Sachin Tendulkar & World Cup 2011

April 2, 2011 is the biggest day for  Team INDIA and all Indians / cricket  lovers of world but very special  for Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar when Mahendra Singh Dhoni played  a captain’s knock and gutsy Gautam  Gambhir steered the innings after early jolts to hand India their second World Cup title after 1983, beating Sri Lanka by six wickets at the overflowing  Wankhede Stadium on Saturday.

Indian Skipper Mahendra Singh  Dhoni's helicopter shot brought home the World Cup 2011.

"We wanted to win it for Sachin Tendulkar. ThisWorld Cup is for him," an emotional Gambhir said in a television interview moments after the match ended. 

Born on April 24, 1973 at Mumbai Sachin Tendulkar is known as Cricket Ka Bhagwan. His batting style: Right -Hand Batsman and Bowling Style: Right Arm Medium, Leg Break, Right Arm off Break, his height is 5’5.”

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar sometimes known as Little Master or Master Blaster is one of the greatest cricketer India have ever produced. He is the leading run scorer and century maker in both format of the game (one day international and test cricket). In 2002, Wisdom ranked Sachin second greatest test batsman of all time next to Sir Donald Bradman and the second greatest ODI batsman next to Sir Vivian Richards.

On November 14 2009, he also completed his 20 international year in Cricket. On November 30^th he also gets passed 30,000 runs in international cricket. In the test series against Bangladesh he get passed 13000 runs mark in test cricket.

With such magnitude in his batting ability Indian selectors decided to give him the captaincy in 2005 but without much success, so he left the captaincy job and decided to concentrate on his batting.

Sachin Tendulkar has been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan award, India’s second highest civilian award, and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India’s highest sporting honour.

Early years and personal life

Tendulkar was born in Bombay (now Mumbai). His mother, Rajni, working in insurance,^[  and his father, Ramesh Tendulkar, a Marathi novelist, named Tendulkar after his favourite music director, Sachin Dev Burman. Tendulkar's elder brother Ajit encouraged him to play cricket. Tendulkar has two other siblings: a brother Nitin, and sister Savita.

Tendulkar attended Sharadashram Vidyamandir (High School), where he began his cricketing career under the guidance of his coach and mentor, Ramakant Achrekar. During his school days he attended the MRF Pace Foundation to train as a fast bowler, but Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee, who took a world record 355 Test wickets, was unimpressed, suggesting that Tendulkar focus on his batting instead.^[23]

When he was young, Tendulkar would practice for hours on end in the nets. If he became exhausted, Achrekar would put a one-Rupee-coin on the top of the stumps, and the bowler who dismissed Tendulkar would get the coin. If Tendulkar passed the whole session without getting dismissed, the coach would give him the coin. Tendulkar now considers the 13 coins he won then as some of his most prized possessions. While at school, he developed a reputation as a child prodigy. He had become a common conversation point in Mumbai circles, where there were suggestions already that he would become one of the greats. His season in 1988 was extraordinary, with Tendulkar scoring a century in every innings he played. He was involved in an unbroken 664-run partnership in a Lord Harris Shield inter-school game in 1988 with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli, who would also go on to represent India. The destructive pair reduced one bowler to tears and made the rest of the opposition unwilling to continue the game. Tendulkar scored 326* in this innings and scored over a thousand runs in the tournament. This was a record partnership in any form of cricket until 2006, when it was broken by two under-13 batsmen in a match held at Hyderabad in India.

At 14, Tendulkar was a ball boy for the India versus Zimbabwe game at the Wankhede Stadium during the 1987 World Cup When he was 14, Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar gave him a pair of his own ultra-light pads. "It was the greatest source of encouragement for me," he said nearly 20 years later after surpassing Gavaskar's world record of 34 Test centuries. On 24 May 1995, Sachin Tendulkar married Anjali, a pediatrician and daughter of Gujarati industrialist Anand Mehta and British social worker Annabel Mehta. They have two children, Sara (born 12 October 1997), and Arjun (born 24 September 1999).

