भजन (वि?)संगती

नमस्कार,

नुकताच मला आमच्या सोसायटीच्या आवारात असलेल्या श्री दत्त मंदिरात, दर गुरुवारी होत असलेल्या भजन कार्यक्रमात सहभागी होण्याचा योग आला. ....श्री. लोटेकर व त्यांच्या कुटुम्बीयांनी घेतलेला पुढाकार हा खरच वाखाणण्याजोगा. मला थोडा उशिरच झाला जायला. रात्री १० ची वेळ. मी आत मंदिरात प्रवेश केला, मोजकी मंडळी दरी टाकुन बसलेली...मी पण त्यात सामिल झालो. तबला तानला गेला, हार्मोनियमच्या काडी २ चा स्वर लावल्या गेला ...आणि भजनाला सुरुवात झाली...मी डोळे मिटले आणि या धकाधकीच्या जीवनातून जरा बाहेर येण्यासाठी देवाचे ध्यान करू लागलो ....दत्त दिगंबरांचे स्मरण केले ......आणि अचानक माझ्या लक्षात आले...कि आपण बसण्या आधी देवाचे दर्शन घ्यायला विसरलो....मी मिटलेले डोळे उघडले, आणि गाभारयाच्या दिशेने बघू लागलो ...अहो आणि काय आश्चर्य मंदिराचे दार कुलुपासकट लावलेले आणि देवापुढचा पडदाही लावलेला....म्हणजे देवाचे दर्शन नाही.....हे काय...? मला कळेना....मी बावचळलो....अहो असं कधीच झालं नव्हतं माझ्या अक्ख्या आयुष्यात ....किती हि उदासीनता...? मला राहवेना....मी हार्मोनियम चे स्वर आळवण्यात गर्क झालेल्या लोटेकर काकांचे ध्यान तोडले आणि त्यांना बोललो ..."काका पडदा का लावलेला आज?".. काकांना माझा प्रश्न कदाचित आवडलेला नसावा बहुतेक, माझ्याकडे अनिच्छेनेच पाहत ते बोल्ले...."अहो पडद्याचं काय घेवून बसलात...तो ऐकणारा बसलाय कि पडद्यामागे...आपण फक्त गायचं....जावू द्या ...." आणि ते भजनात तल्लीन झाले.

मी शांत. पण मनात खूप भाव येऊन गेले. ज्या मूर्तीच्या दर्शनाने मनाला शांती प्राप्त होते...दिलासा मिळतो...भजनाला पूर्णत्व येतं ....गायकाला प्रेरणा मिळते....ती मूर्ती (दर्शन न घेताही) का कुणास ठावूक रुसल्या सारखी वाटली मला ...गायी विना वासरू, आई विना लेकरू , सुर्या विना पृथ्वी तसं देव दर्शना विना भजन .....काहीतरी चुकल्या चुकल्या सारखा वाटत राहिलं त्या दिवशी ..असो ..तरीही कार्यक्रम छान रंगला ...

अश्विन शेंडे

Lunar Eclipse - View from Vijaynagar - II

INTRODUCTION

Spacecraft have been studying the Moon for nearly half a century. The history of direct lunar exploration formally began in 1959, when probes from the Soviet's Luna spacecraft first flew by and then impacted the Moon's surface. Around the same time, NASA's Pioneer 4 passed within 37,000 miles of the Moon. Lunar Prospector is the first NASA mission to the moon in 25 years. Here you can take a look at some of the ideas and events that have paved the way.

Lunar History

Recounts the dramatic events of the last 40 years leading up to the launch of Lunar Prospector on January 6, 1998 (9:29 p.m. EST). It also includes some preliminary lunar findings and how they contribute to our understanding of the universe.

Moon Mythology

Examines the pre-scientific understanding of the Moon. Many stories from around the world can be found here along with brief histories of the various Godesses (and Gods) that have been associated with the Moon over the ages.

Lunar Timeline

It can be viewed in two formats. If you don't see anything when you try the Flash version, it probably means you do not have the Flash Plug-in installed on your system. We've provided another version so you can still check it out. Whichever version you chose you can get information on any mission that's ever studied the Moon. It even includes some missions that are still in the planning stages!

It’s a natural phenomenon which happens, when the Earth’s shadow will fully cover the moon. It’s a rare event, as it can only happen, when Sun, Moon and Earth are in the right positions, with the Earth sandwiched in the middle. Hence the moon is always a Full Moon, when a Lunar Eclipse happens. This usually happens only twice a year, although partial eclipses can occur more often.

The type and length of an eclipse depend upon the Moon’s location relative to its orbital nodes.

The Moon will start as a Full white circle, but will slowly turn red, while Earth’s Shadow will cover it completely, just leaving a few rays of sunlight pass on the edges of her shadow, refracted by her atmosphere – thus allowing Moon to be only dimly lit by deep red colour light.

From time to time, the Moon (or a portion of it) enters the Earth's shadow in what is known as a lunar eclipse .The Moon is dimmed partially or almost completely, depending on whether it passes through the less dark part of the Earth's shadow, thepenumbra , or the darker part, the umbra .

The Lunar Prospector relied on sunlight to recharge its batteries. Scientists were concerned that whenever the Lunar Prospector was in the darkness of the Earth's shadow, its batteries could have drained to the point where they could not be recharged.

Prospector survived penumbral lunar eclipses on September 6, 1998, and January 31, 1999, without damage. It also survived a much darker umbral eclipse the following July.

Below are the some lunar eclipse snaps. These snaps are snapped by great photographers. Whatever knowledge I have on eclipse, I shared everything here. If anybody wants to share more...they are welcome.

