, a clean body, a pure heart and a clear soul even makes God happy is a universal belief and the truth.
Let us celebrate every festival with its full fervour and flavour.
In India, we have many festivals to enjoy and celebrate.
The purpose behind celebrating every festival should be to develop a loving bond among each other.

We should feel blessed and fortunate to be born in this country where we have values, faith, ethics, morals and a beautiful culture which we have to maintain and inculcate in our coming generations.
As a true human being our first religion should be belief in humanity and to understand the in-depth purpose and the logical reason behind celebrating every festival.
Let us spread happiness far and wide this festive season.

The words and views expressed in my blogs are personal and are my original work of thoughts.

Happy Vijayadashmi

Blog by-Dr Jaya Kumar.

Ram, the Lord of Sincerity.
Ram, the God of Majesty. Ram, the Almighty whose existence is his beloved Siya. It is with Janaki only that he becomes complete.
Sita has been described an ultimate in grace and aura.
She is an epitome of a beloved wife.
She is care, affection and so precious.
She is delicate , simple and sweet at times and is head strong against the  Raavana at the other times.
Infact, the great epic of Ramyana teaches us a lot.
The revered epic is a life lesson in itself. The story of the Great Siya Ram and their ups and downs in life.
Their bonding and betrayal in life. The friends and enemies they meet in life.
The love and respect of Lord Hanuman for Sri Ram. The bond between the loving brothers Lord Ram and Lakshman.

In fact every incident in the life of Lord Ram is a lesson in itself for everyone to learn from.
Dussehra is the day and time to rethink about this great epic.
To do the analysis of the real teachings given through this holy epic.
Infact every festival and such great writing has so much more to it.
To learn and to grow. To celebrate every occasion surely gives happiness but to understand the philosophy behind it enlightens us.
The festivals then become more relevant to our lives.

The words and views expressed in my blogs are personal and are my original work of thoughts.

'Kota' Rajasthan- A Unique Experience

Blog by-Dr Jaya Kumar.

(All the photographs in this blog are clicked by me and my family and are from my personal collection).


Hello everyone..Hope all my readers are doing great since the last time I wrote my blog.
 It's been a little long gap to my writing but surely comes with a new, enhanced and explored knowledge. Travelling to distant and far off places makes you more aware of the practical knowledge one gains while observing the minutest of details.
The best part to travel in India is that you get an opportunity to know our own motherland, our country India much better.
I must admit that our India is really Incredible with the places which are so beautiful that the beauty cannot be described in a few words.
Nature has blessed our land with vast landscapes, silence of big lakes, gushing water in large rivers, thick-dence green belts, forest  reserves, magestic waterfalls and  unforgettable locations. Actually, exploring India is always a surprise package.

Many a times it feels like one is living so many lives within one life.
Let me take you to the land of the erstwhile Royalty, Rajasthan. A visit to the city of Kota in Rajasthan. An educational hub of India. In this educational city one shall find coaching centres which are even bigger than some corporate houses.
Countless hostels looking like residential complexes and a huge number of students coming and joining various coaching institutes with many dreams in their eyes for a bright future.
The magnificent Kishore Sagar Lake surrounded  with a mini Marine Drive shall surely remind you of Mumbai with a larger similar feature. Further in it is the Seven Wonders Park , which has the replicas of the seven wonders of the world. It is really amazing to see the wonders in a scaled down version.
Kota is one such place which has a Thermal Plant, Nuclear Plant and a  Hydro-electrical Power plant with dams, reserviours and barrages.
The city has several forts to its credit, which have a unique historical background to them.
The huge waterfalls at the Gapernath temple and the thick green dense forest area of the Gapernath valley is spread like a thick green carpet covered with rain drops.
Honestly it felt like Rajasthan looking more like a Greensthan. Our eyes could only see and enjoy the vast greenery spread all around.
The big rocky mountains and gorges are covered with natural flora and streams of waterfalls.

Incredible natural beauty!!! Kota is also known and famous for its 'Kota Kachori'.
The freshness of its pulses and spices, with a thick and crisp layer to the Kachori which melts in your mouth. A taste to remember all through your life.
Another unique fact which I noticed was that the city at time of the 'Ganapati Puja' , transforms into a 'Mini Mumbai' known for celebrating the Ganapati festival at a large scale.
One can see well decorated idols of Lord Ganesha with all the fun and festivity all around.
Much can be written about the mouth watering 'Rajathani Thali' with good power, nutrition and is served with lots of love and pride as a local cuisine.
Thank you to all the wonderful loving people of Kota for the nice hospitality and warm behaviour, which made our trip even more memorable and the place felt like a second home.

(Kota-Rajasthan Slide show by my son Om Kumar.)


Rajasthan- Jaane Kya Dikh Jaaye...

The words and views expressed in my blogs are personal and are my original work of thoughts.