Editor : R.N. SADASIVAN News Magazine of KUSO ENGLISH MONTHLY Vol. 7 Pages-12 OCTOBER 2019 Rs.5.00 Issue-5 Padmashree Dr. T.M. Soundararajan Rasigar Mandram On behalf of The Padmashree Dr.T.M.Soundara rajan Rasigar Mandram Mr.Mukundu M.P.Balan, President of All TMS Rasigar Welfare had organised the following functions on 15-9-19,Sunday at Tamilnadu Chamber of Commerce A/C Hall, Kamarajar Salai, Madurai:- ª Audio DVD releasing function and Film Shooting function of Sourashtra Film. "Hurpado Suli"and leaders of various sabhas and VIP participated in the film shooting at the Stage. ª Honouring Our Thiru K.R.M.Kishore Kumar, IPS on The special Invitees to the Function were our only his attaining his top post of Andhra Pradesh sourashtra MLA Mr.S.S..Saravanan and Dr.T.M.S. Government as The Principal Secretary to Home Selvakumar s/o Dr.T.M.Soundarajan. Department Government of Andhra Pradesh and The Function was started with devotional song on he delivered Special speech. Dr.T.D.Eswara Lord Ganesha by Singer, Mr.P.R.Muralikrishnan, murhty presided over the Function. Chennai and Mr.M.P Balan delivered his welcome speech and honoured the VIPs decorated at the stage.

ª Appreciation and respect to our demised Elders and Social Leaders, Dr.Padmashri. T.M.S, Thiru, On invitaton as Invitee to the Function Our Kalaimamani Tha.Khu. Subramanian and KUSO''S Presidient, Mr.V.G.Gopalakrishnan was EE.RA.Mohan by all VIPS at the stage and their honoured with shawl by The Chief Guest, Photos were unveiled by VIPs, Thiru.S.R.Anandtha Mr.K.R.M Kishore Kumar. On behalf of KUSO Mr.K.K.Devadoss babu, raman, Mr.K.B,Radhakrishnan and Thiru Treasurer. Mr. T.K. Subramanian and Mr.T.R.Govindan, K.V.Nagarajan respectively. our Committee Member from Dindiigul attended the ª 2019 Dr.TMS Awards were bestowed to function. M/s.T.R.Gnanaeshwaran,Dr,S.A.Venkata At the end there was a Pattimanram on Songs of Dr.TMS. Prof.L.R.Goverthanan presided over chalapathyy,T.K.D.Mohan, S.R.B.Kishorilal, Pattimandram. The Speakers were Smt.S.P.Geetha K.S.D.Kishorilal,and Mr.M.R.Sankarbabu. bharathi, and K.Shankar on one side and Smt.Dr.J.R.Vijyalakshmi and Thiru V.M.Pandya rajan for the opposite side. The function was ended with Thanks to all audience, VIPs and Invitees. H

The Only Sourashtra English Monthly of Karnataka United Sourashtra Organisation (KUSO) 2 October 2019 MAHA DASAL KUSO will celebrate its 6thMahadasal on 05-10-2019, SATURDAY at AARADHANA HALL, Sri Raghavendra Swamy (Mutt) Temple,1st Floor, Dr. Rajkumar Road, Near Navrang Theatre, 2nd Block, Rajajinagar, Bengaluru - 10. Kindly intimate us your willingness to participate in Govindha (Bitchai). We humbly request you to donate liberally materials like Rice, Oil, Sugar & pooja Vegetables etc. R.R. Baskar, Jt. Treasurer & in-Charge for Mahadasal Mobile : 9343736556 Dussara - boskanno KUSO is goingto celebrate first time Dussara - Those who are interested to participate are boskanno on 06-10-2019, Sunday from 10.00am to requested to contact Smt. Subhashree Vishwanathan 5.00pmat A aradhana Hall, Sri Raghavendra Swamy 9901064115. (Mutt) Temple, 1st Floor, Dr. Rajkumar Road, Program Near Navrang Theatre, 2nd Block, Rajajinagar, © Diva Puje Bengaluru - 10. © Lalitha Sahasranama Parayanam (chanting By All Kindly intimate us your willingness to participate Ladies) in boskanno function. © Kanniya Puje © Cultural Program- Platform To Exhibit Your Talents. (songs, Dances) © Prasadam-individuals Can Bring/sponsor The Desired Quantity For Pooja © Lunch- Coffee/Snacks :May Be Sponsored © Navarathri Kolattam- By Children , Ladies & Gents. © Paan-happal thamboola To All Ladies, © Gift Basket ToAll Kanniya Bedkin (below 10 Years) Note: Note: All Ladies, Please Form Small Groups Areawise Contact Palkar People Nearby Donations Are Solicited V.B. Divya Weds K.B. Mageshkumar The Wedding of Sou. V.B. Divya, BE (CSE), Daughter of Sri V.N. Baskar