Sitting On The Floor & Eating

This tradition is not just about sitting on floor and eating, it is regarding sitting in the “Sukhasan” position and then eating. Sukhasan is the position we normally use for Yoga asanas. When you sit on the floor, you usually sit cross legged – In sukhasana or a half padmasana  (half lotus), which are poses that instantly bring a sense of calm and help in digestion, it is believed to automatically trigger the signals to your brain to prepare the stomach for digestion.
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Why You Should Not To Sleep With Your Head Towards North

Myth is that it invites ghost or death but science says that it is because human body has its own magnetic field (Also known as hearts magnetic field, because the flow of blood) and Earth is a giant magnet. When we sleep with head towards north, our body’s magnetic field become completely asymmetrical to the Earth’s Magnetic field. That cause problems related to blood pressure and our heart needs to work harder in order to overcome this asymmetry of Magnetic fields. Apart from this another reason is that Our body have significant amount of iron in our blood. When we sleep in this position, iron from the whole body starts to congregate in brain. This can cause headache, Alzheimer’s Disease, Cognitive Decline, Parkinson disease and brain degeneration.
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Why Do We Applying Mehendi/Henna on the Hand and Feet

Besides lending color to the hands, mehndi is a very powerful medicinal herb. Weddings are stressful, and often, the stress causes headaches and fevers. As the wedding day approaches, the excitement mixed with nervous anticipation can take its toll on the bride and groom. Application of mehndi can prevent too much stress because it cools the body and keeps the nerves from becoming tense. This is the reason why mehndi is applied on the hands and feet, which house nerve endings in the body.
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Why We Start with Spice & End with Sweet: indian thali desinema

Our ancestors have stressed on the fact that our meals should be started off with something spicy and sweet dishes should be taken towards the end. The significance of this eating practice is that while spicy things activate the digestive juices and acids and ensure that the digestion process goes on smoothly and efficiently, sweets or carbohydrates pulls down the digestive process. Hence, sweets were always recommended to be taken as a last item.
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Applying Tilak/KumKum On The Forehead

On the forehead, between the two eyebrows, is a spot that is considered as a major nerve point in human body since ancient times. The Tilak is believed to prevent the loss of “energy”, the red ‘kumkum’ between the eyebrows is said to retain energy in the human body and control the various levels of concentration. While applying kumkum the points on the mid-brow region and Adnya-chakra are automatically pressed. This also facilitates the blood supply to the face muscles.

கார்த்திகை தீபம் கொண்டாடப்படுவதற்கு அறிவியல் காரணம் என்ன தெரியுமா?

நமது முன்னோர்கள்: காலம் தொட்டு கொண்டாடி வந்த ஒவ்வொரு பண்டிகைகளுக்கும் ஓர் அறிவியல் அடிப்படை இருக்கத்தான் செய்கிறது. அந்த அடிப்படையில் பார்த்தால் கார்த்திகை தீபம் கொண்டாடப்படுவதற்கும் அறிவியல் காரணம் என்ன தெரியுமா?

முன்னொரு காலத்தில் இறைவனை ஜோதியாக வணங்கி, போற்றி யுள்ளனர் தமிழர்கள். இந்த வழிபாட்டை, சங்ககால இலக்கியங்கள், ‘கார்த்திகை விளக்கீடு’ என்று குறிப்பிட்டுள்ளன. விளக்கு வழிபாடு செய்த நிகழ்வுகள், அகநானூறு மற்றும் நற்றிணை போன்ற நூல்களில் இடம் பெற்றுள்ளன. மேலும் கார்த்திகை மாதத்தையே முதல் மாதமாகக் கொண்டு, தமிழ் புத்தாண்டு கொண்டாடப்பட்டதாகவும் ஒரு கருத்து உண்டு. அதே சமயம் கார்த்திகை தீபத்தன்று மட்டுமல்ல எல்லா நாட்களிலுமே விளக்கேற்றுவது தமிழர் மரபு. தினமும் காலை, மாலை விளக்கேற்ற உகந்த நேரங்களாகும். சூரியோதயத்திற்கு முன், பிரம்ம முகூர்த்த வேளையில் (காலை, 4:30 – 6:00 மணி) விளக்கேற்றினால், பெரும் புண்ணியம் உண்டாகும்; முன்வினைப் பாவம் விலகும்.