Some remarkable achievements of Tendulkar’s career:

* 4th highest tally of runs in test cricket (10,134) at an outstanding average of 57.25 (highest among those who have scored over 8,500 test runs) as of March 2005
* Most runs (over 13642) and centuries (38) in one-day internationals
* Only person to have scored over 11,000 ODI runs and over 25 ODI centuries as of April 28, 2005
* Highest ODI batting average among Indian batsmen and among all batsmen who have scored over 7,500 ODI runs (as of April 3, 2005)
* Most Number of Man of the Matches in one-day internationals
* Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs in ODIs as of April 2005
* Most Number of Runs in World Cup Cricket History
* First cricketer to cross 10,000-run mark in ODIs
* Has equalled Sunil Gavaskar's record of 34 test centuries.
* Among those who have played over 100 test matches, he is the only one with a batting average above 55.
* Only second Indian to cross 10,000 runs in Test matches.
* He has the most centuries in ODI cricket against Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.
* He is the fastest to score 10,000 runs in test cricket history. He holds this record along with Brian Lara. Both of them achieved this feat in 195 innings.
* To go with this he has 34 hundreds in Test cricket at an average of 57. An average above 50 distinguishes a batsman as an all-time great.
* Highest individual score in ODIs among Indian batsmen (186* against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999)

While his batting ranks him among the best in the world, he is also a part-time bowler and has played a crucial role as a leg spinner or a medium pace bowler who tends to break partnerships. He has more than a hundred wickets in ODIs and 35 in tests, though his bowling averages are above 40. He continues to perform well under the massive weight of expectation of hundreds of millions of cricket followers, in India and around the world, and most recently was named Player of the Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.

Awards and Recognitions
For his great capabilities as a Cricketer, Sachin Tendulkar has been bestowed upon the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India. The Cricket magazine Wisden named him the Cricketer of the year in 1997, and according to Wisden 100, he is the 2nd Best Test Batsman and the Best ODI Bestman of all times.

As long Sachin is there on the wicket every ball will add some new records in the history of cricket. He is  really Cricket Ka Bhagwan.

                                              

Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan.

Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan.

Rahul Sankrityayan (1893 – 1963) was one of the most widely-traveled scholars of India, spending forty-five years of his life on travels away from his home. He became a Buddhist monk (Bauddh Bhikkhu) and eventually took up Marxist Socialism. Sānkrityāyan was also an Indian nationalist, having been arrested and jailed for three years for creating anti-British writings and speeches.
Sankrityayan was given the title of Mahapandit ("Great scholar") for his scholarship and he was both a polymath as well as a polyglot.

Rahul Sankrityayan , first name was  Kedarnath Pandey . Later on he was famous as Rahul Sankrityayan .He was born on 9 April 1893 to an Orthodox Hindu- Bhumihar Brahmin family at Kanaila Village in Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. His father, Govardhan Pandey, was a religious-minded farmer, a typical profession of Bhumihar Brahmins, from the village Kanaila of Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh. His mother, Kulawanti, used to stay with her parents at the village of Pandaha, where Kedar was born. He was the eldest of four brothers. He spent part of his childhood in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar states of India. As his mother died at the age of twenty-eight and his father at the age of forty-five, he was brought up by his grandmother. His earliest memories as recorded by him were of the terrible famine in 1897. At age 9, he ran away from home in order to see the world, but later returned.

Sankrityayan only ever received formal schooling at a local primary school, though he later studied and mastered numerous languages independently, as well as learned photography.

Personal Life

Rahul's personal life was also unique and interesting. He was six feet tall, with a wide forehead and broad chest. He had that ancient Hindu Aryan look. He was married when very young and never came to know anything of his child-wife. During his stay in Soviet Russia a second time, accepting an invitation for teaching Buddhism at Leningrad University, he came in contact with a Mongolian scholar Lola (Ellena Narvertovna Kozerovskaya). She could speak French, English, and Russian and write Sanskrit. She helped him in working on Tibetan- Sanskrit dictionary. Their attachment ended in marriage and birth of son Igor. Mother and son were not allowed to accompany Rahul to India after completion of his assignment. It was Stalin's Russia.

