It's paryaya time in Udupi and I am off to Udupi

                                   It's paryaya time in Udupi and I am off to Udupi

Udupi is gearing up for paryaya. Paryaya is a ceremony in which one seer will handover the responsibility of worshiping Shri Krishna and also looking after the welfare of tourists who arrive here to take darshan of the idol.
Saint Madhwacharya had nstalled the Krishna idol in Udupi and selected his 8 followers to worship Krishna.
These 8 followers belong to 8 mathas which are situated in various parts of state. When he has done this system , it was only for 2 months.
For every 2 months, the responsiblity was handed over to other person or seer. But saint Vadiraj had increased the time duration to 2 years.
The 8 mazthas are sharing the responsibility between themselves for every 2 years. The celebration indicating this, called " Paryaya ".
The 8 mathas are ----
1. Phalimaru matha                                                5. Sheerooru Matha
2. Adamaru Matha                                                6. Sode Matha
3. Krishnapura Matha                                            7. Kaaniyur Matha
4. Puttige Matha                                                     8. Pejawar Matha
Now , Sode mutt seer is handing over the responsibility to Kaniyur mutt seer. Hence after , Kaniyur seer is in charge of every spiritual activities taking place in Udupi.

How do we drink using a straw?

                                  How do we drink using a straw?

It depends on the principle of physics.
When we suck on a straw, we are removing air from inside of our mouth to create a partial vacuum. Now outside air pushes the liquid up the straw. The rate at which it flows is higher , if the viscosity of liquid is lower.
Water or a soft drink is easier to suck up the straw because it sticks less to itself and to the sides of the straw.

The place where the wealth is ....

                                       The place where the wealth is ....

Long ago, in a village there lived a man. He was very poor. One day he had a dream that he found a bag of gold coins in the street of the nearby city.
Happy as he was, he started his journey to the city. But he could not figure out which street he had seen in his dream. Each and every street looked same !
So, he was wandering in every street checking each and every column hoping to find the bag. This movement of his, triggered suspicion in the mind of a policeman who was watching him. He thought the man as a thief and arrested him.
In the police station, on investigation man said about his dream and his search for the bag of gold coins in the city. By listening to that, policeman said even he had same type of dream.But the location is different. In his dream, bag is in outskirts of the city.
As the man was curious, he asked for the details of place. By listening to the details, he was dumbfounded. Because , the place is where HIS OWN HOUSE IS.
Man understood the place where the wealth is within ourselves. 

Greedy man

                                  Greedy man

Long ago, there lived a man. He wanted to be rich somehow. That also, in a quick way ! He dont want to waste time working.
That time, a saint had visited his place. Man went near him asking how to be rich overnight ? Saint could not stand his torture and finally said him to chant some words infront of iron objects and they will turn into gold ! But he has to use the words before the sunset.
Man was very happy. He returned to his house and started accumulating iron things. He had collected some, but he wanted more. Because , they are going to be gold !
He searched whole village and collected some more iron objects. But he wanted more. To buy some more iron objects, he sold all his belongings inside the house. Finally , he sold his house too ! With that money, he went to city and purchased some more iron objects.
Atlast, he gathered all his iron objects at one side. He was thrilling by calculating the amount of gold he can achieve by converting them. !
Then he started chanting. But it was already sunset. Man didnt pay attention to this fact in his work of collecting iron objects.
He was left with only iron objects around him, because of his greediness.

How to be stronger?

                                              How to be stronger?

Long ago, in a village there lived a wrestler. He was very powerful and stronger. He was winning all the competitions of wrestling he participates.
He had won the competitions held in other places too. But still he was unhappy. He wants to be more powerful.
That time, a saint came to his village. Villagers were talking that saint was having special powers. Wrestler heard that. He wanted to meet the saint and tell him his ambition.
Wrestler met the saint and urged him to grant him the powers so that he can be the strongest man . Saint replied negatively that he dont have such powers.
But wrestler went on pressurizing the saint. Finally , saint said " I will teach you some words to chant. But make sure that when you are chanting , the picture of monkey must not come to your mind ". 
Wrestler agreed.
After learning the words, he returned to his house . Finding a quiet place , he started to chant the words in his mind.
Just in a minute, the picture of monkey came to his mind. He stopped chanting and again tried . This time too , same thing.
Frustrated , he tried many times. But his effort was fruitless. Unhappy that he can not chant the words, he again went near saint.
He explained his problem. Saint smilingly said " Physically , you are much stronger. But , psychologically you are weak. You kept in your mind about my saying  regarding monkey. Thats why you can not concentrate. To be stronger, you should be strong psychologically too ."