மாலையில் தீபமேற்றினால், திருமணம் மற்றும் கல்வித்தடை நீங்கும் என்பது ஐதீகம். பொதுவாக மாலை, 6:00 மணிக்கு தான் நாம் விளக்கேற்றுகிறோம். இதற்கு பதில், மாலை, 4:30 – 6:00 மணிக்கு இடையே உள்ள பிரதோஷ வேளையில் விளக்கேற்றினால் சிவபெருமானும், நரசிம்மரும் நமக்கு அருளுவர். காரணம் அவர்களை வணங்க ஏற்ற நேரம் இவை!கார்த்திகை மாதம்,கார்த்திகை நட்சத்திரத்தன்று வீடு முழுக்க விளக்கேற்றுவது பற்றி சம்பந்தர் பாடியுள்ளார். மயிலாப்பூரில் தனக்கு நிச்சயம் செய்த பூம்பாவை என்ற பெண் திடீரென மரணமடையவே, விளக்கீடு காணாதே போதியே பூம்பாவாய்… என்று அவர் பாடுவதில் இருந்து, இந்த விழாவின் மேன்மையை அறியலாம்.

அது மட்டுமின்றி தீபஜோதி என்பது அக்னி தத்துவம்; அக்னியின் சொரூபமாக, ஈசனின் நெற்றிக் கண் அமைந்துள் ளது. அதில் எழுவது சாதாரண தீ அல்ல; அது, அநியாயக்காரர்களைக் கொல்லும்; மற்றவர்களுக்கு ஞான ஜோதி யாய் தெரியும்.ஆசையைத் தூண்டும் மன்மதனை, சிவபெருமான் எரித்தது ஞானத்தீயால் தான்! ஆசைகள் அதிகரிக்க அதிகரிக்க, பிறவிகளும் அதிகரிக்கும். அந்த ஆசைத்தீ அடங்க, சிவனின் நெற்றிக்கண்ணை நாம் தரிசிக்க வேண்டும். இதன்மூலம் பிறப்பற்ற நிலையை அடைந்து, நித்ய ஆனந்தத்தை அடையலாம்.

இன்று நம்நாட்டில் பரவிவரும் டெங்கு போன்ற நோய்களில் இருந்து நம்மைகாப்பதற்கு, நம்முன்னோர்கள் நமக்கு கொடுத்த ஒரு அருமருந்து தான் கார்த்திகை தீபம். தமிழகத்தில் மழை காலம் முடிந்தவுடன் கொசு போன்ற பிற நுண்ணுயிர்களின் இனப்பெருக்கம் அதிகரிக்கும். அவை பெரிய அளவில் பரவி மக்களுக்கு நோய்களை ஏற்படுத்துவது இந்த கார்த்திகை மாதத்தில்தான். எனவே அவைகளிடம் இருந்து நம்மை காத்து கொள்வதற்கு இந்த தீப திருநாள் வழி செய்கிறது.

அதாவது கார்த்திகை தீபத்தில் பயன்படுத்தப்படும் நல்லெண்ணெய் மற்றும் விளக்கெண்ணெய் பருத்தித் திரியில் எரியும் போது அதில் இருந்து ஒருவித நெடி வரும். இந்த நெடியானது கொசு மற்றும் பிற நுண்ணுயிர்களின் வளர்ச்சியை முற்றிலும் அழிக்கிறது. இதனால்தான் முன்னோர்கள் கார்த்திகை மாதத்தில் தீபங்களை ஏற்றி வைத்தனர்.

