Patal Bhuvneshvar temple

बसतस्या महादेवः पातालभुवनेश्वरः l

ब्रह्माविष्णु महेशानां कृत्वैकत्वं नरेश्वरः ll

क्षयस्त्तिशेवगणाः सेवितु भुवनेश्वरम् ll

निवसन्ति हि पाताले महेन्द्रप्रमुखां इह l

Situated at the height of 1350 meters, Patal Bhuvaneshwar, a small village of district Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand is a place that has been bejeweled with Nature’s bountiful creations. There is a reference to Patal in Manskhand of Skandapurana. At this shrine, the natural rocks have taken the shape of the characters of the great Hindu pantheon, as if the gods had left their remnants behind after reposing in the cave. The hood of Sheshnag, the torso of Lord Ganesha with Sastradal Kamal hanging over it, Goddess Bhuvaneshwari standing guard with her weaponry, the cursed Hans (the swan of Lord Brahma) with his head turned, the heavenly tree, the Kalpavriksha, the udders of Kamadhenu, Jatas of Lord Shiva, the Saptahrishimandal, the thousand legs of Airavat, the elephant of Lord Indra are some of the features visible here.

According to mythology the temple was discovered by King Rituparna of Ayodhya. Once King Nala was defeated by his queen Damayanti. He asked Rituparna to hide him in the forests of the Himalayas with his face besmirched so that Damayanti could not recognize him. Both of them, with some warriors reached the deep of part of the woods, the Daruka Vana. On seeing a deer, the king ordered his men to catch it and announced chastisement for the man who allows it to escape. The stag escaped from the King's side.

The king followed the deer and reached a cave. He halted there overnight and sent back his companion, determined not to return without catching the deer. The animal appeared in the king's dream and asked him to give up the chase because he was not a deer.

The king worshiped Kshetrapal for two months. Kshetrapal appeared before him and informed that there lay the idols of all the Gods in the caves. He introduced Rituparna to Adisesha (Seshnag), creator of the cave.

Seshnag lifted Rituparna on his head and toured the cave all around for six months and sent him back with the warning that revelation of this secret place would result in his death. But unable to suppress the truth from his nagging wife (queen) he revealed the secret and lost his life. After sometime, with great difficulty, the queen reached this place. She went inside the cave with the help of a rope and later built the stairs. The queen could see only the idols and did not have Divyadarshan. On her return, the queen, described the region that had remained unknown for thousands of years, and later the Kings of Chand and Katyuri dynasties found this place on the basis of the purana. Emerging as a place of interest on the international tourism map, Patal Bhuvaneshwar is a wonder of the Nature. 

Poem(Self Created)

hi, This is a poem which I wrote some years back. Just saw it on a mail and posting it.

Lying on the bed trying to sleep
happenings of the days come so deep
the light of her face comes in my mind
like the soothing air of the spring chime

Time we spent together
Riding on the birds with feather
Her smile her voice her innocence
Ah! worth treasure the moment for once

Ice-creams in the chillest winter night
Dinner with dance at the sea-shore site
Running hard to catch the dreams
Rest at her shoulder and feel bright

She always seems me like a child
Playing singing dancing with zeal inside

Alas she is not with me any more
Her sweet voice still sings at my door
People come and go in life
Leaving a ray of hope deep inside

Life@NITIE

Swine flu has come as a respite to NITIEians who were struggling to keep pace with hectic schedules, at least this is true for me. Life at NITIE is hectic contrary to what suggested by our seniors. Our typical schedule is as follows:

9:00 AM: Day start at 9 morning. Nana comes early in the morning in my room and says '@#$%#% se class kub hai'. I am still trying to understand why Nana is obsessed with that part of Man's body so much that he speaks it in his sentences. I can remember the incidence when we were coming inside NITIE and security guard asks for I-card and Nana said '@#$%#% nahin dikhoon'. I still don't know whether Nana would have shown that part if he was asked to do so.

Meanwhile puppy wakes up from his bed and first thing he does in morning is calling his gf and 'chappu...' with her. 'Chappu' means speak in Telugu. He is the chillest person at NITIE. When everybody in NITIE were slogging their asses to get passing marks in statistics, Puppy was chill and chappuing with his gf.

9:20 AM: Time to stand on line at mess for breakfast, then swallow breakfast somehow in 2 min and rust towards 95 stairs of destiny. Somehow we reach Admin block after climbing 95 stairs. Here I normally go with Appu hathi. Appu hathi(aka lala) is a synonym of laziness. He reminds u of a typical halwai, whose belly goes first wherever he goes. Even when he enters in our room, his belly comes first and then comes his foot. Rumors have linked this belly to 'Bobby darling' aka boyfriend.

