Så kan Delhi ses i det fjerne
UHA det er på kryds og tværs.. hvem kommer først eller hvem er størst.. giganternes kamp...
Er simpelthen pjattet med at de laver fordgængerfelter, men hvad skal folk.. hoppe over buskene for at komme dertil
Så er jeg ankommet til Country Inn & Suites By Carlson Gurgaon Udyog Vihar og tror nok lige jeg kan finde mig til rette her de næste 6 uger.
Denne ligges på min hovedpude hver dag, det er en utrolig sød tanke...
Solen er stået op og en ny dag begynder, det er altid sjovt at rulle gardinerne fra hinanden, når man er ankommet i mørke.. hvad mon man har af udsigt
Er bare helt pjattet med deres Health drik, mon ikke jeg skal have en af dem... Roomservice sæt igang
Jeg er ankommet på en helligdag, det betyder at kontoret hernede er lukket, så jeg kan blive lidt længere tid i sengen, bestille roomservice og hygge mig... Det benytter jeg mig af.. Senere skal jeg mødes med Michael Fallesen (COWI), han er også hernede og vi skal ud og se hvad de laver på denne helligdag, men for nu.. afslapning ovenpå en lang tur herned
Så er jeg på vej ud til Michael og de andre...
Det er en stor oplevelse at køre i Indien.. Jeg kører selvfølgelig ikke og jeg har chauffør på fra hotellet, men det meste af tiden havde jeg lukkede øjne.. det er lidt som en rutchebane, man får sug i maven hele tiden....
Jeg mødtes med 3 andre danskere (Hasan, Siv og Michael) og vi skulle ud i en park og se hvordan Inderne fejrer Vijaya Dashami
Vijayadashami also known as Dussehra or Ayudhapuja, is an important Hindu festival celebrated in a variety of ways in Nepal, Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh and parts of Pakistan."Dussehra" is derived from Sanskrit; Dasha-hara is a form of Dashanan ravan ("Ravana's defeat").
The day marks the victory of Durga over the demon Mahishasura. The goddess fought with evil for ten days and nine nights. "Vijayadashami" is derived from the Sanskrit vijaya-dashami (victory on the dashami: the tenth day of the Hindu month). Diwali, the Festival of Lights, is celebrated twenty days after Vijayadashami.
Vijayadashami is celebrated on the tenth day of darker fortnight the month of Ashwin according to the Hindu calendar, corresponding to September or October of the Gregorian calendar. The first nine days are celebrated as Navratri ("nine nights"), culminating on the tenth day as Dussehra.
Since the harvest season begins in India and Nepal at this time, the Durga is invoked by religious rituals to begin the harvest season and renew the fertility of the soil. Many Hindus observe the festival with social gatherings and food offerings to the gods at home and in temples throughout India and Nepal.
On this day Rama (the seventh avatar of Vishnu) killed Ravana, who had abducted Rama's wife Sita to his kingdom Lanka. Rama, his brother Lakshmana, their disciple Hanuman and an army fought a battle to rescue Sita. The story is recorded in the Hindu epic, the Ramayana.
Rama invoked Durga, who gave him secret knowledge of how to kill Ravana. On the day of Ashvin Shukla Dashami, Rama defeated Ravana and rescued Sita. Based on inferences from Valmiki’s Ramayana, Kālidāsa’s Raghuvaṃśa, Tulsidas’Ramcharitmanas and Keshavdas' Ramchandrika, Rama, Sita and Lakshmana returned to Ayodhya on the 30th day of Ashwin (19–20 days after Vijayadashami). To celebrate Rama's return, in the evening the city's residents lit millions of earthen lamps (deepak); the day is celebrated in India as Deepawali (Diwali).
Observers recite Sundara Kanda (the fifth book of the Ramayana) for five days. Yajnas are thought to keep the household clean and healthy. Some perform yajnas and Sandhyavandanam three times a day to keep the heart, brain and digestion balanced in the absence of adequate winter sunlight.
Some of the demigods (asuras) were powerful and ambitious, and tried to defeat the devas and capture heaven. One asura,Mahishasura, grew powerful and wreaked havoc on earth. Under his leadership, the asuras defeated the devas. The devascombined into Shakti (a mass of incandescent energy) to kill Mahishasura.
A bolt of lightning emerged from the mouths of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, and a young, beautiful female virgin with ten hands appeared. The gods gave her their weapons, and Shakti coalesced to form the goddess Durga. On a lion who assisted her, Durga fought Mahishasura for nine days and nights; on the tenth day, Mahishasura was killed. Durga, as Shiva's consort, represents two forms of female energy: mild and protective, and fierce and destructive.