and Smt. Sasikila Weds Chi K.B. Mageshkumar, MCA, Associate, CTS, Chennai, Son of Sri K.V. Balaraman and Smt. K.B. Rajeshwari was held on Thursday, 12-09-2019 at Sri Prasanna Varadaraja Perumal Vasantha Mandapam, Salem. Sri R.N. Sadasivan-Editor, Sonna Kodum, Smt. Savithri Sadasivan, Sri T.S. Jayabalan, General Secretary, Smt. T.J. Saroja Jayabalan, Sri K.K. Devadoss Babu-Treasurer, Smt. K.D. Ramila Devadass Babu, Sri T.A. Pattabiraman, Secretary, Committee Members Sri N.S.R. Santharam-Madurai, M.V. Mohanram-Madurai, Sri T.R. Govindan-Dindigul, Sri M.R. Narayanan-Salem, Sri B.V. Srinivasan, Sri N.R. Vishwanathan, T.H. Desikachari Smt. Kantham Desikachari and Sri B.M. Srinivas had attended the marriage. The 70th ‘divaa puje’ was held on Thursday, 13th divaa puje September 2019, at 11.00 AM at Joint Treasurer Residence Sri R.R. Baskar, # S-1860, 1st 'G' Main, 'D' Block, MKK Road, Rajajinagar 2nd Stage, Bengaluru - 10, with the participation of large number of KUSO members family. In this function, Vice President, KUSO, Sri R.K. Sridharan performed the rituals. Smt. Santhi Baskar and Smt. Yogeshwari Nagarajan had organized the pooja events. Those who are interested to participate are requested to contact Smt. Santhi Baskar (9342014615), Smt. Ramila Devadoss Babu (9379681716) and Smt. Yogeshwari Nagarajan (7892216211 ). The Only Sourashtra English Monthly of Karnataka United Sourashtra Organisation (KUSO) October 2019 3 PAJE ! PAJE ! NOWRAN PAJE !KUSO MARRIAGE BUREAU PAJE ! PAJE ! NOWRIN PAJE ! 30TH GLOBAL S OURASHTRA J ADHAGA P ARIVARTHANAI 13-10-2019-SUNDAY MELA KUSO MARRIAGE BUREAU have MarriageAlliance of your sons / daughters. pleasure to announce that the 30th Mela will be An enrolment fee ofRs. 400/- (Renewal conducted onSUNDAY, 13-10-2019 at Fee Rs.300/- only) will be collected for Aaradana Hall, Sri Raghavendra Swamy Mutt registration of one horoscope. (Temple), 1st Floor, Dr. Rajkumar Road, Near Please intimate one week in advance to Navrang Theatre, 2nd Block Rajajinagar, General Secretary, Sri T.S. Jayabalan Bengaluru - 10. at 10.00 A.M. 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Parents from far away cities like Arni, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dindigul, Erode, Kumbakonam, Madurai, Nagarkoil, Palayamkottai, Paramakudi, Salem, Tanjore, Trichy, Walajapet, The details of your Horoscopes will also Thiruvanandapuram, Mumbai, Hyderabad, be published in our official Monthly Journal, Thirupathi, Surat, Bhuvaneshwar, Shimoga, “SONNA KODUM”, freely (confidentiality will Mysore, Kolar and Mandya etc., have attended be maintained through reference numbers). the above Melas along with their Sons and This Mela, a get- Daughters and benefitted. together for a specific LUNCH @ All the parents are requested to attend purpose, is a grand the above Mela along with their children (to be successful initiative taken 1-30 PM married). While coming please bring a copy of by KUSO, Bangalore. It has good and vast the horoscope, one passport and one full size response from Sourashtra people during the photos, of your child. previous Melas. AstrologerSri J.K. 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The Only Sourashtra English Monthly of Karnataka United Sourashtra Organisation (KUSO) 4 October 2019 Small Business Ideas with Low Investment 164. Cosmetics Distribution Business 169. Hospital Equipment Distribution If you have knowledge about the medical field, you can think of starting hospital equipment distribution business. You need to establish good hospital network to get success in this business. The hospital equipment includes stretchers, electrocardiographs, monitors, X- Ray machine, MRI Machine, Operation Theatre bed, examination couches etc. 170. IT related Equipment Distribution A demand for computer peripheral like desktops, laptops, servers and network devices are growing. If you have