Saturday, November 30, 2013
Friday, November 29, 2013
The Logic !!
Rajiv: Zail Singhji, How is your MBA preparation?
Zail Singh: Every thing is fine, but I could not understand Logic.
Rajiv : Logic is very easy.
Zail Singh: Can you give me an example, so that I can understand?
Rajiv: OK. Do you have fish pot in your house?
Zail : YES.
Rajiv: Logically ,there will be water in it.
Zail : YES.
Rajiv: Logically,there will be fish in it.
Zail : YES.
Rajiv: Logically.someone will be feeding the fish.
Zail: YES.
Rajiv: I take a guess that your wife will be feeding the fish.
Zail : YES.
Rajiv: So,Logically, your are married.
Zail: YES.
Rajiv : So, that means U are a heterosexual.
Zailsingh was very glad and he understood logic. Next day he meets
Buta Singh who was also preparing for his MBA exams.
Zail: How is your MBA preparation?
Buta : Everything is fine except for the logic.
Zail : Oh,logic is easy.
Buta : Can you please expalin it to me?
Zail : Do you have a fish pot in your house?
Buta : NO, I don't.
Zail Singh: Every thing is fine, but I could not understand Logic.
Rajiv : Logic is very easy.
Zail Singh: Can you give me an example, so that I can understand?
Rajiv: OK. Do you have fish pot in your house?
Zail : YES.
Rajiv: Logically ,there will be water in it.
Zail : YES.
Rajiv: Logically,there will be fish in it.
Zail : YES.
Rajiv: Logically.someone will be feeding the fish.
Zail: YES.
Rajiv: I take a guess that your wife will be feeding the fish.
Zail : YES.
Rajiv: So,Logically, your are married.
Zail: YES.
Rajiv : So, that means U are a heterosexual.
Zailsingh was very glad and he understood logic. Next day he meets
Buta Singh who was also preparing for his MBA exams.
Zail: How is your MBA preparation?
Buta : Everything is fine except for the logic.
Zail : Oh,logic is easy.
Buta : Can you please expalin it to me?
Zail : Do you have a fish pot in your house?
Buta : NO, I don't.
Zail : Saala HOMO!!!
The Resignation Letter
A Boss looking through his Mail Box was astonished to see a mail from an Employee who was supposed to be busy working at Client side on a critical project. It had the subject - "TaTa - Bye Bye". With the worst premonition he opened the mail and read the content with trembling hands:-
Dear Sir,
It is with great regret and sorrow that I'm writing you, but I'm leaving the job. The offer was too lucrative and attractive for me to turn down. I had to abscond because I wanted to avoid a scene with the HR and you. I am sorry but I had no choice.
The project is working fine. There are only 108 issues pending, out of which only 38% issues are High Priority. Hence I am sure there is no need to worry about. The next Phase of major enhancements I have been working upon, have been completed halfway. I am sure the new person who would replace me would not understand what all I had done so far. Hence, for his and your convenience, I have taken care to remove all the work that I had been doing this far for nearly 3 months now. I am sure you will appreciate my insight and "big heart".
I am of course retaining the Originals that I had retrieved for the purpose of Passport verification with me, considering it as a parting gift from you. Of course, I will not pay the bond amount that I owe the company (since I Am breaking the bond). But I will consider this as a parting gift from our Dear company. I moving out of town since the new company is situated in another City.
Also, I have changed my contact number. So you will not be able to get in touch with me, to congratulate me. But I know your blessings are always with me. Last but not the least. I also have the Rs 12000 entrusted to me by our company's cultural events group, for the upcoming movie event. I am sure you would have wanted me to keep it with myself as an added bonus from our company. I respect you very much, hence your wish is my command.
Don't worry sir. I am 2 years experienced now, learning so much from your company. So I will surely use this knowledge to write better programs for the new company. Someday I'm sure we will meet sometime in the future. If you wish, I will surely be glad to give my employee reference for you to apply for a job in the new company which I am joining.