Daksha (Brahma's son) and his wife, Prasuti, had a daughter named Sati. As a child, Sati worshiped Shiva as her would-be husband. Shiva, pleased with her worship, married her. Although Daksha opposed the marriage, he could not prevent it. He arranged a yajna, to which everyone but Shiva was invited. Sati, ashamed of her father's behavior, killed herself. Shiva, anguished when he discovered this, lifted Sati's body on his shoulders and began dancing; the world was on the verge of destruction.
Narayana used his chakra to cut Sati's body into pieces, which fell from Shiva's shoulders to the Indian subcontinent. Shiva was pacified, and Narayana revived Sati.
In the age of Dvapara Yuga, the pandavas (the five sons of Pandu with his wife, Kunti) lost to the Kaurava in a dice game and were exiled in the forest for twelve years. The brothers hid their weapons in a hole in a Shami tree before they entered the kingdom of Virat to complete their final year of exile. After that year, on Vijayadashmi they recovered the weapons, declared their true identities and defeated Kauravas, who had attacked King Virat to steal his cattle. Since that day, Shami trees and weapons have been worshiped and the exchange of Shami leaves on Vijayadashmi has been a symbol of good will.
Kautsa, the young son of a Brahmin named Devdatt, lived in Paithan. After completing his education with Rishi Varatantu, he insisted that his guru accept a present. The guru said, "Kautsa, to give dakshina in return for learning wisdom is not appropriate. Graduation of the disciple makes the guru happy, and that is the real Guru Dakshina."
Kautsa was not satisfied, since he still felt it his duty to give his guru something. The guru said, "All right, if you insist on giving me dakshina, then give me 140 million gold coins—10 million for each of the 14 sciences I have taught you."
Kautsa went to King Raghu, an ancestor of Rama who was known for his generosity. However, at that time he had spent all his money on the Brahmins. Raghu asked Kautsa to return in three days, and left to get gold coins from Indra. Indra summoned Kuber, the god of wealth. Indra told Kuber, "Make gold coins rain on the Shanuand Aapati trees around Raghuraja's city of Ayodhya."
The rain of gold coins began. King Raghu gave the coins to Kautsa, who offered them to Varatantu Rishi. Since the guru had requested only 140 million, he returned the rest to Kautsa. Kautsa, considering honour more valuable than wealth, asked the king to take the remaining gold coins. The king refused, since kings do not take back adaan (gift).
Kautsa distributed the gold coins to the people of Ayodhya. To commemorate this, leaves are plucked form the Aapati tree and given as gifts.
In Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Uttarakhand and western Bihar, it is tradition to plantbarley in earthen pots on the first day of Navratri. On the day of Dasara, the nine-day-old sprouts (called noratras ornortas) are used for luck; men place them in their caps or behind their ears.
In most of northern India and some parts of Maharashtra, Dasha-Hara is celebrated in honour of Rama. Plays based on the Ramayana (Ramlila) are performed at outdoor fairs, and large parades with effigies of Ravana (a king of ancient Sri Lanka), Kumbhakarna and Meghanada are held. The effigies are burnt on bonfires in the evening. After Dasara, the hot summer ends (especially in North India) and the onset of cold weather is believed to encourage infections. The burning of the effigies, filled with firecrackers containing phosphorus, supposedly purifies the atmosphere.
In the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, Dasara begins with the performance of a Ramlila based on theatrical traditions begun by Uday Shankar during his stay in Almora and elaborated by Mohan Upreti and Brijendra Lal Sah. Known as the Almora or Kumaon style, the Ramlila was recognised by UNESCO in its 2008 report as a representative Indian style.
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Vi der er vamt til Sankt Hans herhjemme havde regnet med at de skulle brænde dæmonerne af, men det var ikke bare afbrænding, men kæmpe eksplosioner, som vi kunne mærke hvor vi stod, tør slet ikke tænke på hvordan de har det dem der står oppe foran... Folk de stod som sild i en tønde nede foran.... og vi så kun 1 brandbil til hele området....
Vi har fået kæmpet os vej ud igennem parken, for at blive stoppet 1000 gange af nogen der skulle tage billeder. Michael har godt fat i Siv der havde krykker med og de var et interesseret i en blond pige...
Efter kamp for at komme ud af parken skulle vi have lidt at spise.. Sublym blev det til...
Hasan, jeg, Siv og Michael
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