Centenary birthday in heaven on 8th December 2020

 

Centenary  birthday  in heaven on 8^th  December 2020

(humble wishes, Raja)

 BY

Raja Thatha

 

One  hundred   years  back  in the southern village,

Of  a great  agrahara  of  Puthucode(new line) was born,

A gem  like baby  to a very  rich man   and he   thought,

He is going   to be adventurous  and called  him “Veera mani”

 

Veera  mani   was sent  to  a high  school  in  near by  Alathur,

To continue  his studies in high  school   and when  he told,

That  travelling  was difficult  , his father  hired  a house,

And appointed  a good cook  , so that his son was  comfy

 

But  Veera mani   was  interested more in  foot ball  rather than,

Studies  , though  he loved  studying  Malayalam,

And      he  left   his school  without  informing  his family  ,

And reached  Mumbai,  and lived there   with a friend

 

He joined  in a very small  job   and was struggling  to live,

And did in form his father  about   where  he is ,

After  some time  his rich father  searched  for a bride,

And located   a girl called  Pappu , who had just finished high school

 

Pappu   was little  wondering   about a  non SSLC  boy,

And her  grand father  informed  her  that  Veeramani  was very rich,

And could   comfortably live   for   three  generations  ,

Even if he  did  not   earn  any thing   at all.

 

Pappu   did  marry  Veeramani   and came   to Mumbai,

And had  to live  in her  elder  sister’s  home  for some time.

Time   as usual  marched   and Veeramanis    took a chawl,

For rent   and  the  march  of  family  building started.

 

Rajamani  was born   and   was  rapidly  followed by Ramani,

, Indu, Raji  , Mohan   and Nanu and they  did buy  a flat ,

In chembur  called  the Nava gita  and moved   there.

And to all who  knew them , it   was  the heaven on earth

 

I  have known lot of people   every where  but  I never knew,

A  simple hilarious Veeramani and majestic kind  and royal Pappu,

They  were  simply great and one by  one  the birds  left ,

But  the  diamond  binding  was   there  for each  with them.

 

Their children   enjoyed  looking after  them   till ripe old age,

And  one by one   they  left   this world  , definitely to heaven.

To  my Akka  and Athimbar  on the centenary  birthday    of my Athimbar,

I wish   to tell them a  very  very  centenary  birthday  in heaven.

                                                           

 

Drik ganitha and Vakhya Pannchangams

 Drik ganitha  and Vakhya  Pannchangams

By

P.R.Ramachander

  PAnchangam   ie book giving us information about   five aspects that is Month, date,  day  , Nakshatra   and Thithi of  all days.(some people say Karana  and Yoga instead of month and date)

  Possibly in Vedic times  , certain   very intelligent people   with sharp  sight   was allotted   to  see the  planets in the sky  and note their exact  position . This was done by bare  eyes.This information  was collected  by them for   several years   , Using this data  they  plotted  the position   of each planet (Possibly 7  planets) over years  and found out their orbit. They expected  the orbit would be round   but it was oval. So they created   two  imaginary  points  Rahu and Kethu   which were   always 180   degrees away.Now  they   were  having  information  that they  needed   to create a panchang. It was not needed for them   to look at   the planet  any more   and they  did it   by  finding the position  of the planet according to their projected  speed with reference  to their first observed  position .  They   were able to predict full moon, New Moon  , eclipse  of Sun and Moon etc..  The ancient   formula of movements   was called  “Vakhyam”

     About  1500   years ago,  they   thought  of verifying   the place  of each planet as per their Panchangam  . They  saw (Drik)    the position of planets   were  not in predicted  places.So they  a marked the position observed them , took in to account the  speed calculated  earlier   and started making new Panchangams   as per  the seen point  .This was called  Drik Ganitha or Drik panchangam  . There was some difference of opinion.Some people said  that  they will  not agree  with drik panchangams  and continued using   their Vakhya panchangams, Entire  Kerala except a part of Tamil  Brahmins  use  only  Drik ganitham  .  Some of tamil Brahmins  in Palakkad   started using   Sri Rangam  Panchangam   which is a Vakya  Panchangam.  Some  Brahmins  in  Trichy , Thirunelveli   and Thanjavur still use  Vakhya panchangam only.Pambu panchangam  , arcot Seetha Rama Iyer  Panchangam   and sri rangam panchangam   are famous vakya  panchangams .  The  Acharyal madathu panchangam, Vasan Panchangam and even the  Rashtriya panchang  of the government   are  Drik  Panchangams

  However The TAMBRAS does  not accept  horoscope cast  using Vakhya panchangam  for  horoscope registration. However  all temples  follow only  Vakhya panchangam  to determine their festivals  movement of planets etc