வாட்ஸ் அப்பில் வாழ்க்கை நடத்தும் தற்போதைய சூழ்நிலையில் பிற வேலைகளை காரணம் காட்டி, சாக்குபோக்கு சொல்லி இந்த விழாவை தவிர்க்காமல், சாஸ்திரத்துக்கு 2 தீபம் ஏற்றுவோம் என்று நினைக்காமல் வீடு நிறைய விளக்கு ஏற்றுவோம்..நம் குடும்பத்தை பாதுகாத்துக் கொள்வோமே.

அனைவருக்கும் கார்த்திகை தீப நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள்      

-தமிழன்

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சேர்ந்து செயல்படுவோம்.

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உண்மையை உணர்வோம் அனைவருக்கும் உணர்த்துவோம்.

இயற்கையுடன் இணைந்து நம்மை நாம் ஆரோக்கியமாக வைத்திருப்போம்.

வெளிநாட்டு மருத்துவ ஆளுமையை உணர்ந்து கொள்வோம்.

நோயை குணப்படுத்துபவன்தான் மருத்துவர் . .

நோயை மெயிண்டெயின் செய்பவரும், வளர்ப்பவரும் வியாபாரி

புரிந்துகொண்டு செயல்படுங்கள் . .

தமிழன் உலகுக்கே ஆரோக்கியமாக வாழக்கற்றுக்கொடுத்தவன் . .

அயல்நாட்டு சதிக்கு அடிமையாகனுமா? யோசியுங்கள் தோழர் தோழிகளே!

-தமிழன்

Throwing Coins Into A River

The general reasoning given for this act is that it brings Good Luck. However, scientifically speaking, in the ancient times, most of the currency used was made of copper unlike the stainless steel coins of today. Copper is a vital metal very useful to the human body. Throwing coins in the river was one way our fore-fathers ensured we intake sufficient copper as part of the water as rivers were the only source of drinking water. Making it a custom ensured that all of us follow the practice.
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Why Do Indian Women Wear Toe Ring

Wearing toe rings is not just the significance of married women but there is science behind it. Normally toe rings are worn on the second toe. A particular nerve from the second toe connects the uterus and passes to heart. Wearing toe ring on this finger strengthens the uterus. It will keep it healthy by regulating the blood flow to it and menstrual cycle will be regularized. As Silver is a good conductor, it also absorbs polar energies from the earth and passes it to the body.

ஸ்வாஸ்திகா - ஓம் - தமிழர் இழந்தவையும்

Joining Both Palms Together To Greet

In Hindu culture, people greet each other by joining their palms – termed as “Namaskar.” The general reason behind this tradition is that greeting by joining both the palms means respect. However, scientifically speaking, joining both hands ensures joining the tips of all the fingers together; which are denoted to the pressure points of eyes, ears, and mind. Pressing them together is said to activate the pressure points which helps us remember that person for a long time. And, no germs since we don’t make any physical contact!
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Why Do Temples Have Bells

People who are visiting the temple should and will Ring the bell before entering the inner sanctum (Garbhagudi or Garbha Gruha or womb-chamber) where the main idol is placed. According to Agama Sastra, the bell is used to give sound for keeping evil forces away and the ring of the bell is pleasant to God. However, the scientific reason behind bells is that their ring clears our mind and helps us stay sharp and keep our full concentration on devotional purpose. These bells are made in such a way that when they produce a sound it creates a unity in the Left and Right parts of our brains. The moment we ring the bell, it produces a sharp and enduring sound which lasts for minimum of 7 seconds in echo mode. The duration of echo is good enough to activate all the seven healing centres in our body. This results in emptying our brain from all negative thoughts.
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Interesting traditions of Tamil Nadu

Tamil culture and traditions are among the oldest in the world and Tamilians are known to hold on to their traditions, including the many rituals and ceremonies that are a part of daily life. These rich traditions evolved over many centuries and are very much a part of the Tamil identity. 

So when you find a Kolam outside a house in the US, you can be sure it belongs to a Tamilian.