Late in life, he married Dr. Kamala, an Indian Nepali lady and had a daughter (Jaya) and a son (Jeta). He accepted a teaching job at a Sri Lankan University, where he fell seriously ill. Diabetes, high blood pressure and a mild stroke struck him. Most tragic happening was the loss of memory. He breathed his last in Darjeeling in 1963.

He studied Pali and Sinhalese languages and started reading Buddhistic texts in the original. He was slowly drawn to Buddhism and changed his name to Rahul (after Buddha's son) Sankrityayan (Assimilator).

After his release, he went to Bihar and worked with Dr. Rajendra Prasad (later President of free India) who became a close friend. In those days social service was part of freedom struggle and he engaged himself in constructive activities laid down by Gandhiji. He became President of Azamgarh District Congress as well.

But the travel bug never left him. He undertook hazardous journey to the forbidden land of Tibet. There were practically no roads. Only nomads and petty merchants traveled with loads on mules. Disguised as a Buddhist bhikku (mendicant), He entered Tibet via Kashmir, Ladak, Kargil and started his journey on foot.

Rahul visited Tibet, three more times. He mastered Tibetan language, wrote Tibetan primers, grammar and Tibetan-Hindi dictionary. Only first part of the last was published posthumously.

He again took to travel and visited Sri Lanka (where he taught Sanskrit), Japan, Korea, China, Manchuria and proceeded to Soviet Russia. He saw a fire temple in Baku and discovered an inscription in Devanagri script. From there he went to Tehran, Shiraz and Baluchistan and finally came to India.

Although he did not have any formal education, in view of his knowledge and command over the subject, University of Leningrad appointed him Professor of Indology in 1937-38 and again in 1947-48.

:: Books ::
He wrote 146 books, some of which are voluminous. Many works remain unpublished. Sankrityayan was a multilingual linguist, well versed in several languages and dialects, including Hindi, Sanskrit, Pali, Bhojpuri, Urdu, Persian, Arabic, Tamil, Kannada, Tibetan, Sinhalese, French and Russian. He was also an Indologist, a Marxist theoretician, and a creative writer. He started writing during his twenties and had written around 150 books and dissertations covering a variety of subjects, including sociology, history, philosophy, Buddhism, Tibetology, lexicography, grammar, textual editing, folklore, science, drama, and politics, many of which were unpublished. He had translated Majjhima Nikaya from Prakrit to Hindi.

One of his most famous books in Hindi is named Volga se Ganga, meaning “(A journey) from Volga to Ganga” and is an attempt to present a fictional account of migration of Aryans from the steppes of the Eurasia to regions around the Volga river; then their movements across the Hindukush and the Himalayas and the sub-Himalayan regions; and their spread to the Indo-Gangetic plains of the subcontinent of India. The book is remarkable for More than ten of his books have been translated and published in Bengali. Mahapandit was awarded Padmabhushan in 1963 and Sahitya Akademi Award in 1958 for his book Madhya Asia ka Itihaas.

Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayana 'Agyeya'

Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayana 'Agyeya'

(March 7, 1911 – April 4, 1987)

The great personality of Indian freedom struggle, author various books, editor of various magazines Mr.Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayana was born in my district Deoria , on March 7, 1911 at Kushinagar District : Deoria ,Uttar .Pradesh.( Now Kushinagar has been made a new district) His father was an archaeologist, and an expert in the Sanskrit language. His childhood was spent in many different places, including Lucknow, Jammu, and Srinagar.

He studied science for Intermediate at Madras Christian College, and passed out in 1927, thereafter he studied at Forman Christian College, Lahore, where he did his B.Sc. in 1929, and joined M.A. English, but couldn't complete his studies as soon he joined the Indian freedom movement activities, and spent his next six years, 1930 to 1936, in various prisons.

