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Life Insurance of India is a boon for low income and middle income group! Do you agree with it or you don't ! The logic of pooling money from all and sharing it with persons whose certainty is affected is a very good social thought that was started sometime back in 1800. Before its origin was to compensate the loss of ship in ocean due to strom and destruction due to various reasons. It's good that it's extended to public by India in 1940's with a corpus fund of 5 crores that had grown to more than 2 lakh crores  with LIC. Hence LIC can stand for any loss or natural disasters to compensate many lives which is certain. Though it's mainly for  people with economic background for future risks many do not realise its value at earlier age and think this intangible assets as not being useful- specially younger aged people. However! My concern is that it to serve more people in India who really need the premiums calculated though small yet many cannot affo...

ARUDRA DARSHAN AND THE RECIPES

OM NAMASHIVAYA NAMAHA...... ARUDHRA DARSANAM AND ITS RECIPES Arudra Darshan is celbrated in the Tamil month of Margazhi coinciding with December – January. This day falls on the full moon night of this month when the Tiruvadirai (Arudra) star rules over. Notably, this happens to be the longest night of the year. Arudra is the star that symbolizes golden red flame, which is none else than Lord Shiva at his cosmic dance. The main highlight of this occasion is having the darshan of Shiva as Natraj, the god at his cosmic dance. Arudra Darshan is a very grand event happening in the Shiva temples especially where the image of Natraj (dancing Shiva) is installed. This is a festival celebrated with great fervour and celebrity in Chidambaram, a temple dedicated solely to Natraj in Tamilnadu. It is considered highly auspicious and beneficial to view the procession of Lord Natraj on this day. All day long, there are holy baths and pujas conducted in the temples and at the end of the day, a sp...

PEANUT CHUTNEY

PEANUT CHUTNEY Ingredients: Dry roasted Peanuts-1/2 cup Green or red chillies as per spice need salt as need mustard-1/2 tsp oil for sesoning coconut -1 inch piece optional Method: Grind green chillies. roasted ground nuts(i use peanuts with skin as it contains fiber. if you dont like it you can remove the skin and use), salt and coconut (optional) together to a creamy consistency with enough water. If you are using red chillies shallow fry it in oil till the raw smell goes and grind it with peanut.  once done season it by splattering the mustard and curry leaves in a hot oil and add it to the paste and mix nicely. Nutritional Info: Contains fat, high amount of protein. for people who want to reduce weight watch out the intake. Tip: if the chutney is too spicey add beaten curd or thick buttermilk to it. If the chutney is little bit watery creamy you can use it with dosas, idly , pongal, tomato rice etc. If its thick and litely spicey you can ...

karthikai deepam -- festival of lights and its recipes

KARTHIKAI DEEPAM---FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS Many festivals are celebrated at Arunachaleswarar temple in Tiruvannamalai throughout the year. Among them  Karthigai Deepam  is the most significant festival that is celebrated with pomp and gaiety atArunachaleswarar temple.In this year Karthikai Deepam falls on  2nd December,2017  .This Karthigai Deepam is celebrated as a ten day festival and it widely known as Karthigai Brahmotsavam. The first day (23.11.2017)  -  Karthika Deepam festival begins with the hosting of the flag signifying the commencement of the festival also known as Dwajaroghanam. In the morning and night Lord Arunachaleswarar will be taken out on the silver vahana for procession. The Panchamurthis(Panchamurthigal) are also taken out in the procession. The Panchamurthigal are Lord Ganapathi, Lord Murugan, Lord Sandeswarar, Lord Arunachaleswarar and Goddess Parvathi.These processions are carried out on different vahanas after the Deeparadh...

RICE - METHI PEANUT PULAV

METHI PEANUT PULAV Ingredients: Kasoori Methi-2 tbsp fresh or dried peanut soaked-1 handful rice - 2  1/2cups salt oil(used sesame oil) onion-4 medium size cut into small pieces cloves-5nos br\ay leaf-2 small size cumin seeds-2tsp fennel seeds-1tsp turmeric powder-1/2 tsp ginger garlic and chillie paste-3 to 4 tbsp as per your spicy tounge vegetables of your choice(beans, carrots, potatoes etc)-1/2 cup water to cook Method Soak rice in water. Heat pan. Add oil and once heated add onion , saunf, half of cumin seeds, bay leaf and cloves and saute them till onions are cooked. Then add kasoori methy and saute till they change its colour lightly to lite brown. Then add all the vegetables, ginger garlic paste, peanuts, turmeric powder and little chilli powder and salt. Cook them till half done. I have used electric cooker. SO i have added 5 cups of water as the rice was aged. You can increase or decerease water content depending on the type of rice you use.Then i h...

SALAD- SIMPLE FRUIT SALAD

SIMPLE FRUIT SALAD Ingredients: Apple-1 Dragon fruit-1/2 orange-1/2 honey pinch of sugar or pepper if you are into spicy side. As my niece and nephew are towards sweet side have sprinkled sugar. Method: clean all the fruits by removing seeds and skins if necessary.Cut apple and dragon fruit into small pieces. Arrange them as u want or simply mix them with honey and while serving sprinkle sugar or pepper. Nutritional Info: Loaded with Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Folate, Fiber, antioxidents, carotene, b vitamins, good fat and iron and traces of other minerals and vitamins.