Your faithful employee,
S. W. Engineer
At the bottom of the page were the letters "PS". Hands still trembling, the Boss read:
PS: Dearest Boss, none of the above is true. I'm am still busy working at client side. I just wanted to remind you that there are worse things in life than my "Request to reconsider my Salary Appraisal" attached with this mail. Please approve it and call when it is safe for me to come to our Office to discuss this.
Dear Sir,
It is with great regret and sorrow that I'm writing you, but I'm leaving the job. The offer was too lucrative and attractive for me to turn down. I had to abscond because I wanted to avoid a scene with the HR and you. I am sorry but I had no choice.
The project is working fine. There are only 108 issues pending, out of which only 38% issues are High Priority. Hence I am sure there is no need to worry about. The next Phase of major enhancements I have been working upon, have been completed halfway. I am sure the new person who would replace me would not understand what all I had done so far. Hence, for his and your convenience, I have taken care to remove all the work that I had been doing this far for nearly 3 months now. I am sure you will appreciate my insight and "big heart".
I am of course retaining the Originals that I had retrieved for the purpose of Passport verification with me, considering it as a parting gift from you. Of course, I will not pay the bond amount that I owe the company (since I Am breaking the bond). But I will consider this as a parting gift from our Dear company. I moving out of town since the new company is situated in another City.
Also, I have changed my contact number. So you will not be able to get in touch with me, to congratulate me. But I know your blessings are always with me. Last but not the least. I also have the Rs 12000 entrusted to me by our company's cultural events group, for the upcoming movie event. I am sure you would have wanted me to keep it with myself as an added bonus from our company. I respect you very much, hence your wish is my command.
Don't worry sir. I am 2 years experienced now, learning so much from your company. So I will surely use this knowledge to write better programs for the new company. Someday I'm sure we will meet sometime in the future. If you wish, I will surely be glad to give my employee reference for you to apply for a job in the new company which I am joining.
Your faithful employee,
S. W. Engineer
At the bottom of the page were the letters "PS". Hands still trembling, the Boss read:
PS: Dearest Boss, none of the above is true. I'm am still busy working at client side. I just wanted to remind you that there are worse things in life than my "Request to reconsider my Salary Appraisal" attached with this mail. Please approve it and call when it is safe for me to come to our Office to discuss this.
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Wednesday, November 27, 2013
What Hurts !!
What hurts...
...learn to forgive
...learn to trust and love again
:: letting go of a person u've just learned to love
:: reminiscing the good times u shared together
:: shielding ur heart to love somebody
:: trying to hide what u really feel
:: trying to hide the tears that involuntarily fall from ur eyes
:: loving a person too much
:: giving up someone u never thought of giving up
:: having the right love at the wrong time
:: taking the risk to fall in love again
hiding ur relationship from someone else
:: controlling ur feelings to avoid hurting a friend
:: thinking of her every waking and sleeping moment knowing all the while that she never even thinks a single thought of you...
:: letting go, because every time you see the person, you only fall deeper
:: holding back only to find out when it's too late, you both felt the same way, but were only scared to lose each other so much that you didn't let the feelings out
:: falling in love with someone you didn't mean to fall in love with
:: finding the perfect girl...with only one prob....she doesnt love you...
:: helping the one you love court your friend
:: seeing the one you love crying for someone else
:: the waiting also hurts like hell
:: having to hear "... I've met someone"
:: agreeing to her wish to 'just be friends'.
:: asking her freedom back bcoz 'she'd be happier with him'
:: asking u to 'forget that everything happened'and be 'normal' friends again.
:: hearing that u're treated as a big bro (ouch!)
:: sharing her future plans for the guy with you.
:: u stopped being friends bcoz her bf asked her to.
:: being denied in front of people.
:: telling u lies where she'd been when actually, she was with a 'new friend' or an 'old flame' (whew!)
:: she told u she'd be leaving u to return to her ex (d one she left 4 u!)