He was  popularly known by his pen-name Agyeya ("Beyond comprehension"). Agyeya  was a pioneer of modern trends not only in the realm of Hindi poetry, but also fiction, criticism and journalism. He was one of the most prominent exponents of the Nayi Kavita (New Poetry) and Prayogvad (Experimentalism) in Modern Hindi literature, edited the 'Tar Saptaks', a literary series, and started his own Hindi weekly, Dinaman. Agyeya also translated some of his own works, as well as works of some other Indian authors to English.

Career

1930- 1936- He was kept in different prisons.

1936-37 – Editor “Sainik” & “ Vishal Bharat” .

1943-46 - Served British Army.

Agyeya travelled extensively, both in India and abroad. Between 1961 and 1964, he held a visiting faculty position at the University of California, Berkeley.

In 1965, he returned to India and became editor of the weekly Dinaman. When the members of the Hungry generation or Bhookhi Peerhi movement were arrested and prosecuted for their anti-establishment writings, 'Ajneya' through Dinmaan relentlessly supported the young literary group of Kolkata till they were exonerated.

He remained in India till 1968, before embarking on a trip to Europe. In 1969 he returned to Berkeley as Regents Professor, and continued there till June, 1970. In 1976, he had an 8 month stint at Heidelberg University, as a visiting professor.

He died on April 4, 1987 in New Delhi.

Agyeya was recipient of following prestigious awards.

• Sahitya Akademi Award 1964 for Aangan Ke Par Dvar (Poetry).
• Jnanpith Award in 1978, for 'Kitni Naavon mein kitni baar', and the anthology of poems.^[5]
• Bharatbharati Award
• Golden Wreath Award for poetry in 1983.

होली के गीत/ भोजपुरी/ फगुआ गीत /

होली के गीत/  भोजपुरी/ फगुआ  गीत / 

१.
धनि-धनि ए सिया रउरी भाग, राम वर पायो।
 लिखि  चिठिया नारद मुनि भेजे, विश्वामित्र पिठायो।
साजि बरात चले राजा दशरथ,
जनकपुरी चलि आयो, राम वर पायो।
वनविरदा से बांस मंगायो, आनन माड़ो छवायो।
कंचन कलस धरतऽ बेदिअन परऽ,
जहाँ मानिक दीप जराए, राम वर पाए।
भए व्याह देव सब हरषत, सखि सब मंगल गाए,
राजा दशरथ द्रव्य लुटाए, राम वर पाए।
धनि -धनि ए सिया रउरी भाग, राम वर पायो।

२.

बारहमासा

शुभ कातिक सिर विचारी, तजो वनवारी।

जेठ मास तन तप्त अंग भावे नहीं सारी, तजो वनवारी।

बाढ़े विरह अषाढ़ देत अद्रा झंकारी, तजो वनवारी।

सावन सेज भयावन लागतऽ,

पिरतम बिनु बुन्द कटारी, तजो वनवारी।

भादो गगन गंभीर पीर अति हृदय मंझारी,

करि के क्वार करार सौत संग फंसे मुरारी, तजो वनवारी।

कातिव रास रचे मनमोहन,

द्विज पाव में पायल भारी, तजो वनवारी।

अगहन अपित अनेक विकल वृषभानु दुलारी,

पूस लगे तन जाड़ देत कुबजा को गारी।

आवत माघ बसंत जनावत, झूमर चौतार झमारी, तजो वनवारी।

फागुन उड़त गुलाब अर्गला कुमकुम जारी,

नहिं भावत बिनु कंत चैत विरहा जल जारी,

दिन छुटकन वैसाख जनावत, ऐसे काम न करहु विहारी, तजो वनवारी। 
 गांव की गोरी प्रियतम के होली में घर न आने पर कह उठती है -

