Sriman Narayana, The Blue Colored Supreme In Vaikunta Planet

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Imagine how it would be if we went to Vaikunta and saw Sriman Narayana. Acharya Sri Ramanuja has wrote in his book 'Vaikunta Gadyam' how Sriman Narayana looks like. I read his description which helped me to describe Sriman Narayana and I have shared my feelings too. Go to this link here, to read the translation of Sri Ramanuja Acharya's 'Vaikunta Gadyam'. People say that one who goes to Vaikunta will never come back to earth, but there are certain divine messengers who descend down to earth to preach. Sri Ramanujacharya, Vashistadvaita seer is believed to be the incarnation of Adi Sesha. I thank Sri Ramanujacharya, an incarnation of Shankarshana for beautifully describing Vaikunta. Now, I'd like to share my description about Sriman Narayana in my own words, and my feelings too. My Amma was my writing coach and she helped me improve my descriptive writing skills. We wrote several drafts and edited it. I wrote for another writing prompt Amma gave few days back, that was about 'A walk on stormy spring day'. It was a simple one and I wrote only few sentences, but describing Sriman Narayana is close to my heart. 

Different Models Of Solar System

I like to share with you the four models of solar system that I know about. The one that is in the school books that we all know is the Heliocentric Model. 

Nicolaus Copernicus presented the Heliocentric Model of the Solar System. Copernicus was a Polish who was born in 1473 AD and died in 1543 AD. Many people think this is the model of the solar system because this is the model that is given in the school books. In this model, the sun is stationary. Earth and the others planets revolve around the sun.

But, there are other people who presented different models of the solar system. Claudius Ptolemy, a Greek Mathematician, Geographer, Astronomer and Astrologer who was born years before Copernicus was born presented a model of Solar System called as the Geocentric Model. Ptolemy was born in the year 90 AD and died in 168 AD. He said that the earth is stationary, the moon, sun and the other planets move around the earth in circular orbits.

Next model that I would like to share is the Tychonic System, presented by Tycho Brahe, a Danish Astronomer who had a very long mustache. Tycho Brahe was born in 1546 AD, three years after Copernicus died. Tycho Brahe died in 1601 AD. Tychonic System presents a stationary Earth with moon and sun revolving around it. Mercury and Venus revolves around the sun. Mars and the planets beyond Mars revolves around the Earth and The Sun. 

Before any of these people, many many many years back, Sage Veda Vyasa, one who classified the Vedas wrote an ancient book called as Srimad Bhagavata. In that, he wrote in the 5th canto that the Earth is stationary and the moon and the sun revolves around the Earth. Mercury and Venus revolves around the sun. And Mars and the other planets beyond Mars revolve around the Earth and the Sun. The Tychonic System is a bit similar to the Vedic Model given in the Srimad Bhagavata.

The school book talks about the model presented by Copernicus. I wonder why the opinion of other astronomers are not given in the school book. Now, which model is the reality? 

Helix Nebula NGC 7293 - Is It The Eye of God?

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Modern Science says that Nebula is a cloud of gas and dust in outer space. A nebula is an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases. 

Me and my Amma are researching about nebulae and we wonder how the patterns of nebulae is similar to some of the things that we see in our life.  Hubble Space Telescope is a space telescope that is launched in 1990 by space organizations like NASA and ESA. This telescope is sending lots of pictures of nebulae. These pictures are so unbelievable because these nebulae looks like many things that I see around in my life in the form of rangoli, yantras and mandalas. These pictures that the hubble space telescope is sending are so fascinating.

What Is Geography?

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Today, I learnt about what Geography is. Geography is the study of the earth, cities, countries, people and their lifestyles and also of different kinds of land forms and water bodies. 

Geography tells us about

- cities and countries, mountains, rivers and deserts

- why it is hot in summer and cold in winter

- things like earthquakes and floods

- our environment

- how our environment is getting damaged

- how to protect it

- how and why the world is changing globally 

- our natural environment and pressures they face

- places/communities in which we live and work

- interconnectedness of world and the communities that live in it

References:
Know your planet Book 1 by Anita Arathoon, Anjana Bose
http://www.rgs.org/geographytoday/what+is+geography.htm