This daily ritual of drawing figures on the threshold of the house is unique to Tamil culture. The inner and outer worlds are separated by these decorations which guards the household and welcome visitors as well. Mostly they are closed, continuous figures and are associated with the never-ending cycle of birth and death.

 

A girl attaining puberty is a big event for Tamilians and there are celebrations and ceremonies associated with the occasion. In some communities like the Chettiars, there are ceremonies even for boys attaining adulthood.

 

Rolling one’s bodies around the temple’s outer boundaries is a custom here. This is an offering to the deity and sometimes people roll many times over! In Thiruvannamalai, it takes the form of circling the hill – a distance of 13 km!

 

Donating a child’s first hair to the deity is also a very popular custom and the first shaving is held in great ceremony.

 

Like most states in India, marriages are big occasions in Tamil Nadu too. A curious tradition for some communities during marriages is the 'Kulavaiyidal'. Women folk assembled for the marriage make shrill sounds as an accompaniment to the ceremony.

 

Another interesting tradition is that the cash received first in the morning is accepted with a lot of reverence and solemnity. So if you want to buy something from a Tamilian’s shop, try and be the first customer. There won’t be much haggling and you are sure to get a good bargain.

 

Every aspect of life of a Tamilian is governed by beliefs and superstitions. There are beliefs about travel, numbers, days of the week, and colors that are considered auspicious.

 

Which are your favorite traditional ceremonies of Tamil Nadu? Do you know of any interesting traditions or ceremonies of Tamil Nadu? Does the new generation of Tamilians believe in traditions?

The living culture of the Tamils - Tamil Nadu - S. Ramakrishnan

The words "Tamil culture" immediately evoke the image of the towering gopuram (entrance gateways) of the Hindu temple, at once a commanding grandeur and solemnity; of a beautiful dancing girl, decked out in all her finery, graceful and lovely; to the literary minded, of the squatting sage Tiruvalluvar with his palm-leaf and stylus; to the gastronomically inclined, of idli (a rice and lentil batter) and sambar (lentils, vegetable and tamarind).

When we attempt to understand what constitutes Tamil culture in terms of an average man's life, particularly in the context of the present day, we encounter elements which cannot be isolated and defined, yet are deep rooted in a society which has always been instinctively aware of its strengths and weaknesses.

Over the centuries Tamils have spread outside their territory and in this process have planted signs of their presence many of which can be found even today. The Tamil community thus representsa population outside Tamil Nadu also. In their own land Tamils have been subject to significant foreign influences and, today, the admixture of these influences is so complex that it is difficult to talk about "typical" or "native" Tamil culture. Today's fashions, food habits, life-styles, values are all products of this long history of interaction.

For the first time in the known history of two thousand years the land of the Tamils has definite boundaries and this has brought about a greater cohesion among Tamils. Particularly since Independence and the creation of States based on linguistic regions, Tamils have had a land with which to identify their language and culture. With the introduction of Tamil as a medium of education at all levels, an attempt has been made to update the language after it lay submerged and subjugated for nearly three hundred years under the impact of the English language.

The recent establishment of a university at Thanjavur--Tamil University--crystallizes the aspirations of their society. The objective of this university is to strengthen the various applications of the language in a modern context and to enquire systematically into its past so that a relationship can be stabilised between tradition and modern life.

The emotional togetherness that has come about has been aided by the planned economic activities in the State. The most striking result of the economic programmes is the high degree of mobility seen among the people. Tamil Nadu is among the very few States in India in which almost every village is connected by road or rail. This mobility has affected the personal, economic and social life of average Tamils. The facility of communication has began to narrow down regional differences in life styles.

A mobile population is an informed population. Tamil Nadu is one of the States in the country with a high rate of literacy. It must be remembered that one of the first three universities to be established during the colonial era (1857) was at Madras, the present capital of Tamil Nadu. Educational facilities are growing so rapidly that between 1979 and 1981 the number of boys at higher secondary schools increased by 45.1 per cent and that of girls by 66.5 per cent. Education is no longer confined to traditional general education. It has diversified and new branches of training are constantly evolving. While the number of universities offering general education has risen, separate universities for technical subjects have also been established. Tamil Nadu now has one Agricultural University, one engineering and technological University, as well as a National Institute of Technology. Significantly too, women are entering professional colleges in increasing numbers.