:: breaking someone's heart
:: fighting for that one thing that would make you happy
:: that is, holding on to a person who can not guarantee you his/her commitment unless he/she fixed himself/herself...then, you are left hanging for the moment...then he/she says, time will tell... but you still decided to hope in him/her and trust him/her
:: PRETENDING you're OK when inside you're dying...
:: PRETENDING to be strong.... and RECOGNIZING your weakness
:: lying in bed each night, thinking of that special person you can never have...
:: being with someone you can't actually love...
:: pretending you don't love a person whom you actually love...
:: being in love...
:: letting go even if you really don't want to... having no right to say you are hurting, because it was your decision
:: seeing the person you love hurt because of you... and not being able to help that person...
:: having the courage to say I LOVE YOU to the person you love and finding out afterwards that things will never be the same again when he/she doesn't treat you with the same closeness as before
:: having to face the fact that someone is capable of completely destroying the wall that you have set for yourself, leaving you weak and vulnerable
:: admitting that you love someone despite her/his imperfections
:: finding out that the more you try to hate her/him, the more you end up loving her/him, perhaps even more than before...
:: realizing how stupid your mistakes were that led to your break-up.
:: the thought that this girl/guy, used to really love you and you loved her/him as well but you didn't give enough and she/he gave up on you
:: Sharing the one you love with SOMEBODY else....."
:: making a promise....and realizing that when the time has come for that promise to be delivered....the commitment is no longer there...
:: the hardest thing about love - believing it exists. After you've been hurt...
:: reminiscing the good times u shared together
:: shielding ur heart to love somebody
:: trying to hide what u really feel
:: trying to hide the tears that involuntarily fall from ur eyes
:: loving a person too much
:: giving up someone u never thought of giving up
:: having the right love at the wrong time
:: taking the risk to fall in love again
hiding ur relationship from someone else
:: controlling ur feelings to avoid hurting a friend
:: thinking of her every waking and sleeping moment knowing all the while that she never even thinks a single thought of you...
:: letting go, because every time you see the person, you only fall deeper
:: holding back only to find out when it's too late, you both felt the same way, but were only scared to lose each other so much that you didn't let the feelings out
:: falling in love with someone you didn't mean to fall in love with
:: finding the perfect girl...with only one prob....she doesnt love you...
:: helping the one you love court your friend
:: seeing the one you love crying for someone else
:: the waiting also hurts like hell
:: having to hear "... I've met someone"
:: agreeing to her wish to 'just be friends'.
:: asking her freedom back bcoz 'she'd be happier with him'
:: asking u to 'forget that everything happened'and be 'normal' friends again.
:: hearing that u're treated as a big bro (ouch!)
:: sharing her future plans for the guy with you.
:: u stopped being friends bcoz her bf asked her to.
:: being denied in front of people.
:: telling u lies where she'd been when actually, she was with a 'new friend' or an 'old flame' (whew!)
:: she told u she'd be leaving u to return to her ex (d one she left 4 u!)
:: breaking someone's heart
:: fighting for that one thing that would make you happy
:: that is, holding on to a person who can not guarantee you his/her commitment unless he/she fixed himself/herself...then, you are left hanging for the moment...then he/she says, time will tell... but you still decided to hope in him/her and trust him/her
:: PRETENDING you're OK when inside you're dying...
:: PRETENDING to be strong.... and RECOGNIZING your weakness
:: lying in bed each night, thinking of that special person you can never have...
:: being with someone you can't actually love...
:: pretending you don't love a person whom you actually love...
:: being in love...
:: letting go even if you really don't want to... having no right to say you are hurting, because it was your decision
:: seeing the person you love hurt because of you... and not being able to help that person...
:: having the courage to say I LOVE YOU to the person you love and finding out afterwards that things will never be the same again when he/she doesn't treat you with the same closeness as before
:: having to face the fact that someone is capable of completely destroying the wall that you have set for yourself, leaving you weak and vulnerable
:: admitting that you love someone despite her/his imperfections
:: finding out that the more you try to hate her/him, the more you end up loving her/him, perhaps even more than before...
