Friday, July 2, 2010

Amazing Temples of India


Beautifully Carved Jain Temple at Palitana, Gujarat


Royal Entrance of Brihadishwara Temple in Thanjavur


Brihadishwara Temple, Tanjore


Architectural Kailasa Temple in Yellora


Lotus Temple, New Delhi


Beautiful Night View of Lotus Temple


Birla Mandir in the capital city of India


Birla Mandir at Jaipur


Mt.Girnar is the sacred place for both Hindus and Jains in Junagadh district, Gujarat


Rich Golden Temple at Amritsar, Punjab

Temple at Gangaikonda Cholapuram


Birla Mandir in complete white marble, Hyderabad


Iskon Temple, Vridavan, Uttar Pradesh



Magnificent Jain Temples at Palitana Hill Top, Gujarat


Beautifully Carved Jain Temples at Palitana, Gujarat

Facinating Khajuraho Temple, Madhya Pradesh


Meenakshi Amman Temple, the historic Hindu temple in Madhurai


Dhynalingam in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu


Goddess Mahalakshmi Temple also known as Siripuram Golden Temple at Vellore


Jagannath Temple at Puri


Lord Venkateswara Temple at Tirupathi


Iskon Temple also known as Sri Sri Radha Krishna Chandra Temple, Bangalore


Temple at Mahabalipuram Seashore


Kanyakumari Temple, the scene beauty of Tamil Nadu

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Vintage Ad's India

Not exactly from the eighteenth century (they too will be here one day) but the early 1900s

A Pears' Soap ad from 1910. The Times of India.

Reads, "Good Morning! Have you used Pears' Soap."
Reads, "Good Morning! Have you used Pears' Soap."
According to Pears, Inc. for the USA there now exists only one manufacturing facility in the world for Pears Soap and it is in India. That Indian company now owns all the rights to the soap, it formula, and its package, etc. Accordingly, there is no longer any Pears Soap made anywhere on the planet except in this one single factory which all of us hope will never shut down! NOTE: Pears Soap is still made exactly according to the original recipe in all ways

A 1902 ad for hand-pulled rickshaws in Calcutta 

Reads, "Japanese Jinrickshaws, very light, strong and easy runnin..." and the specification above.
Reads, "Japanese Jinrickshaws, very light, strong and easy runnin..." and the specification above.

 

A 1925 ad for Colgate's Cashmere Bouquet Toilet Soap


Cashmere Bouquet Toilet Soap
Cashmere Bouquet Toilet Soap
                                         

Another early Colgate ad. This time for Colgate's Ribbon Dental Cream

Colgate Ribbon Dental Cream
Colgate Ribbon Dental Cream

Chevrolet Ad 1920


Fancy a Chevrolet for Rs. 2700? Well there's the Coach for Rs. 3600 and Sedan for Rs. 3900. But then it was in the 1920s, else I would've had one for each day of the week.
Fancy a Chevrolet for Rs. 2700? Well there's the Coach for Rs. 3600 and Sedan for Rs. 3900. But then it was in the 1920s, else I would've had one for each day of the week.

Right Brain v Left Brain - The Brain TEST

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THE Right Brain vs Left Brain test ... do you see the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise?



If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa.

Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it.

LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
  • uses logic
  • detail oriented
  • facts rule
  • words and language
  • present and past
  • math and science
  • can comprehend
  • knowing
  • acknowledges
  • order/pattern perception
  • knows object name
  • reality based
  • forms strategies
  • practical
  • safe


RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
  • uses feeling
  • "big picture" oriented
  • imagination rules
  • symbols and images
  • present and future
  • philosophy & religion
  • can "get it" (i.e. meaning)
  • believes
  • appreciates
  • spatial perception
  • knows object function
  • fantasy based
  • presents possibilities
  • impetuous
  • risk taking
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