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About pilgrimage

When December starts every year, some how people irrespective of religion starts some spiritual exercises. This may be because of the Christians who often start Christmas celebrations from the start of December and continue with their choir through out the month with the Santa Claus moving with them to the home of every member of the particular church. By December Muslims would have completed their Ramzan fast and would have amply expressed their spirituality. Now it is the time for Hindus. The 45 days sanctity is to be adhered for all these purification exercises because it is believed that all the cells in our body will be replaced by new cells within 45 days. So some one instituted the Ayyappa Temple based on some stories in epics that Ayyappa is common to both Vaishnava and Saiva cults of Hinduism. Saivaits have their own vradha in January and go on pilgrimages to Lord Muruga’s Temple. The preparations involves rigorous exercises like getting up early in the morning and t

How best to utilise the services of the Doctors.

In my last article I have concluded that health is in our hands. That leaves a question in us, ' When and how best we can take the help of the doctors. Certainly there are many occasions we are dependent on the services of the so called health care professionals. Some of the occasions one can think of is as follows. 1.At times of certain infection causing fever, rashes and acute body pain. 2.When some one has diarrhea and vomiting 3.When some one is wounded in accident and in the course of games. 4.At times of insect and reptile bite. 5.Wounds due to animal and human attack. 6.Severe pain in any part of the body. 7.Excessive continuous discharge of body liquids. 8.When some one is unconsciousness or semiconscious 9. Excessive intoxication due to drug or alcohol 10. When some one is facing difficulty in breathing 11.During emergency conditions to provide life saving care. When we take somebody, we must be conscious not to get excited