9:30 AM: Somehow we reach class and try to capture back seats.
9:30 – 5:00 PM: Emotional atyachaar in class. Who wants to study anyways apart from few junkies.

Evening in NITIE is cool. You can hear lot of noise around pond and giggling of students. Admin has recently installed lights around pond to prevent advances by lovers. I still don't understand why few kisses make admin so nervous. Maybe they could not do anything in their young days. Anyways lovers always find new areas for their activities.

During evening walks you can see Adi Baba giving gyan to his toli. This toli is increasing by bits and pieces every day. Adi Baba is a former sarkari engineer now having fun time in NITIE. He is one of the most respected person in NITIE( of course apart from me).

Swine flu and NITIE

After so many days something came which was able to frighten the so called studs... The incident happened after somebody spread the rumor in NITIE about spreading of swine flu in our campus.

I went to Adi baba's room and opened it. To my biggest surprise Adi baba and Anuraag covered their face with a mask which normally nurses use during operation. Hey dudes! WTF!! I wondered whether this cheap looking cloth can same them from deadly swine flu.

I decided to go to class that day. Many students were absent due to fear and it is best time to give attendance and show the teacher how sincere you are. To show him that I am the guy who is coming to class despite swine fear to learn. When I reached class, I got stunned, 40 future managers wearing masks and not talking with each other. One uncle of our class were sitting 6 feet far from all.

I could only congratulate swine flu for his win over mankind.

Mandi Experience

NITIE Mumbai organizes annual function "Mandi". In this event students get a chance to apply Marketing and Communication skills concepts, to sell the educational toys in Mumbai markets. These toys are made by NGO Navnirmiti.

Yesterday we had this function and I am going to share the experiences:

9:00 PM: Six punters(Kurma, Chandu bhabhi, Swine flu, Puppy, nana and me)were sitting on the table and speculating whether we will be able to sell without any fairer sex(fairer sex in NITIE itself is big dream). Puppy as always boasted big that he will not take anything less than 200(for small) and 400(for big) Jodo piece.


10:00 PM: Function started. Guests were Mr. S. Ramesh – MD, Stanton Chase, Mr. Dev Bhattacharya, Group Executive President, ABG and actress Preeti Jingiyani. Profs were sitting on the front row. Speeches started and emotional atyachar happened after that. Preety's speech was a respite for few. She compared managers with actors. Not bad.. Meanwhile stalkers were looking at her and one pretty lady from media. Prof Mandi as always was in full mood.

12:00 Green signal given by guests. Got a chance to get pic with Preeti. First entry in bollywood.

1:00 We 6 decided to go to Gateway of India.

First experience: Initially we were on Colaba street. We asked some people on the lane, they said 'No thanks' from a distance. We got frustrated initially and shouted on Dr Mandi for our condition. After lots of frustration we moved to Gateway of India.

3:00 Reluctantly we reached to one couple with a kid of around 6-7 yrs and told about the toys. To our great surprise, kid and couple looked interested. That was our first sale. And then the confidence came and we sold them like haat cake as Prof Mandi told us.



7:00 We sold all our toys and even puppy and party were able to sell theirs too. They have to give discount initially but later things improved for them.

That was a hell cool experience. Everybody was able to sell most of the items and they were thanking Dr Mandi for this nice experience.

My CAT experience : tips on how to prepare

CAT is round the corner. CAT is considered the toughest exam for bschools admissions in India. I would like to give last minute tips for persons who are preparing for CAT.

My Profile:
CAT 2008 percentile: 98.97
XAT 2009 percentile: 98.18

Converts: NITIE(PGDIM), MDI(PGPM), IMT-G(Finance)

So here goes the Gyan:

1. Give Mock cats very seriously. Every test should be reflection of your studies. Solve each and every question at home. Develop strategies and find what works best for you.

2. Read a lot from English news papers. Particularly people from state boards. English is achievable. I had studied in Hindi medium till 12th standard and even then I was able to get 97 percentile in verbal.

3. Aim for best. Aim for IIM A. It is very much achievable. I have seen normal people going to IIM A. They just had done hard work and had one good day in interviews. Particularly people getting around 90 percentile in mocks can get 99.5 + percentile in CAT with some extra effort. I have seen such cases(practical experience dude).

4. Solve only one material(either TIME, or CL or IMS) now, but do it completely. Solve every question. Try to have second scan on material.

5. Don't loose hope till the last moment. Those who dream, win the battle. Give your best shot.

6. Those who have just started preparing, 3 months is enough for CAT preparation. Brush up your basics and practice a lot.

Best of luck junta.....

First Day at NITIE