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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Tale of two SIvaLinga's - Ramagiri AP Rameshwaram TN


                                                      Rameshwaram Temple

                                           
                                                Ramagiri Valeeshwarar temple Tank

Some one might wonder how the two temples located around 700km apart are interlinked, that too the famous Rameshwaram Temple, termed as Varanasi of south is interlinked with an infamous temple located in small village of Andhrapradesh( earlier Madras Presidency). The answer is our Hindu Mythology.

Everyone knows about the Sand SivaLinga made by Seetha Devi at Rameshwaram, for performing pooja, because the linga from Kasi, bought by Hanuman , came late. But many of us are not aware, what caused the delay and stood as the main reason for the making of Sand Sivalinga at Rameshwaram.

The myth goes like this.

Hanuman went to Kashi from Rameshwaram, to get Sivalinga for Shri Ram-Seetha Devi rituals , to be performed at Rameshwaram ( The name of the place came from the pooja performed by Lord Ram- Ram performing pooja to Lord Eeshwar and hence the name Rameshwaram). On the way, he feels thirsty and sees a water stream flowing down there,which is Kalangi Madugu. To quench his thirst , he comes down and tries to find some one who can hold the linga till he quenches his thirst.

He finds a shepherd boy( Lord Bairava), and he requests the boy to hold the linga for some time , so that his thirst can be quenched. After drinking water, Hanuman gets surprised to see the linga is kept on ground , which should not happen. He did not realize it as the power of Bhairava, instead he thinks , the boy was not able to hold the heavy linga. He tries with all the possible ways to uproot the linga, he fails. He tries to pull out the linga with his tail, only the tail marks gets embossed on the linga and the linga head gets slanted a bit.

He realizes the act of Lord Bhaiarva and then goes back to Kasi to bring a new linga. In the mean time, since the muhurat of the rituals is about to get over, the sand linga is made by Sita devi to perform the pooja without any delay. The new linga bought by Hanuman is also placed in Rameshwaram and rituals were performed.

The ramagiri temple was built in AD 900-1000 period by Pallava rulers and it is almost in dying stage , due to lack of maintenance. Our rich architecture is getting un noticed and we are losing many valuable talent of our ancestors.

Kalangi madugu later got the name of Ramagiri, meaning Rama's hill, because of the linga for Ram's pooja was placed here. The tank of the temple has its water inflow in the form of Nandi mouth, and it never got dry over ages, even if the landscape had no rains for a decade altogether.


బాద్ షా

తెలుగింటి చిన్నోడు
వెండితెర ఫై చిచ్చర పిడుగు 
అన్నగారి వారసుడు 
అందరు మెచ్చిన బుడ్డోడు 

వార్ వన్ సైడ్ అయ్యే 
బాక్స్ ఆఫీసు బద్దలు కొట్టే 
ప్రేక్షకుల మెప్పులు పొందె 
సైలెంట్ గా త్సునామి సృష్టించే 

తెలుగు తెరకి రారాజు 
మా తారకరాముడు 
రారాజులకే రారాజు 
నేటి తారక రాముడు 

నిన్ను చూడాలని మొదలెట్టి 
స్టూడెంట్ నెంబర్ 1గా అడుగెట్టి 
సుబ్బు తో మురిపించి 
ఆది గా అలరించి 
అల్లరి రాముడి నవ్వులు కురిపించి 
నాగరాజు గా  నిప్పులు కక్కి 
సింహాద్రి తో సింహాసనం ఎక్కి 
ఆంధ్రావాలా గ దుమ్ము దులిపి 
సాంబా  గ శివమెత్తి 
నా అల్లుదుఅని నవ్వించి 
నరసింహుడి ఉగ్ర తాండవం చేసి 
యమదొంగై గుండెలు దోచుకొని 
కంత్రి తో కిరాక్ తెప్పించి 
అదుర్స్ అదుర్స్ అనిపించి 
బృందవానం చూపించి 
శక్తి స్వరూపమై తలపించి 
ఊసేరవల్లి గా రంగులు మార్చి 
దమ్ము తో ముందుకొచ్చి 
బాద్ షా గా నిలిచి 

బాక్స్ లు బద్దలు కొట్టి 
ఖలేజ ఉన్న కుర్రాడిగా 
ఎన్నటికి మా హృదయ చప్పుడువై 
నిలిచావు తారక రామ ------------------ సుకుమార్ రా 

Monday, April 8, 2013

Rise of SunRisers- IPL6

Its too early to say, but the performances of Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL6 is worth mentioning. Last year the team with their old Franchise, Deccan Chargers, almost finished with the wooden spoon, just ahead of Wooden spoon holders PWI, with a better marginal net run rate,with just 4 wins of 12 games.

This season, they had started with a good note. This reminds me how DC had did in 1st season, and bounced back in the second with magnificent wins in its first 4 games, and finally emerging as winners.