फागुन मास नियरैलइलै हो रामा
सजन घर नाहीं
अमवां में आइल मन्जरियां
उड़ी-उड़ी रस भंवरा ले जाय
पी-पी करे कोइ‍लरिया हो रामा
तन विरह अगिनी जलाय
सजन घर नाहीं।
 ब्रज बाला लाल गुलाल में पग जाती हैं। रसखान जी गा उठते हैं:-

जाहू न कोऊ सखी जमुना जल रोके खड़े मग नंद को लाला।
नैन नचाई चलाई जितै रसखानि चलावत प्रेम को भाला।।
मैं जो गई हुती बैरन बाहर मेरी करी गति टूटि गौ माता।
होरी भई के हरी भए लाल कै लाल गुलाल पगी ब्रजबाला।।

 गांव का रसिक भी गा उठता है:-

होरी खेले कन्हैया बिरज में-2
केकरा हाथे लाल रंग शोभे
केकरा हाथे पिचकारी
राधा के हाथे लाल रंग शोभे
कन्हैया हाथे पिचकारी।।
क्या पशु-पक्षी, मानव, पेड़-पौधे सभी में नव उल्लास का संचार पनप उठता है। गांव की नवयुवती का पति खेतों में काम करके थका हुआ आया है और सो गया है। वह उसे जगाती है होली के रंग में रंगने के लिए, किंतु वह जागता नहीं है तो वह गा उठती है-

उड़ी-उड़ी कागा झुलनियां पर बैठे
झुलनी का रसवा ले भागा
मारे सईयां अभागा न जागा

महा शिव रात्रि .२.३.२०११

महा शिव रात्रि .२.३.२०११
आज महाशिव रात्रि है.मेरे जीवन में शिव रात्रि का कुछ विशेष महत्त्व है. २८ जनवरी १९७६ को गोरखपुर से मेरी शादी की बारात लौटी थी. उस दिन भी शिवरात्रि थी. २० फरवरी १९८३ को मुझे पुणे में रहने के लिए फ्लैट मिल गया था . ३१६, विजयश्री अपार्टमेन्ट ,नारायण पेठ पुणे, उस दिन भी शिवरात्रि थी .हो भी क्यों न ? मेरा नामकरण भी तो बाबा जी ( हमारे पितामह स्वर्गिव श्री सीता राम तिवारी ) के रामेश्वरम तीर्थ यात्रा से जुड़ा हुआ है.  उन्होंने ने ही यह नाम दिया था.

आज तक निम्न ज्योतिर्लिंगों का ही दर्शन प्राप्त हो सका है.
१. कशी विश्वनाथ.
२. सोमनाथ