In Tamil Nadu, the reading habit is widespread. Every week 1.73 million copies of eight popular magazines are sold and read by approximately 8.5 million people. In one segment of the reading public--the urban Tamils--42 per cent of those above fifteen years of age read a daily newspaper and 46 per cent read a weekly publication. The second most widely read weekly in India is a Tamil weekly.

These magazines shape public opinion on all vital issues, but their main motive is entertainment. They cater for popular tastes; the three most common themes are cinema, religion and politics--almost in that order of importance. Cinema gossip and news dominate.

There are no large-circulation magazines catering for specialist tastes and preferences and serious writers have to find another forum in the small-circulation magazines.

A far more influential medium in Tamil is the cinema. More than a sixth of the total number of permanent theatres in India are in Tamil Nadu. This gives some indication both of the extent of rural electrification (99 per cent of all towns, villages and hamlets have been electrified) and of the penetration of the cinema into rural areas.

The popularity of the cinema is maintained and increased by the popular magazines. Similarly the commercial channel of the government-controlled radio is dominated by film music and programmes on films.

In Tamil Nadu the demands of the film world gave birth to a "poster-culture". When talkies were introduced, the population was largely illiterate and magazines were only just beginning to appear. Posters were the only major medium to announce new films. Now poster-oriented publicity has spread to other areas of public life and today one finds th walls of Tamil Nadu plastered with posters, with those for the cinema still the largest and most colourful.

The high rate of literacy and the degree of worker mobility have contributed to the process of industrialization in Tamil Nadu. As a result of a planned economic programme a wide range of industrial products are manufactured in Tamil Nadu creating an incredible range of industrial and consumer products and large-scale cement, fertilizer, refining and automobile industries. The latest addition is the construction of an atomic power plant to meet the energy needs of a growing society.

Textile and leather industries have traditionally been strong in Tamil Nadu. Two major ports cater for the needs of industry and a well-organized transport system keeps people and goods on the move. In order to create local employment and to prevent large scale migration to cities, dispersal of industry is encouraged by a well thought out system of incentives. A big chain of industrial estates for medium and small-scale industries in the non-traditional areas has been established in an attempt to minimize regional imbalances. Thus both in technology and end-products Tamil Nadu has revealed pronounced adaptability to change.

Industrialization has brought about dramatic change in peoples' life styles and mode of working. Farm equipment, ferstilizers and micro-nutrients have altered the agricultural scene. Increasing numbers of farmers are installing motor-pumps to draw water, dispensing with traditional methods and, in the process, sweeping away into disuse and oblivion their charming and evocative work songs.

The electronics industry with its transistors, stereos and television sets has changed the rural landscape, offering new forms of entertainment and providing employment to increasing numbers of school-leaving girls. Domestic appliances ranging from pressure cookers to grinders have replaced traditional modes of cooking, offering new leisure opportunities to the housewife in a family structure which has changed much.

Industrialization brings in its wake urbanization. Tamil Nadu has the second highest urban population in India. The migration of rural populations to the town and the transformation of rural areas into new industrial, urban areas continue unabated. this has brought about enormous pressure on space in the urban areas.

Housing is becoming more and more difficult; open spaces are filled with concrete blocks; slums are growing; sanitary conditions crumble under the impact; water facilities are becoming inadequate; children have less space to play. Traditional house architecture is disappearing and today, flats, with their cell--like rooms and limited moving space are the reality. Although the Government is making efforts to alleviate the problem through housing and slum clearance programmes, the requirements are fast outstripping the efforts.

These changed conditions have resulted in a need to adapt traditional modes to the new constraints. Women are more free and have better opportunities to ge education and jobs. However, they continue to be bound by traditional tasks and modes of behaviour such as looking after the home and maintaining a distance from men. Even in Madras city, there are still State Government buses meant exclusively to carry women during peak hours.