knowledge in IT field you can start this business. It is a highly profitable business with good success rate. You need to select good brand such as Dell, Cisco, HP etc. Females in India are fond of cosmetic and personal care 171. Medicine Distribution product. These types of product always remain in If you have knowledge about pharmaceutical products, demand. Thus starting cosmetics distribution can bring you can start medicine distribution business. There is good success. There are multiple companies in this ample opportunity in this business. Capital requirement segment you should select branded company with very of this business is also low. However, you need to work good products. on establishing a good dealer network. 165. Engineering Equipment Distribution 172. Organic Food Distribution Engineering equipment is purchased in various People are becoming health conscious and they are manufacturing industries. Crane, Hydra, earth moving ready to spend money on the organic food. There are equipment, civil, construction, and control equipment many organic food companies looking for a distributor in generally remains in demand. If you have a lot of capital India. If you have a good dealer network and if you can you can think of starting this business. market this type of products, you can rule the market. 166. FMCG Product Distribution 173. Safety and Security Product Distribution Safety and security product has various industrial Starting FMCG product business is a lucrative business application. In addition to that in few industries, it is option in India. These types of products always remain mandatory to maintain safety and security-related items in demand. It is easy to establish a supply chain for this due to the mandatory audit requirement. Common type of products. The investment required for this product famous in this segment are fire extinguishers, business is also low. However, there is a lot of helmet, boiler suit, access control system, CCTV etc. If competition in this business. you have knowledge in this field you can start this 167. Gems and Jewelry Distribution business. Gems and Jewelry distribution is another lucrative 174. Seed Distribution Business business segment in India. This business demand lot of Seed distribution is a highly profitable business. Seeds investment. You must have enough cash to start this are used in agriculture and crop quality and yield business. Apart from this, you require a trustworthy depend on the quality of seeds. Farmers are generally team for starting this business. Make sure to tie up with a looking for high-quality seeds and they are ready to popular company with good brand value. spend more money for that. If you have a good dealer 168. HomeAppliance Distribution network in a rural area you can think of starting this business. Home Appliance and kitchenware like a juicer, grinder, 10 Manufacturing Business Ideas refrigerator, water purifier, mixture, irons etc. always remain in demand. Apart from that capital investment 175. Manufacturing of Paper required for this business is moderate. You can get good Paper making is one of the simple manufacturing success in this business provided you select good brand business. Papers and stationary always remain in like Samsung, LG, and Godrej for distribution ship. demand either in education or in the business field. You can start this business with low investment. You need raw material such as pulp, cellulose and paper SRB BOUTIQUE making machine. You may even think of recycling papers. 135, 2nd East Main Road, Anna Nagar, Madurai-625001 Ph : 0452-4961990 / 98433 79499 176. Soap and detergent manufacturing SRB SILK A soap and detergent manufacturing 158, South Masi Street, Madurai-625001 is next business in the list. This Ph : 0452-2329536 / 4362111 business requires big space and understanding about manufacturing process of soap and detergent.