Calendars

Astronomical calendars are based on the rotation of Earth (the day), the revolution of the Earth around the Sun (the year), and the revolution of the Moon around the Earth (the month). Things would be much easier if all these cycles were synchronized. Unfortunately they do not quite jive. Three distinct calendars have arisen out of this problem.A solar calendar, such as the West's Gregorian calendar, is based on the tropical year. Every four years (leap year), an extra day is added to keep things on track. A lunar calendar follows the phases of the Moon irrespective of the tropical year, and a lunar-solar calendar follows the lunar cycle but has an entire month added every few years in order to keep in sync with the tropical year.

The Islamic calendar, for example, follows a purely lunar cycle. Over a period of about thirty-three years, the months slowly regress through the seasons. Each month begins with the first sliver of the waxing Moon, although for civil purposes a tabulated calendar is used that approximates the lunar cycle. The mean length of the month on the civil calendar is only 2.9 seconds less than the synodic cycle

MOON MYTHOLOGY

The urge to explain and understand the world of natural phenomena cannot properly be seen as particularly scientific, but must be seen, rather, as generally human. It is well known that long before Copernicus described his radical and revolutionary picture of a helio-centric universe that human beings, from around the world, were giving form to the origins, motions and motives of the vastly complex and depthless sky above them. Through mythic narratives of super-human heroes and anthropomorphic goddesses and gods, pre-scientific societies placed order among the cosmos.

The Moon has always held a place of particular fascination in our earthbound lives, provoking the imagination to escape its limits and, as we look outwards, moving us towards an understanding of our inner selves, in all our human complexity. Monuments and shrines have been built to her; calendars follow her motion; ancient Gods and Goddesses mimic the Moon's gentle and unending pull on the forces of life. Myths, as Carl Jung has described, bring us back in touch with ourselves and, to that effect, can never be replaced by science. In this sense, it would be detrimental to completely dissolve these mythic narratives into an archaic and unsophisticated past.

Is it not possible, on one hand, to deny the factual accuracy of these stories while, on the other, appreciating their import in our socio-political world, to see them as "facts of the mind," which, when projected, take on a worthwhile reality unto themselves; to understand them, not as the antitheses of science but, instead, its antecedents; to understand, not only their dangers, but also their power to free the human imagination, enabling us to envision new worlds, overcome old boundaries, and eventually move us all forward to a better understanding of ourselves and the universe around us

It’s a natural phenomenon which happens, when the Earth’s shadow will fully cover the moon. It’s a rare event, as it can only happen, when Sun, Moon and Earth are in the right positions, with the Earth sandwiched in the middle. Hence the moon is always a Full Moon, when a Lunar Eclipse happens. This usually happens only twice a year, although partial eclipses can occur more often.

The type and length of an eclipse depend upon the Moon’s location relative to its orbital nodes.

The Moon will start as a Full white circle, but will slowly turn red, while Earth’s Shadow will cover it completely, just leaving a few rays of sunlight pass on the edges of her shadow, refracted by her atmosphere – thus allowing Moon to be only dimly lit by deep red colour light.

So, are you interested in watching the Total Lunar Eclipse?

Regards

Yogesh Shinde

3/B/16

I would like to share some movements that I experienced in the our premises, 31st December 2009 last day of the year with an Lunar Eclipse was like coincidence was it.

I would like to request to all of the vijaynagar resident to publish if maximum knowledge about Lunar Eclipse. I have found some of them that I have uploaded here.

As the world rang in the New Year, a partial lunar eclipse was visible from Vijaynagar Buildings last night, as these stunning pictures show.

It was the last and largest of four minor lunar eclipses in 2009.

See the time on pic. almost past 8pm, on 31 Dec 09, Snapped from parking of Vijaynagar. The magic of "Canon" ...reflected very transparently..in the picture...Isn't it?


Manna de..missing you..."aa ja sanam....madhur chandani me hum......"...In that song the same scene was picturised I believe....
hey..I was not heading towards moon ...so don't worry...I was standstill on the top of Vijaynagar.......Don't look at this picture for more time...you will find clouds are dancing around moon, as if..they are welcoming lunar eclipse on 31 dec.
Chandoba chandoba bhaglas ka........nimbonichya zadamage laplas ka.....
चांदण्यांचा गंध आला पौर्णिमेच्या रात्रीला...चंद्र आहे साक्षीला .......

I was smiling while snapping this particulary..as if the moon was talking to me and giving me good poses....I was happy and satisfied....Thank You Chandomama.
छीप गया बदली मे जाके चांद भी शरमा गया......

believe me ..its not studio moon....the original one.....with help of 12X zoom plus 5 optical zoomThe dark clouds are fighting with those who brighten themselves with the moon light...
आणि शेवटी...लहानपणीचा शिवना पवनी चा खेळ हि आभाळात ढग आणि चंद्र हि खेळतात. .... हे आज कळले.
taking short break from chandrayan.....this is vijaynagar Entrance Gate at night time....
break continues here...building no. 5 and 6....amazing view..
Lunar eclipse started on 10.45pm...the very first image of moon after staring the eclipse. The bright and beautiful full moon was preparing himself for a wonderful eclipse.
"चंद्र वरचा डाग हि माई - लेकाचा सुभोध चिन्ह घडवून देतो...असा सुंदर डाग, टेलेसकोप ला हि लाजवेल" ...असा काहीतरी लिही....इति....योगेश शिंदे
I really scared to write on such a technical picture..but believe it...we snapped this...feeling proud.
second break of our lunar eclipse journey......vijaynagar youth celebrated last day of 2009, playing cricket. See the spectators on down left corner of the image...spectators in the ground.......??????

celebrating year's last century......


see my next post for real pictures from today's Lunar eclipse.


Yogesh Shinde.