Marriage as an institution is a good example of how tradition and modernity can co-exist or be a source of friction. Marriage is an important event in the life of an individual in any society, but in Tamil Nadu in reveals a great deal about Tamil society's attitude to the man-woman relationship and its place in society. Most marriages are still arranged by the parents and determined by the astral bodies governing the individuals' chart.

Religion continues to be a dominant force in the lives of Tamils. In fact, one observes more pronounced increase in the interest in religion and occult beliefs. At a time when the average man's life is determined by economic motives and security, this may be the new kind of insurance he seeks against economic and physical insecurity.

Observance of religious ceremonies is marked among the newly educated, employed population--both men and women. The spread of electronics is helping religious activity; cassettes, discs and microphones have invaded places of worship.

Educated middle-class housewives organize bhajan (worship through song) groups in towns and it is not an uncommon sight to see women commuters on their way to work absorbed in the reading of simple stotras (poems in praise of deities) No important function, domestic or business is organized without consulting the almanack and fixing an auspicious hour. Magazines pour our information on the movements of astral bodies and their effect on the average Tamil's life.

Was the traditional culture of the Tamils merely the culture of a particular class? Whether in literature, music or philosophy, was the thinking that of the dominant group? It is said that Sangam literature does not mention caste differences, but the majority of people can have had little access to the cultivated arts and the conceptual levels of religion.

Independence brought a greater sense of social equality and an opportunity for the majority to express itself. With rapid economic and technological progress and the acceptance of values dictated by urban societies, there is a danger that indigenous culture may be gradually eroded. It is essential that popular forms of expression and ways of life do not disappear and that the true essence of Tamil culture shall survive.

11000Years Old Man Made Structure Found in Indian Sea

The place is called Poompuhar. It lies on southeast India’s Coromandel coast facing the Bay of Bengal between modern Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka. Its immediate offshore area has been the subject of marine archaeological investigations by India’s National Institute of Oceanography since the 1980’s — and numerous non-controversial finds of man-made structures dated between the third century AD and the third century BC have been made in the “inter-tidal zone” close to shore at depths down to 6 feet (approximately 2 metres).

These finds of structures in shallow water (some so shallow that they are exposed at low tide) have been quite widely written-up in the archaeological literature. But for some reason other discoveries that the NIO has made in deeper water off Poompuhar have attracted no attention at all. Most notably these other discoveries include a second completely separate group of structures fully three miles from the Poompuhar shore in water that is more than 70 feet (23 metres) deep. The lack of interest is surprising because to anyone with even minimal knowledge of post-glacial sea-level rise their depth of submergence is – or should be – highly anomalous. Indeed according to Glenn Milne’s sea-level data the land on which these structures were built last stood above water at the end of the Ice Age more than 11,000 years ago.

Is it a coincidence that there are ancient Tamil flood myths that speak of a great kingdom that once existed in this area called Kumari Kandamthat was swallowed up by the sea? Amazingly the myths put a date of 11,600 years ago on these events — the same timeframe given by Plato for the end of Atlantis in another ocean.

Like the cities in the Gulf of Cambay the underwater structures three miles offshore of Poompuhar were first identified by an instrument called sidescan sonar that profiles the seabed. One structure in particular was singled out for investigation and was explored by divers from India’s National Institute of Oceanography in 1991 and 1993. Although they were not at that time aware of the implications of its depth of submergence — i.e. that it is at least 11,500 years old — the 1991 study confirms that it is man-made and describes it as:

a horse-shoe-shaped object, its height being one to two metres. A few stone blocks were found in the one-metre wide arm. The distance between the two arms in 20 metres. Whether the object is a shrine or some other man-made structure now at 23 metres [70 feet] depth remains to be examined in the next field season.