:: realizing how stupid your mistakes were that led to your break-up.
:: the thought that this girl/guy, used to really love you and you loved her/him as well but you didn't give enough and she/he gave up on you
:: Sharing the one you love with SOMEBODY else....."
:: making a promise....and realizing that when the time has come for that promise to be delivered....the commitment is no longer there...
:: the hardest thing about love - believing it exists. After you've been hurt...
...learn to forgive
...learn to trust and love again
Monday, November 25, 2013
Nations & View towards 2 Cows !!
Traditional Economics
You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your hers multiplies and
the economy grows. You retire on the income.
Indian Economics
You have two cows. You worship them.
Pakistan Economics
You don't have any cows. You claim that the Indian cows belong to you. You
ask the US for financial aid, China for military, British for Warplanes,
Italy for machines, Germany for technology, French for submarines,
Switzerland for loans, Russia for drugs and Japan for equipment. You buy
the cows with all this and claim exploitation by the world.
American Economics
You have two cows. You sell one and force the other to produce the milk of
four cows. You profess surprise when the cow drops dead. You put the blame
on some nation with cows & naturally that nation will be a danger to
mankind. You wage a war to save the world and grab the cows.
French Economics
You have two cows. You go on strike because you want three cows.
German Economics
You have two cows. You reengineer them so that they live for 100 years,
eat once a month and milk themselves.
British Economics
You have two cows. They are both mad cows.
Italian Economics
You have two cows. You don't know where they are. You break for lunch.
Swiss Economics
You have 5000 cows, none of which belong to you. You charge others for
storing them.
Japanese Economics
You have two cows. You redesign them so that they are one-tenth the size
of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create cute
cartoon cow images called Cowkimon and market them worldwide.
Russian Economics
You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count
them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you
have 17 cows. You give up counting and open another bottle of vodka.
Chinese Economics
You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim full
employment, high bovine productivity and arrest anyone reporting the
actual numbers.
You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your hers multiplies and
the economy grows. You retire on the income.
Indian Economics
You have two cows. You worship them.
Pakistan Economics
You don't have any cows. You claim that the Indian cows belong to you. You
ask the US for financial aid, China for military, British for Warplanes,
Italy for machines, Germany for technology, French for submarines,
Switzerland for loans, Russia for drugs and Japan for equipment. You buy
the cows with all this and claim exploitation by the world.
American Economics
You have two cows. You sell one and force the other to produce the milk of
four cows. You profess surprise when the cow drops dead. You put the blame
on some nation with cows & naturally that nation will be a danger to
mankind. You wage a war to save the world and grab the cows.
French Economics
You have two cows. You go on strike because you want three cows.
German Economics
You have two cows. You reengineer them so that they live for 100 years,
eat once a month and milk themselves.
British Economics
You have two cows. They are both mad cows.
Italian Economics
You have two cows. You don't know where they are. You break for lunch.
Swiss Economics
You have 5000 cows, none of which belong to you. You charge others for
storing them.
Japanese Economics
You have two cows. You redesign them so that they are one-tenth the size
of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create cute
cartoon cow images called Cowkimon and market them worldwide.
Russian Economics
You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count
them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you
have 17 cows. You give up counting and open another bottle of vodka.
Chinese Economics
You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim full
employment, high bovine productivity and arrest anyone reporting the
actual numbers.
Some common Facts
Chewing on gum while cutting onions can help a person from stop producing
tears. Try it next time you chop onions!!!!!!!!!!
Until babies are six months old, they can breathe and swallow at the same
time. Indeed convenient!
Offered a new pen to write with, 97% of all people will write their own name.
Male mosquitoes are vegetarians. Only females bite.
The average person's field of vision encompasses a 200-degree wide angle.
To find out if a watermelon is ripe, knock it, and if it sounds hollow
then it is ripe.