३. भीमाशंकर
४. त्ययाम्ब्केश्वर
५.उज्जैन

६. ओंकारेश्वर



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 फाल्गुन कृष्ण चतुर्दशी को शिवरात्रि पर्व मनाया जाता है। वैसे तो शिवरात्रि हर मास में आती है। परंतु फाल्गुन कृष्ण चतुर्दशी को ही महाशिवरात्रि कहा गया है। इस व्रत मे त्रयोदशी विद्धा (युक्त) चतुर्दशी तिथि ली जाती है। माना जाता है कि सृष्टि के प्रारंभ में इसी दिन मध्यरात्रि में भगवान् शिव का ब्रह्मा से रुद्र के रूप में अवतरण हुआ था और यह भी मान्यता है की श्री शिव की लिंग स्वरुप उत्त्पत्ति इसी तिथि पर हुई थी | प्रलय की वेला में इसी दिन प्रदोष के समय भगवान शिव तांडव करते हुए ब्रह्मांड को तीसरे नेत्र की ज्वाला से समाप्त कर देते हैं। इसीलिए इसे महाशिवरात्रि अथवा कालरात्रि कहा गया। शिव का शाब्दिक अर्थ है "कल्याण"। शिव सर्वस्व शरणागत का कल्याण करने वाले हैं। अत: महाशिवरात्रि पर शिव की साधना व सिद्धि के सरल उपाय करने से ही इच्छित सुख की प्राप्ति होती है। तीनों भुवनों की अपार सुंदरी तथा शीलवती गौरां को अर्धांगिनी बनाने वाले शिव के विवाह की रात्रि के रूप में भी इस तिथि की मान्यता है जिसमे शिव अपने समस्त गण, प्रेतों व पिशाचों आदि से घिरे रहते हैं। शरीर पर चिता भस्म, कंठ में विषैले सर्पो का हार सुशोभित , कंठ में विष, जटाओं में जगत-तारिणी पावन गंगा तथा माथे में प्रलयंकर ज्वाला है। नंदी अर्थात बैल को वाहन स्वरुप में स्वीकार करने वाले शिव भक्तों का मंगल, कल्याण व हर प्रकार से कस्ट करने हेतु सदैव तत्पर रहते है व श्री-संपत्ति प्रदान करते हैं। शास्त्रों के अनुसार एक बार माँ पार्वती ने भगवान श्री शिव से पूछा, 'ऐसा कौन सा श्रेष्ठ तथा सरल व्रत-पूजन तिथि व विधान है, जिससे मृत्यु लोक के प्राणी आपकी कृपा सहज ही प्राप्त कर लेते हैं?' तब स्वयं भगवान श्री शिव ने इस महान व्रत की महिमा का व्याखान दिया |  गरूड़, स्कंद, अग्नि, शिव तथा पद्म पुराणों में महाशिवरात्रि का वर्णन मिलता है व इस पर्व की विशेषता,महत्ता दर्शाती कई सारी पौराणिक कथाये भी मिलती है। यद्यपि सर्वत्र एक ही प्रकार की कथा नहीं है, परंतु सभी कथाओं की रूपरेखा लगभग एक समान है। हिन्दू सनातन परम्परा में चार रात्रियो का विशेष उल्लेख मिलता है, दीप पर्व दीपावली जिसे कालरात्रि कहते है, शिवरात्रि महारात्रि है, श्री कृष्ण जन्म अष्टमी मोहरात्रि है, और होली अहोरात्रि है | यह पर्व परम पावन उपलब्धि है जो जीव मात्र को प्राप्त होकर उसके परम भाग्यशाली होने का संकेत व अवसर प्रदान करता है। यह परम सिद्धिदायक उस महान स्वरूप की उपासना का क्षण है जिसके बारे में संत शिरोमणि गोस्वामी तुलसीदास जी ने त्रिलोकपति मर्यादा पुरुषोत्तम भगवान राम के मुखारविन्द से कहलवाया है-

'शिवद्रोही मम दास कहावा। सो नर मोहि सपनेहु नहिं भावा।'
किन्तु इसकी उत्कट गुरुता एवं महत्ता को शिवसागर में और ज्यादा विषद रूप में देखा जा सकता है-
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धारयत्यखिलं दैवत्यं विष्णु विरंचि शक्तिसंयुतम्‌। जगदस्तित्वं यंत्रमंत्रं नमामि तंत्रात्मकं शिवम्‌।'

अर्थात् विविध शक्तियाँ, विष्णु एवं ब्रह्मा जिसके कारण देवी एवं देवता के रूप में विराजमान हैं, जिसके कारण जगत का अस्तित्व है, जो यंत्र हैं, मंत्र हैं। ऐसे तंत्र के रूप में विराजमान भगवान शिव को नमस्कार है।

