From the Eyes of Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha: "Ganpati Visarjan" Procession Near Doordarshan Delhi India

From the Eyes of Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha: 

"Ganpati Visarjan" Procession Near Doordarshan Delhi India

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Image (C) Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha

Image (C) Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha

Image (C) Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha

Image (C) Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha

Image (C) Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha

Image (C) Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha

Image (C) Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha

Image (C) Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha

Image (C) Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha

Image (C) Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha

Image (C) Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha

Image (C) Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha

Image (C) Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha

Image (C) Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha

Image (C) Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha

Image (C) Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha

Image (C) Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha

Image (C) Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha

Smoking cigarettes- is this real Lord Ganesh devotion?
Image (C) Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha

Smoking cigarettes- is this real Lord Ganesh devotion?
Image (C) Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha

Image (C) Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha

Bronzy Varun Singh Bhati "The Paralympian" : Deformity Demolished Achievement Amplified.

Bronzy Varun Singh Bhati "The Paralympian" :

 Deformity Demolished Achievement Amplified

Varun Singh Bhati belongs to Jamalpur village of Greater Noida Uttar Pradesh but now his name and fame has bulldozed all boundaries to reach not at national podium but international podium  because of his extraordinary achievement amplified even after deformity or disability.

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Varun was born with deformity in his leg, commonly known as Poliomyelitis - an infectious viral disease that affects the central nervous system causing temporary or permanent paralysis. 

Needless to say, it has taken a lot of hard & sincere work and indescribable sacrifice from  Varun  to get to where he is at such a young age.  

Varun has faced many major difficulties since his childhood as deformity made people comment his ability to perform at highest level. But this could not dampen his spirits and he continued to aim at achieving great heights.

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The category of Varun deformity is T 42 in sports classification and is defined "Single above knee amputees and athletes with other impairments that are comparable to a single above knee amputation. This includes athletes with loss of muscle power in the lower limbs consistent with Class F57 or 58 class. It also includes lower limb affected by limb deficiency, leg length difference, impaired muscle power or impaired range of movement."

This Indian para - athlete  Varun Singh Bhati clinched bronze medal in the men's high jump T- 42 event in Rio Paralympics facing lot of hardships and difficulties before achieving the historic feat.

"Deformity Demolished Achievement Amplified"

Silvery Deepa Malik " The Paralympian" : Ability Beyond Disability

Silvery Deepa Malik " The Paralympian" :

Ability Beyond Disability 

Deepa Malik , a "divyang" in real sense of the word. She has divine (divya) power, divine determination, divine courage, divine energy and divine state of mind. That is why Deepa Malik has  won laurels for biking, swimming and car rallying apart from getting accolades in athletics. 

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Deepa Malik is a wheelchair-bound adrenaline junkie from Gurgaon India. She created history by becoming the first Indian woman to win medal at the Rio Paralympics. Her throw of 4.61m won her a silver in the shot put F-53 event. She has been the oldest athlete in the team.

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Deepa Malik was a normal woman  who has been paralyzed from the waist down after a spinal tumour in 1999. It was followed by three surgeries and 183 stitches making he impossible to walk. 

Despite her disability she became the first paraplegic woman not only in India but in the world to ride a quad bike across nine high altitude passes for nine days on the motorable roads of Ladakh.

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Deepa is a mother of two and wife of an Army officer. With her Ability Beyond Disability movement she is a vocal spokesperson for paraplegic rights in the country, and also a motivational speaker. 

Goldy Thangavelu Mariyappan "The Paralympian" : Deformity Transformed into Prosperity

Goldy Thangavelu Mariyappan "The Paralympian" : 

 Deformity Transformed into Prosperity

Thangavelu Mariyappan  was injured in a bus accident  when he was just five and playing just in front of his house. He lost one of his legs. But that did not stop him from taking part in sports events alongside regular competitors, and even winning.

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Mariyappan comes from a very poor family belonging to Periavadagampatti village in Salem district of Tamil Nadu India. His family lives in  a rented house of 500 rupees. And his mother sells vegetables on bicycle for subsistence and has taken loan of 3 lac rupees for the treatment of his son. 

Abandoned by his father 10 years ago, Mariyappan's mother Saroja single-handedly   looked after her four children.

Saroja Mother of T Mariyappan
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Adversity did not dampen the spirits of Mariyappan. His coach R Sathyanarayanan also inspired and motivated Mariyappan immensely.

To every disadvantage there is a corresponding advantage - the para-athlete Mariyappan is one burning example of this like Chandrashekher the spin bowler in cricket.

Mariyappan has used his deformity to immense advantage. He uses his limp to great advantage and he is intelligent enough to master that art.

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Let us salute this vegetable seller's son who created history beating poverty and deformity by high-jumping to para gold in Rio - in fact the first Indian to win a high jump gold in Paralympics. 

4th Century "My Son" Ancient Hindu Temple Complex in Vietnam

4th Century "My Son" Ancient Hindu Temple  Complex 

in Vietnam

Vietnam is a South East Asian country  on the South China Sea which has become a bone of contention between China and South East Asian Countries. This country is famous for its beaches, rivers, Buddhist pagodas and bustling cities. Three quarters of the country consists of mountains and hills.

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From 2nd to 15th centuries the  kingdom of Champa flourished around present day Danang and spread  south to what is known as Nha Trang and Phan Rang. The Cham embraced Hinduism and accepted Sanskrit as a sacred language. They borrowed heavily from Indian art and culture.

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Most Important Cham site of Vietnam is one of the most stunning sights- "My Son". It is a cluster of abandoned and partially ruined Hindu temples. These temples have been constructed between 4th to 14th centuries AD by the kings of Champa. The temples are dedicated to Lord Shiva, also known as 'Bhadresvara'.

My Son is situated near the village Duy Phu in Central Vietnam approximately 10 km from the historic town of Tra Kieu (then known as Simhapura). The temples have been built in a valley which is  roughly 2 km wide and is surrounded by two mountain ranges.

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The My Son temple complex is regarded as one of the foremost temple complexes in South East Asia and also foremost heritage site of this nature in Vietnam.

My Son is considered to be counterpart to the grand cities of South East Asia's other Indian-influenced civilizations - Angkorwat (Cambodia), Bagan (Myanmar), Aythaya (Thailand) and Borobudur (Java).

At one time this compex encompassed over 70 temples as well as numerous stele bearing historically important inscriptions in Sanskrit and Cham.

My Son is perhaps the longest inhabited archaeological site in Indochina. It will not be out of place to mention here  that a large majority of My Son's architecture was destroyed by US carpet bombing during a single week of Vietnam war.