Canadians can send letters with personalized postage stamps showing their
own photos on each stamp.
Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to
eight weeks old.
It snowed in the Sahara Desert in February of 1979.
Plants watered with warm water grow larger and more quickly than plants
watered with cold water.
Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear
by 700 times.
Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.
Those stars and colours you see when you rub your eyes are called phosphenes.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never
stop growing.
Everyone's tongue print is different, like fingerprints.
Contrary to popular belief, a swallowed chewing gum doesn't stay in the
gut. It will pass through the system and be excreted.
At 40 Centigrade a person loses about 14.4 calories per hour by breathing.
There is a hotel in Sweden built entirely out of ice; it is rebuilt every
year.
Cats, camels and giraffes are the only animals in the world that walk
right foot, right foot, left foot, left foot, rather than right foot, left
foot...
Onions help reduce cholesterol if eaten after a fatty meal.
tears. Try it next time you chop onions!!!!!!!!!!
Until babies are six months old, they can breathe and swallow at the same
time. Indeed convenient!
Offered a new pen to write with, 97% of all people will write their own name.
Male mosquitoes are vegetarians. Only females bite.
The average person's field of vision encompasses a 200-degree wide angle.
To find out if a watermelon is ripe, knock it, and if it sounds hollow
then it is ripe.
Canadians can send letters with personalized postage stamps showing their
own photos on each stamp.
Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to
eight weeks old.
It snowed in the Sahara Desert in February of 1979.
Plants watered with warm water grow larger and more quickly than plants
watered with cold water.
Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear
by 700 times.
Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.
Those stars and colours you see when you rub your eyes are called phosphenes.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never
stop growing.
Everyone's tongue print is different, like fingerprints.
Contrary to popular belief, a swallowed chewing gum doesn't stay in the
gut. It will pass through the system and be excreted.
At 40 Centigrade a person loses about 14.4 calories per hour by breathing.
There is a hotel in Sweden built entirely out of ice; it is rebuilt every
year.
Cats, camels and giraffes are the only animals in the world that walk
right foot, right foot, left foot, left foot, rather than right foot, left
foot...
Onions help reduce cholesterol if eaten after a fatty meal.
Friday, November 8, 2013
Gokutch.com
Kutch nahi dekha to, Kuch nahi dekha. Kuch Din do Bitaiye, Gujarat mein !!!
1) White Rann:
White Rann is one of the Top places of Kutch to see. It is 100 Km from Bhuj.The dessert like Rann Of Kutch occupies a big part of the region. Mostly marshy, the Rann runs into the horizon. During summer it is dry and has a white coating of salt. In India’s monsoon, the flat desert of salty clay and mudflats, averaging 15 meters above sea level, fills with standing waters, interspersed with sandy islets of thorny scrub, breeding grounds for some of the largest flocks of greater and lesser flamingos. The Rann Of Kutch is home to a wide array of flora and fauna. Migratory birds deem it an abode during diverse weather conditions. The Rann is also famous for the Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary, the Little Rann of Kutch, where the last of three species of Asiatic wild ass (Equus hemionus khur or khar) still exists along with wolves, foxes, jackals, chinkara gazelles, nilgai antelope and blackbucks as well as 13 species of lark.
2) Khavda :
For those heading northwards, Khavda, 66 kms along the principal road going north of Bhuj, is a major stop and the last place to get bottled water and fruits before heading to other destinations. The center of town also has Kutchi food available.
The town has excellent potters and leather craftsmen (indicating a heavy Muslim presence, as Hindus do not use leather), and ajrakh blockprinting at khatrivas. The KMVS office in Khavda sells embroidered handmade dolls and other textile products and is run by local women. The Khavda area has a well-blended population of Meghwals (Hindus) and Muslims hailing from Sindh, leading to interesting combinations of work styles and social traditions. You will find Hindus, more likely to be woodcarvers, for example, and Muslims more likely to do leatherwork, working side by side in the same village.
