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ISRO planning for a six-tonne ‘K’ band satellite November 29th, 2012 ISRO is planning to build/import six-tonne ‘K’band satellite.
The K band will allow higher and faster data transmission on the Internet by at least 2-3 times what ISRO satellites offer at present It will suit VSAT operators who support this traffic. K band transponder can accommodate far more users more efficiently than ISRO’s older Ku band satellites. 2010: ISRO sent up GSAT-4 with a K band transponder. However, its homegrown GSLV launcher failed. ISRO also built a K-band satellite, called HYLAS-1 (or Highly Advanced Satellite) for a fee for British operator Avanti in a tie-up
with Europe’s Astrium...
TRIVANDRUM KINGS
here is list of trivandrum rulers:
Aditya Varma 1672-1677
Umayamma Rani‡ 1677-1684
Ravi Varma 1684-1718
Aditya Varma 1718-1719
Unni Kerala Varma 1719-1724
Rajah Rama Varma 1724-1729
Marthanda Varma 1729-1758
Dharma Raja 1758-1798
Balarama Varma 1798-1810
Gowri Lakshmi Bayi‡ 1810-1815
Gowri Parvati Bayi‡ 1815-1829
Swathi Thirunal 1829-1846
Uthram Thirunal 1846-1860
Ayilyam Thirunal 1860-1880
Visakham Thirunal 1880-1885
Moolam Thirunal 1885-1924
Sethu Lakshmi Bayi‡ 1924-1931
Chithira Thirunal 1931-1949
Capitals
Padmanabhapuram 1721-1795
Thiruvananthapuram 1795-1949
Palaces
Padmanabhapuram Palace
Kilimanoor palace
Kuthira Malika
Kowdiar Palace
Rajah Rama Varma was the ruler of the Indian kingdom of Venad, later known as Travancore, in the modern day state of Kerala, India between 1724 and 1729, having succeeded his brother Unni Kerala Varma. He is better known as the uncle of Maharajah Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala Marthanda Varma Kulasekhara Perumal, the "maker of modern Travancore". He was born as the second son of Rajah Ittamar of Thattari Kovilakam into the Royal Family of Kolathunadu. His entire family, including himself, two sisters and his elder brother Unni Kerala Varma, were adopted into the Venad house as members of the Travancore Royal Family by Rajah Ravi Varma, nephew of Umayamma Rani due to their failure of heirs there. Of his sisters, one died soon after her adoption while the other was the mother of the Maharajah Marthanda Varma.
Reign
Rajah Rama Varma was a weak ruler during whose reign the Ettuveetil Pillamar, the Ettara Yogam and other nobles had more power than the King himself, as had been the case since the middle of the 17th century. However on the advise of Marthanda Varma, the Rajah signed a treaty of subordination with the Pandyas at Trichonopoly and secured a Pandyan force in Venad. This frightened the disloyal nobles for sometime, who now, however, turned their attention towards killing Marthanda Varma, the heir apparent under the Marumakkathayam law. Previously, the Ettuveetil Pillamar had been responsible for the assassination of prince Kerala Varma who had successfully defended Venad from an Islamic army (Mukilan pada), and many other crimes.
The Kunju Thampimar
The Rajah Rama Varma had married a Bengali lady known as Abhirami alias Shrimathi Avirama Kochamma from whom he had issue two sons, Padmanabhan and Raman Thampi, known as the Kunju Thampimar and a daughter Ummini Thankachi. One the demise of the Rajah in 1729, Maharajah Marthanda Varma succeeded to the throne under the Marumakkathayam law of inheritance.
The succession of their cousin to their father's throne irked the Kunju Thampimar who allied themselves with the Ettuveetil Pillamar, Marthanda Varma's foes. On their instigation the Thampi brothers proceeded to Trichonopoly and succeeded in making the Pandyan government there believe that Marthanda Varma was an usurper and that they were the rightful heirs to the throne of Venad. The Pandyan Government deputed a Commander known as Azhagappa Mudaliar to install the Kunju Thampimar in Venad and punish Marthanda Varma. However the Mudaliar was bribed by the King, and the Thampi brothers were severely reprimanded for their actions.
Soon after this, in 1730, the Thampi brothers made a visit to their cousin while he was at Nagercoil Palace where they were both killed by Marthanda Varma. While the traditional accounts state that they attempted to assassinate Marthanda Varma and were hence killed, it is not clear as to why their sister Ummini Thankachi was also killed by Marthanda Varma. There is also another local legend that she committed suicide following the killings of her brothers. Thus the sons of Rajah Rama Varma were vanquished and Marthanda Varma became the Rajah of Venad which he expanded into modern Travancore.
