Walkabout around South Park Blocks

Cultural Quarters , Downtown Portland .

PictureBook walls of Penukonda Ramaswami Temple

Some stories from Krishna Leela portrayed on the temple walls in Penukonda .

In all these stories , the asuras are killed only to deliver them from a curse incurred in previous birth. 

Shaapa vimochanam of the Gandharvas , Nalakubera and Manigriva , sons of Kubera , cursed for  the disrespect they showed Narada . 

Pralamba , killed by Balarama .  

Vijaya , son Huhu , was cursed to become Pralambasura , for inadvertently  plucking flowers from Kubera's garden. 

Putana is considered a personification of diseases causing infant mortality . She is also among a class of Yoginis who protect children. 

Arishtasura : in previous birth was Naratantu , student of Brihaspathi , the devaguru , but had shown disrespect by  sitting with legs stretched towards the guru . Hence cursed.

Mandagathi , a son of King Bali , was too vain and arrogant , proud of his immense strength . He was cursed to become a wild elephant by the old rishi Tritunda , after he knocked him down carelessly . 

Chaanura and Mushtika : Sons of anobleman of Amaravathi , the youths were turned into brutish wrestlers disliked by everyone , because they were unprincipled and disrespectful towards parents and teachers . 

The Ass-Demon killed by Balarama , because Krishna had vowed not to kill Prahlada's relatives . In previous birth the Ass was Sahasika who had hassled Durvasa and got cursed. 

Lets make paper ....the Bhutan way

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Jungshi means Natural . This workshop turns out 1400 sheets per day and exports , majorly Sweden , UK and Japan .

Raw material is the bark of Daphne and  edgeworthia  trees .

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A tour in Happy Rural Bhutan

Some herbs for the spa treatment ....water in wooden tubs is heated up by sovelling in heated rocks collected from the river bed fir their mineral content . The herbs are added . And a good soak is recommended for rejuvenation !