Khavda is also the departure point to visit the world’s largest flamingo colony, at a lake in the desert out past Jamkundaliya, where a half million flamingos stop over on their migrations every year. The flamingo colony can only be reached by camel and is best visited in the winter (Oct. to Mar).
3) Banni Villages:
The villages of the Kutch region specialize in a different form of handicrafts. Some of the more important villages Niroona (Rogan Art and Bells), Hodko, Dhorodo and Ludiya, a permission is to be taken from the check post to visit this area due to its proximity with Pakistan.
4) The Black Hills (Kala Dungar):
25 kms north of Khavda, the top of the Black Hills is the highest point in Kutch, at 462 m. From here, the entire northern horizon vanishes into the Great Rann, the desert and sky often becoming indistinguishable. It is one of the few non-coastal locations where you feel like you are at the edge of the earth, on the brink of incomprehensible vastness that fades off towards infinity. Looking out from the Black Hills, you can understand the tremendous effort that those who undertake the crossing of the Great Rann have to make. Since this is one of the places where a civilian can get closest to the Pakistan border, there is an Army post at the top; beyond here, only military personnel are allowed. The hill is also the site of a 400-year-old temple to Dattatreya, the three-headed incarnation of Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva in the same body. Legend says that when Dattatreya walked on the earth, he stopped at the Black Hills and found a band of starving jackals. Being a god, he offered them his body to eat and as they ate, his body continually regenerated itself. Because of this, for the last four centuries, the priest at the temple has prepared a batch of prasad that is fed to the jackals after the evening aarti.
Reaching the hilltop by public transport is difficult; the only bus travels there from Khavda on weekend evenings and returns in the early morning. Hiring a jeep from Khavda is your other option. Visiting in the early morning or late afternoon is recommended, though with a few more hours there are nice hikes to do around the hill. Be sure to take your own food and water and if you want to stay the night, there is a dharamshala next to the temple.
Reaching the hilltop by public transport is difficult; the only bus travels there from Khavda on weekend evenings and returns in the early morning. Hiring a jeep from Khavda is your other option. Visiting in the early morning or late afternoon is recommended, though with a few more hours there are nice hikes to do around the hill. Be sure to take your own food and water and if you want to stay the night, there is a dharamshala next to the temple.
Kaladungar also known as the Black Hills, overlooks the spectacular Rann, the view from the top is a sight that one can never forget. One can spot some rare species of white foxes these beautiful, frisky animals staying in the wild respond to the call of the temple priest as he beats a steel plate yelling “langa” to suggest that food has been laid out for them.
Written by Virendra Wadgama
August 24, 2013 at 9:00 am
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged with Banni Villages, Bhuj, Black Hills, District, Gujarat, Information, Kala Dungar, Khavda, Kutch, Rann Festival, Rann of Kutch, White Rann
7 Places of Bhuj Must See
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There are many places to visit in Bhuj. Here are the few must see places:
A) Hammisar Lake:
An excellent place to cool off on a hot afternoon, Hamirsar Lake is where people go to swim, or sit under a tree and enjoy the water, as well as where many women do their laundry. Walking along the lake’s edge is a great way to get from one place to another, with the Aina Mahal and Praga Mahal, the Kutch Museum, the Ramkund Stepwell and Ram Dhun Temple, the Swaminarayan Temple and the Alfred High School all located very close to the eastern side of the lake; a walk from the Aina Mahal to the Swaminarayan Temple (passing all the other sites mentioned) takes about half an hour. Further around the other side of the lake is the Sharad Baug palace, and the road to the royal chhatardis.
B) Sharad Baug Palace:
The king’s residence right up to 1991 when the last king of Kutch, Madansingh died, the palace is now a museum. With beautiful gardens of many flowering and medicinal plants, the palace grounds houses many migrating birds as they stop for a rest on their way.