ज्योतिषीय दृष्टि से चतुदर्शी (14) अपने आप में बड़ी ही महत्वपूर्ण है। इस तिथि के देवता भगवान शिव हैं, जिसका योग 1+4=5 हुआ अर्थात्‌ पूर्णा तिथि बनती है, साथ ही कालपुरूष की कुण्डली में पाँचवाँ भाव प्रेम भक्ति का माना गया है। अर्थात्‌ इस व्रत को जो भी प्रेम भक्ति के साथ करता है उसके सभी वांछित मनोरथ भगवान शिव की कृपा से पूर्ण होते हैं।  ज्योतिषीय गणना के अनुसार सूर्य देव भी इस समय तक उत्तरायण में आ चुके होते हैं तथा ऋतु परिवर्तन का यह समय अत्यन्त शुभ कहा गया हैं।
ज्योतिषीय गणित के अनुसार चतुर्दशी तिथि को चंद्रमा अपनी क्षीणस्थ अवस्था में पहुंच जाते हैं। जिस कारण बलहीन चंद्रमा सृष्टि को ऊर्जा देने में असमर्थ हो जाते हैं। चंद्रमा का सीधा संबंध मन से कहा गया है। अब मन: बलहीन होने पर भौतिक संताप प्राणी को घेर लेते हैं तथा विषाद की स्थिति उत्पन्न होती है। जिससे कष्टों का सामना करना पड़ता है।
चंद्रमा शिव के मस्तक पर सुशोभित है। अत: चंद्रदेव की कृपा प्राप्त करने के लिए भगवान शिव का आश्रय लिया जाता है। महाशिवरात्रि शिव की परमप्रिय तिथि है। अत: प्राय: ज्योतिषी शिवरात्रि को शिव आराधना कर कष्टों से मुक्ति पाने का सुझाव देते हैं। शिव आदि-अनादि है। सृष्टि के विनाश व पुन:स्थापन के बीच की कड़ी है। प्रलय यानी कष्ट, पुन:स्थापन यानी सुख। अत: ज्योतिष में शिव को सुखों का आधार मान कर महाशिवरात्रि पर अनेक प्रकार के अनुष्ठान करने की महत्ता कही गई है।

त्रिपथगामिनी गंगा जिनकी जटा में शरण एवं विश्राम पाती हैं, त्रिलोक (आकाश, पाताल एवं मृत्यु ) वासियों के त्रिकाल (भूत, भविष्य एवं वर्तमान) को जिनके त्रिनेत्र त्रिगुणात्मक (सतोगुणी, रजोगुणी एवं तमोगुणी) बनाते हैं, जिनके तीनों नेत्रों से उत्सर्जित होने वाली तीन अग्नि (जठराग्नि, बड़वाग्नि एवं दावाग्नि) जीव मात्र का शरीर पोषण करती हैं, जिनके त्रैराशिक तत्वों से जगत को त्रिरूप (आकार, प्रकार एवं विकार) प्राप्त होता है, जिनका त्रिविग्रह (शेषशायी विष्णु, शेषनागधारी शिव तथा शेषावतार रुद्र) त्रिलोक के त्रिताप (दैहिक, दैविक एवं भौतिक) को त्रिविध रूप (यंत्र, मंत्र एवं तंत्र) के द्वारा नष्ट करता है ऐसे त्रिवेद (ऋग्, साम तथा यजुः अथवा मतान्तर से भग-रेती, भगवान-लिंग तथा अर्द्धनारीश्वर) रूप भगवान शिव आज मधुमास पूर्वा प्रदोषपरा त्रयोदशी तिथि को प्रसन्न हो।' ऐसी मनोकामना से श्री शिव को पूजित करे |


दक्षिण भारत का प्रसिद्ध एवं परमादरणीय ग्रन्थ 'नटराजम्‌' अपने इन उपरोक्त वाक्यों में भगवान शिव का सम्पूर्ण आलोक प्रस्तुत कर देता है। उपरोक्त वाक्यों पर ध्यान देने से यह बात विल्कुल स्पष्ट हो जाती है कि मधुमास अर्थात् चैत्र माह के पूर्व अर्थात् फाल्गुन मास की प्रदोषपरा अर्थात त्रयोदशी या शिवरात्रि को प्रपूजित भगवान शिव कुछ भी देना शेष नहीं रखते हैं, अर्थात इस तिथि पर हर प्रकार के वर प्राप्ति व इक्षा पूर्ति, वर सिद्धि,श्री शिव की कृपा से स्वत: ही होती है | महाशिवरात्रि पर्व तपस्या एवं व्रत प्रधान उत्सव है। यह उत्सव व्यक्त से हटकर अव्यक्त में लीन होने का दिन है। भोग से हटकर योग और विकारों से हटकर निर्विकार में गोता लगाकर अपने को डुबाने का उत्सव है। महाभारत में भीष्म पितामह ने युधिष्ठिर को शिव महिमा का वर्णन किया है। शिवरात्रि पर शिव लिंग का पूजन करके शुभ संकल्प विकसित करें अथवा शिव स्वभाव को जाग्रत करें।