The 1993 study refines the measurements:

The structure of U-shape was located at a water depth of 23 metres which is about 5 kilometres off shore. The total peripheral length of the object is 85 metres while the distance between the two arms is 13 metres and the maximum height is 2 metres Divers observed growth of thick marine organism on the structure, but in some sections a few courses of masonry were noted

Kumari Kandam(குமரிக்கண்டம்)

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After 1993, no further marine archaeology was conducted along the Poompuhar coast until 2001 when I arranged with the NIO to dive on the U-shaped structure with funding from Channel 4 television in Britain and the Learning Channel in the US. Exclusive footage of the structure was filmed and is shown in episode 2 of the Underworld television series. Chapter 14 of the book is a report of our dives at Poompuhar, and what we found there.

Dr A.S. Gaur of the NIO told me on camera that it would have required “a very great technology” to build the U-shaped structure — one far beyond the abilities of known cultures in India 11,500 years ago. For Dr Gaur this is a reason to doubt the accuracy of the sea-level-data which suggests that the structure was submerged so long ago. However the NIO have not yet been successful in recovering any datable materials or artefacts that could tell us its age more directly (for example by C-14 or TL tests).

My own expedition to Poompuhar with the NIO in 2001 was limited to diving on the U-shaped structure and one neighbouring structure. But what’s really exciting is that more than 20 other large structures are known to be located in the same area down to depths of more than 100 feet. These have so far been identified only by sidescan sonar and never yet explored by divers. I’ve organised an expedition jointly with India’s National Institute of Oceanography and John Blashford-Snell’s Scientific Exploration Society in Britain to map and investigate these other structures in March/April 2002.

The Cambay and Poompuhar discoveries are both reported in depth for the first time in Underworld and set into the proper context of the flood myths and inundation history of the broader regions to which they belong.

If they are what they seem to be — a caution I must repeat since so little research has actually been done by anyone — then they signal an exciting new era in Indian archaeology in which the investigation of submerged ruins will play an increasingly important role. How do the Poompuhar finds compare with those in Cambay? Are they both parts of the same lost civilisation? Or do they perhaps represent two separate Ice Age cultures, one based in the north and the other in the south of the subcontinent?

Further exploration, involving divers, sonar scans and the recovery and analysis of artefacts will provide the answers.

And for reasons that I explain in Underworld, I think India’s most ancient scriptures, the Vedas, also have a lot to tell us. There are tremendously good reasons to disbelieve the scholarly consensus (certainly the consensus amongst Western scholars) that the Vedas were composed as late as 1500 B.C. Parts of them probably do date from then; but some of the hymns could be much older than that — carried down by oral traditions from much earlier times. I think it all goes back to the Ice Age.

-Tamilan

Bottled water in your car is very dangerous!

People should not drink bottled
water that has been left in a car. The heat reacts with the chemicals in the plastic of the bottle which releases dioxin into the water.
Dioxin is a toxin increasingly found in breast cancer tissue. So please
be careful and do not drink bottled water that has been left in a car.
Use a stainless steel canteen
or a glass bottle instead of plastic!

This information is also being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical
Center … No plastic containers in microwaves. No plastic water
bottles in freezers. No plastic wrap in microwaves.

Dioxin chemical causes cancer, especially breast cancer. Dioxins are highly poisonous to cells in our bodies. Don’t freeze plastic bottles with water
in them as this releases dioxins from the plastic. Recently the Wellness
Program Manager at Castle Hospital , was on a TV program to explain
this health hazard.

We should not be heating food in the microwave using plastic containers…..
This especially applies to foods that contain fat.

The combination of fat, high heat and plastic releases dioxin
into the food.

Instead use glass, such as Pyrex or ceramiccontainers
for heating food… You get the same result, but without the dioxin.. So,
such things as TV dinners, instant soups, etc., should be removed from
their containers and heated in something else.

Paper isn’t bad but you don’t know what is in the paper. It’s safer to
use tempered glass, such as Pyrex, etc.

A while ago some of the fast food restaurants
moved away from the styrene foam containers to paper. The dioxin
problem is one of the reasons….

