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Ramakrishna
06 April 2010, 09:31 PM
Namaste,

I found this page in the Huffington Post and thought you all would be interested. The slide show of photos are beautiful and interesting. Varanasi is one of the oldest cities in the world and perhaps the holiest sight for Hindus.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rajan-p-parrikar/varanasi---indias-holy-ci_b_498218.html

saswathy
26 April 2014, 10:46 PM
Dear all ,
once you visit Kashi , you fall in love with that place. It is an intoxicating experience. We can never forget that indelible imprint.

saswathy
12 May 2014, 10:18 AM
Dear friends , ,
In kashi khandam , it is given that a person who dies in kashi will not have rebirth . Once , Sree Ramakrishna Paramhansa , in his Kashi yathra , went in to a bhava samadhi and had a vision ,where in he saw , a very tall , very handsome person saying something in to the ears of a dying person . A beautiful lady was doing upachara . Then all those pundits there exclaimed saying in kashi purana it was given '' that a person if died in kashi would not have rebirth . Paramashiva gives Tharaka mantra upadesha in his ears , Ma Parvathi does upachara , Ganapathi chases away all the evil forces , Lord Bhirava makes the residual karma pending for many births to be spent in a fraction of second''. people who believe this story prefer to die in Kashi.For all of those who want to die in Kashi , Annapurna annadana trust has undertaken the construction of accommodation which consits of one room , a small kitchen aand a varranda .In stead of depending on children to be ill treated by them or be admitted by them in oldage homes , it is better to die in kashi and can do some service to all who stay there or who visit Kashi and have their own Sadhana in the company of like minded people .More than any thing else , all such people can do something for protecting Ganga from getting rotten . It is widely believed that the way Ganga is polluted by all the industrial effluents , chemicals and the sewerage thrown all along the length of 1800 kms , Ganga would disappear from the planet earth in another 20 or 30 years .

saswathy
15 May 2014, 08:31 PM
Dear friends ,
The accommodation offered by Annapurna Annadana Kshetra Trust is of life interest .regds