Chandra Shekhar Azad

Chandra Shekhar Azad (Chandra Shekhar Tiwari) was born on July 23, 1906 in village Bhavra in Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh. His parents were Pandit Sitaram Tiwari and Jagarani Devi. He received his early schooling in Bhavra. For higher studies he went to the Sanskrit Pathashala at Varanasi. He was an ardent follower of Hanuman and once disguised himself as a priest in a hanuman temple to escape the dragnet of British police.

Chandrashekhar Azad was deeply troubled by the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in Amritsar in 1919. In 1921, when Mahatma Gandhi launched Non-Cooperation movement, Chandrasekhar Azad actively participated in revolutionary activities. He received his first punishment at the age of fifteen. Chandra Shekhar was caught while indulging in revolutionary activities. When the magistrate asked him his name, he said "Azad" (meaning free). Chandrashekhar Azad was sentenced to fifteen lashes. With each stroke of the whip the young Chandrasekhar shouted "Bharat Mata Kid Jai". From then on Chandrashekhar assumed the title of Azad and came to known as Chandrashekhar Azad. Chandrashekhar Azad vowed that he would never be arrested by the British police and would die as free man.

After the suspension of non-cooperation movement Chandrashekhar Azad was attracted towards more aggressive and revolutionary ideals. He committed himself to complete independence by any means. Chandrashekhar Azad and his compatriots would target British officials known for their oppressive actions against ordinary people and freedom fighters. Chandrashekhar Azad was involved in Kakori Train Robbery (1926), the attempt to blow up the Viceroy's train (1926), and the shooting of Saunders at Lahore (1928) to avenge the killing of Lala Lajpatrai.

Along with Bhagat Singh and other compatriots like Sukhdev and Rajguru, Chandrashekhar Azad formed the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HRSA). HRSA was committed to complete Indian independence and socialist principles for India's future progress.

Chandrashekhar Azad was a terror for British police. He was on their hit list and the British police badly wanted to capture him dead or alive. On February 27, 1931 Chandrashekhar Azad met two of his comrades at the Alfred Park Allah bad. He was betrayed by an informer who had informed the British police. The police surrounded the park and ordered Chandrashekhar Azad to surrender. Chandrashekhar Azad fought alone valiantly and killed three policemen. But finding himself surrounded and seeing no route for escape, Chandrashekhar Azad shot himself. Thus he kept his pledge of not being caught alive.

हल्दी घाटी

हल्दी घाटी Re-issued with additional verses (verses 4 to 11) and illustrations, due to special request of readers. In mid 1500s Akbar the Mughal emperor of India, in his bid to consolidate his empire, had entered into agreements with Rajput kingdoms except that of Mewar. Maharana Pratap of Mewar was defiant and did not want to lose his independence. Frustrated Akbar sent his massive army led by Mansingh (a Rajput too) to take Mewar by force. The two armies met in the battlefield of Haldighati, a small village about 50 KM from Udaipur. On June 18, 1576, a bloody battle took place in which Rana Pratap riding his legendary horse Chetak, displayed such a super-human resolve and valor, that it become forever entrenched in the psyche of Indian people. Haldighati is an epic written by Shri Shyam Narayan Pandey that covers all aspects of this battle. The epic has an amazing grace to it and an electrifying quality that has made it an evergreen classic in Hindi literature. The sheer flow of the narration, choice of words and the gripping rhythm in this epic have few parallels in Hindi literature. In the following piece the poet describes the fierce and bloody battle of Haldighati. Rajiv Krishna Saxena   Shyam Narayan Pandey

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