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One of the greatest cluster of Jain monuments in to the 15th centuries. The fort has a high wall can be seen at Palitana, near the east coast of strengthened by bastions, with a huge moat inside the Saurashtra, where one of the most impressive temple walls, granaries large enough to withstand a long siege, complexes in India is situated on a sacred mountain a Rajput palace that the sultans partially converted to a summit, the Shatrunjaya hill.The temples are set in nine mosque after their conquest of , Ottoman enclosures called Tuks, set on two ridges of the canons, and two imposing stepwells. The Mughals pinnacle, and some of the best works of Jain temple conquered Gujarat from the sultans and their architecture can be seen in the Khateshwar tuk. The subhas(governors) of Sorath were based in Uparkot view of the temple cluster, with its massed domes and fort. After the decline of Mughal power, the subhas shikhars reaching out to the sky, against a backdrop of founded their own dynasty, taking on Babi as their last hilly countryside and the river Shatrunnnjaya is one of name, and became the Nawabs of Junagadh. During the greatest sights you can hope to see during a tour of their reign, Junagadh saw the rise of numerous India. The historic 863 temple complex has exquisite buildings including palaces, the imposing Baha-ud-din carvings, jewelled idols and detailed architecture, and college, the old maqbara and the fun-fairish 19th an awesome aura of devotion. century mausoleum complex. A selection of their In the granite hills howdahs, palanquins, textiles and furnishings can be near Palitana, Sihore seen at the Durbarhall museum. was the capital of the South of Junagadh is Somnath, well known for its Gohil Rajputs in the 17th temples. The Somnath temple is believed to have been century, and being the built by Gods and their avtars(incarnations) but the rulers of a prime earliest recorded phase in the history of Somnath's coastland often faced Shiva temple is the 10th century Solanki reign of battles and skirmishe Gujarat. The temple was subjected to plunder and with neighbouring rulers. destruction by invaders over the centuries, and each Sihore Darbargadh was built to defend Gohilwad time the resilient devotees restored it to its former glory. from the Kathi darbars of the Kathiawad hinterlands. The main palace inside the fortifications has a carved The present temple building was renovated in 1950. wooden facade and the rooms inside have wall AD under the leadership of Sardar Patel. Near the paintings depicting historic battles and other subjects. temple is the Prabhas Patan museum which houses From the fort terraces can be seen the granite hills, architectural fragments and sculptures from the original which provided superb natural defences for Sihore temple of Somnath. A Sun temple, lord Krishna Darbargadh, and hilltop watchtowers from where cenotaph and the Ahilya Holkar temple are other warnings could be flashed to the inhabitants of the town. devotional monuments of Somnath. Lord Shiva, while The Gohils moved their capital to Bhavnagar and stating he was omnipresent, mentioned that Somnath commissioned European architects like Sir William was one of his 12 important abodes, the reason the Emerson, whose other works include Calcutta's Victoria shore temple here is revered as a Jyotirlinga. memorial, to built their palaces and public buildings. Like Somnath, Dwarka is one of the important West of Palitana is Mt , which rises 3660 ft Hindu shore temples, attracting millions of pilgrims. over MSL on the outskirts of Junagadh city. The 12th From the architectural viewpoint, an interesting temple century temples on the summit are exquisitely carved is the Rukmani mandir, dated to the 12th and 13th and superbly designed. Near the foot of Mt Girnar are centuries. Marine excavations indicate the presence of relics of another religion, Buddhism, which like Jainism an ancient city, submerged by the sea. preached non-violence. The edicts of emperor Ashoka, Among the oldest temples extant in India are the Mauryan ruler who helped spread Buddhism Ghumli, Gope and Bileshwar in the hills of Barda, throughout south and south eastern Asia in the 3rd century BC, have been inscribed on basalt rock enroute between the coastal cities of Porbandar and Jamnagar. from Girnar to Junagadh. The hills around Junagadh These temples date from the 7th to the 12th centuries have Buddhist cave complexes dating from the rule of and have interesting detailing. The Vikia vav at Ghumli is the Kshtrapas. One of these is in the Uparkot fort, which among Saurashtra's most impressive step wells. rises from a hill over Junagadh city. The Uparkot was Kutch is another region that has impressive believed to be a walled citadel upto the 5th century AD Hindu temples at Kera, Kotay and Bhuvad , Jain temples and again during Chudasama Rajput reign from the 9th at Badreshwar and Naliya, and shore temples at Koteshwar, most of them dated to the 10th-13th century period. The Jadeja Rajputs became the major power of Kutch in the 16th century and over a period of four centuries forts and palaces were built in their state. One of the grandest of these palaces is the Aina mahal in the Darbargadh complex, which was embellished by Ram Singh, an artisan shipwrecked in Europe. From Net Blog

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