C) Royal Chhatrdis:
About a 20-minute walk southwest of Hamirsar lake, through open areas that no longer seem like you’re in the city, are the royal cenotaphs (memorials to those not actually buried there and, in this case, not buried at all but cremated). Many of the monuments are in ruins due to earthquakes, but those of Lakhpatji, Raydhanji II and Desarji are still quite intact. The site is very quiet, out in the middle of a field, not surrounded by buildings, and is very peaceful in morning or evening, though in the middle of the day it can be quite hot under bright sun.
D) Bharatiya Sanskriti Darshan:
A Kutchi cultural center, located further south along College Road (which leads away from the lake past Alfred High School, the Ramkund stepwell and the Swaminarayan temple), the B.S.D. contains an excellent collection of Kutchi folk art and crafts, especially from the more remote regions of the district, collected by a forest service official as he traveled around doing government work. There are also exhibits of rural architecture, paintings, textile arts and archaeological specimens.
E) Kutch Museum:
During Visit to Bhuj Town must see is the quaint Kutch Museum-the oldest in Gujarat. Regarded as one of the best, this museum has an excellent collection founded in 1877. Walking through the maze of winding streets takes visitors to the exquisiteAaina Mahal (palace of mirrors). The Prag Mahal is a beautiful Italian Gothic style palace built by Maharao of Bhuj.
F) Handicraft:
Kutch is also known for its intricate and appealing handicrafts. Rann Utsav is the ideal time to purchase the handicrafts since artisans from many parts of Kutch will flock the region with their best piece of work. Each of these brilliant crafts stands testimony to the creative ingenuity of the artisans of Kutch. The region has a great history of foreign trade in handicrafts with various countries. Even today the artifacts of Kutch have great demand in the national and international markets. Ethnic style embroidery, hand block painting, wood carving, silver work, pen-knives and nut crackers and sea shell toys and it goes on.
G) Swami Narayan Temple:
Like most Swaminarayan temples, this one has the typical brightly colored woodcarvings around the building, mostly depicting Lord Krishna and Radha.
Bhadreshwar Jain Temple
There are a number of temples built by Jain followers in Kutch. The Bhadreshwar temple, one of the most ancient temples situated in Bhadrawati, considered a very holy place is one such. Bhadrawati was ruled by King Sidhsen in 449 B.C (according to the Hindu calendar) who renovated the place. Later it was ruled by The Solankies who were Jains, and they changed the name to Bhadreshwar. Then in 1315, a great famine struck Kutch, after which the place was renovated by Jagadusha.
Perhaps one of the most under-appreciated sites of great significance for India’s religious history is Bhadreshwar, barely a kilometer from the coast, 69 km east of Mandvi, past Mundra, and 75 km south of Bhuj. The Jain religion, like other religions of Indian origin, places considerable importance on the act of pilgrimage and Bhadreshwar is one of the major centers of Jain pilgrimage in Gujarat. Unreliable reports claim the city was founded in 516 BC, and oral accounts state that the first temple was built “2500 years ago, about 45 years after the death of Lord Mahavir,” but there is no evidence to either support or debunk that claim. The main temple is strikingly beautiful, in all white marble with majestic pillars. Around the central one are 52 smaller shrines, one of which reputedly holds the original Parshavanath idol from 500 BC Non-Jains cannot spend the night in the temple complex, but other lodging is available in town.
In addition to the Jain complex, there are also two mosques which are reliably dated to the late 12th century, meaning they predate the well-known Islamic architecture of Ahmedabad by 250 years or so, making them in all likelihood the first mosques built in India. Their existence indicates that Iranian seagoing traders arrived on the coast of Gujarat at least 50 years before Islam swept into Delhi by land. As such, they are much more stark, austere, constructions, without the flowery embellishments of the later period, but they are also the first mosques to incorporate Indian architectural elements into Islamic constructions. According to at least one researcher’s extensive study, the style indicates that this blending was not done because they plundered Hindu temple ruins for parts or only employed Hindu craftsmen, but was a more deliberate incorporation of design elements according to the tastes of the builders
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