Plastic wrap, such as Cling film, is just as
dangerous when placed over foods to be cooked in the microwave.
As the food is nuked, the high heat causes poisonous toxins to actually
melt out of the plastic wrap and drip into the food. Cover food with
a paper towel instead.

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The Sour Sop or the fruit from the graviola tree is a miraculous natural cancer cell killer 10,000 times stronger than Chemo.
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The other parts of the tree are also useful.

The next time you have a fruit juice, ask for a sour sop.

How many people died in vain while this billion-dollar drug maker concealed the secret of the miraculous Graviola tree?

This tree is low and is called graviola ! in Brazi l, guanabana in Spanish and has the uninspiring name “soursop” in English. The fruit is very large and the subacid sweet white pulp is eaten out of hand or, more commonly, used to make fruit drinks, sherbets and such.

The principal interest in this plant is because of its strong anti-cancer effects. Although it is effective for a number of medical conditions, it is its anti tumor effect that is of most interest. This plant is a proven cancer remedy for cancers of all types.

Besides being a cancer remedy, graviola is a broad spectrum antimicrobial agent for both bacterial and fungal infections, is effective against internal parasites and worms, lowers high blood pressure and is used for depression, stress and nervous disorders.

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The truth is stunningly simple: Deep within the Amazon Rainforest grows a tree that could literally revolutionize what you, your doctor, and the rest of the world thinks about cancer treatment and chances of survival. The future has never looked more promising.

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The amazing anti-cancer properties of the Graviola tree have been extensively researched–so why haven’t you heard anything about it? If Graviola extract is

One of America ‘s biggest billion-dollar drug makers began a search for a cancer cure and their research centered on Graviola, a legendary healing tree from the Amazon Rainforest.

Various parts of the Graviola tree–including the bark, leaves, roots, fruit and fruit-seeds–have been used for centuries by medicine men and native Indi! ans in S outh America to treat heart disease, asthma, liver problems and arthritis. Going on very little documented scientific evidence, the company poured money and resources into testing the tree’s anti-cancerous properties–and were shocked by the results. Graviola proved itself to be a cancer-killing dynamo.
But that’s where the Graviola story nearly ended.

The company had one huge problem with the Graviola tree–it’s completely natural, and so, under federal law, not patentable. There’s no way to make serious profits from it.

It turns out the drug company invested nearly seven years trying to synthesize two of the Graviola tree’s most powerful anti-cancer ingredients. If they could isolate and produce man-made clones of what makes the Graviola so potent, they’d be able to patent it and make their money back. Alas, they hit a brick wall. The original simply could not be replicated. There was no way the company could protect its profits–or even make back the millions it poured into research.

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When researchers at the Health Sciences Institute were alerted to the news of Graviola,! they be gan tracking the research done on the cancer-killing tree. Evidence of the astounding effectiveness of Graviola–and its shocking cover-up–came in fast and furious….

….The National Cancer Institute performed the first scientific research in 1976. The results showed that Graviola’s “leaves and stems were found effective in attacking and destroying malignant cells.” Inexplicably, the results were published in an internal report and never released to the public…

….Since 1976, Graviola has proven to be an immensely potent cancer killer in 20 independent laboratory tests, yet no double-blind clinical trials–the typical benchmark mainstream doctors and journals use to judge a treatment’s value–were ever initiated….

….A study published in the Journal of Natural Products, following a recent study conducted at Catholic University of South Korea stated that one chemical in Graviola was found to selectively kill colon cancer cells at “10,000 times the potency of (the commonly used chemotherapy drug) Adriamycin…”

….The most significant part of the Catholic University of South Korea report is that Graviola was shown to selectively target the cancer cells, leaving healthy cells untouched. Unlike chemotherapy, which indiscriminately targets all actively reproducing cells (such as stomach and hair cells), causing the often devastating side effects of nausea and hair loss in cancer patients.

…A study at Purdue University recently found that leaves from the Graviola tree killed cancer cells among six human cell lines and were especially effective against prostate, pancreatic and lung cancers Seven years of silence broken–it’s finally here!!!