GUPTAN AGE-golden age
also called golden age of indian culture due to:
None of us can do anything great on our own, but we can all do a small thing with great love. – Mother Teresa
When Mother Teresa was once asked, “How could you accomplish such great tasks in your life?” She answered what is quoted above. How true this is! We hardly think of this simple point in the course of our lifetime.
Let’s try to understand it in depth. In our lifetime, when we run behind things that have materialistic value, we tend to lose a lot that has more value on emotional level. Our endeavour to achieve great heights is most of the times for our own selves. It will benefit only us as an individual. In that race, we might be hurting someone, we might be speaking a lie for our benefit, and we might be doing some kind of fraud on smaller or larger extent. Hence, it becomes a selfish task. Even if we succeed in this task, we won’t feel that content or the peace from within.
On the other hand, if we give more importance to those “so-called” small things in life, we are bound to benefit not only ourselves but even those people who are related to us. Mother Teresa never wished for anything that belongs to the material world. Achieving those great heights and becoming famous was never her aim. Her aim in life was to live for the betterment of the society, for the upliftment of the poor and the needy. She considered these values as more important than craving for fame. She did this with great love and that is the reason that she was able to accomplish such great tasks.
Reaching a high post or authority and gaining fame needs hard work and it does depend on a number of other factors. There is no guarantee that with that entire hard work one will ever gain that level of success. But, if we start giving importance to the small moments in life and start living them to the fullest for the betterment of all, then we are bound to succeed.
We might be doing something that is considered small, but if we do it with love we are not only benefitting ourselves but even others. I had spoken about the Importance of Unconditional Love in one of my articles. When we do things with such unconditional love, we start expecting less and let ourselves get engross in that feeling of love. With that we free our self from all the burdens in life. If we actually reach those great heights with that love, then we do not get carried away with it, and if we do not gain that success then too we feel content.
Such is the beauty of Love, doing things with that Love, and getting immersed in that love. So whatever we might be doing in our life, what is more important is to respect it, love it, and do it in such a way that everyone is benefitted. That selfishness must be totally eliminated from that work. And when we do that,
do small things with great love........
We all have a number of ambitions in life. Right from the time we are born, either we ourselves, or our relatives or closed ones, start planning for our future. What shall we become in our life? What heights shall we reach? What do we want to achieve in our life and many such questions whose answers define the course of our life. It is good to pre-plan things. After all we all have some or the other responsibilities on ourselves. We have many people who are dependent upon us and for them we need to think about these things.
But the point that I would like to make here is that when we build expectations which are larger than life and when we desire high posts wherever we are, somewhere we might miss out on those things that we actually consider small, but which should actually be the primary and most important tasks.
i thank You God..................
i thank You God for most this amazing
day: for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes
(i who have died am alive again today,
and this is the sun's birthday; this is the birth
day of life and love and wings: and of the gay
great happening illimitably earth)
how should tasting touching hearing seeing
breathing any-lifted from the no
of all nothing-human merely being
doubt unimaginably You?
(now the ears of my ears awake and
now the eyes of my eyes are opened)
qur'an - 2:255-257 - al baqara - the cow.................
God! There is no god but He -
The Living, The Self-subsisting. Eternal.
No slumber can seize him nor sleep.
His are all things in the heavens and on earth.
Who is there that can intercede in His presence except as He permitteth?
He knoweth what is before or after or behind them.
Nor shall they encompath aught of His knowledge except as He willeth.
His Throne doth extend over the heavens and the earth,
and he feeleth no fatigue in guarding and preserving them for He is The Most High, The Supreme.
Let there be no compulsion in religion.
Truth stands out clear from error:
whoever rejects Evil and believes in God
hath grasped the most trustworthy handhold, that never breaks.
And God heareth and knoweth all things.
God is the Protector of those who have faith;
From the depth of darkness He will lead them forth into light.
Of those who reject faith the patrons are the Evil Ones;
from light they will lead them forth into the depths of darkness.
They will be Companions of the fire, to dwell therein foreve
The poetic edda - nordic oral tradition - 6th century ±.........
Silence becomes the Son of a prince,
To be silent but brave in battle:
It befits a man to be merry and glad
Until the day of his death.
The coward believes he will live forever
If he holds back in the battle,
But in old age he shall have no peace
Though spears have spared his limbs.
shortened form of namakar mantra...........
conquered all afflictions, conquered sensual vexation,
conquered passion, emotions, attachment, aversion and delusion,
and has conquered pleasure and pain.
May my misery end and the Karmic forces be annihilated.
May I attain enlightenment and meet a peaceful death.
May thy feet, O' Noble Jina, the friend of all living beings,
be my happy refuge!
we can do..........
In this life we cannot do great things.
We can only do small things with great love.
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