On paper, Sunrisers Hyderabad is a underdog. It is because they don't have single handed match winners like Chris Gayle, or electrifying fielders fielders , or the best bowling attack. But still their wins in first two games was possible because of the following reasons.

1. SunRisers knew what is their strength and what is their weakness.
2. Jinx never works always, Uppal stadium, being their home ground was not so lucky all these days. If hard work is put in properly, as a unit, the jinx will fail, which SRH proved.
3. Few decisions taken at right time, worked out perfectly their way.
4. Perfect utilization of resources. It can be anyone's day in T20, but if the resources are utilized properly, even David can prevail against Goliath. That is what SRH proved so far.

I am not bothered how many wins they are going to get this season, or on what position they are going to finish this season, but with the confidence got from first 2 games, they are surely going to be competitive in the entire tournament and finish better than their previous 2 seasons.

The players who turned around the game are almost the entire playing XI they fielded. It cannot be just ruled out that one player had made the entire difference , like what Chris Gayle's score made it for RCB Vs MI. The players might not have got Orange or purple cap after 7 games and 5 days in this season,but surely they gave on the park, for what they are being paid for.

Here we look how the team has went into winning ways.

Akshat Reddy - The Hyderabadi Ranji opener, with a domestic T20 ton under his name( his debut innings if I am not wrong), had given solid starts to the team and did the openers role perfectly, 50 runs in 2 games, at a touch lower strike rate of 98. But being both the games are low scoring encounters, his contribution mattered much than the strike rate. His fielding definitely saved good amount of runs for his team.

Thisira Perera - The pinch hitting all rounder from Srilanka, perfectly filled in the role of allrounder by scoring a quick fire 30 in first game and 7 in 2nd, besides taking 3 wickets at below 7 RPO in 2 games.

Dale Steyn - The fiery Proteas paceman is the spear head of the attack, which lacks bowlers who are atleast 75% capable of what he can do. But his presence and guidance along with Waqar , had bought the best of the rest of bowling unit. His cleaning of tail in first game,besides giving away just 11 runs in 3.5 overs is absolute brilliance in 1st game. He went for runs in 2nd game, taking just a wicket, but his super over performance is absolutely brilliant against Gayle and Kohli, and was able to defend 20 runs , by just giving away 15 runs.

Hanuma Vihari - The player of match against RCB, is not a hard hitter, the member of U19 winning world cup squad in Australia, had proved he is a good defensive player, who can bat long. His knock of 44 is instrumental in leveling the scores in 2nd game and winning in Super over. And his wicket of 1st ball in IPL , that of Gayle will be remembered at least till the end of this season.Currently with 56 runs in 2 games at 56, he is the leading run scorer for SRH.

Asish Reddy - The cheeky all rounder from Hyderabad Ranji team had proved , he is not the one against whom to attack, he took a crucial wicket in each of the games. With the willow he scored 21 runs in 2 games. His wickets of Ross Taylor and Virat Kohli in 1st & 2nd games, had definitely turned the course of the match.

Amit Mishra - The Indian leggie from Haryana is among the wickets this season and scalped 4 in 2 games, along with Steyn he is the leading wicket taker for his team. His economical spells had ensured the targets are defended and the opposition has not went on for big targets.

Ishant - The lanky Indian pacer had found his rhythm and is among the wickets . His 3 wickets in 2nd game was so crucial and his economical spell in 1st game was also equally appreciable. Hope he continues the same way and gives a good pace attack to his team.

Cameron White - He may have failed in both the games with bat, but his super over attack against Vinay was instrumental to give 21 run target for the opposition.


Baadshah - An Energetic Entertainer

The much awaited movie of this summer, Baadshah was released last Friday and it has been hot cake at the Telugu Box office.

I watched the movie and here is my view on it.

Story : 
The story is not much new one to us. It is a regular pakka commercial flick story, with everything placed at required place and pace to entertain people. My rating is 8/10 for the story.

Screenplay : 
This is the aspect which makes the movie more interesting to watch. I can assure that Sreenu Vytla has understood the pulse of the audience and delivers his screenplay with pacy and racy scenes, making the audience get entertained every moment of it. The scenes of Sangeet function, hero entrance, climax are worth mentioning. My rating is 9/10 for this.

Dialogues :
Sharp one liners of Vytla trade mark are available throughout the movie and almost all the dialogues are worth mentioning. Awesome punch dialogues and correct placing of those makes movie more entertaining. My rating is 9/10

Choreography :
After a long gap, NTR is back with energetic dances on par with his flicks like Ashok,Yamadonga,Kantri. Well choregraphed songs add energy to the movie, and the front benchers cannot control themselves, stepping out to do few steps in front of the movie watchers. My Rating 9/10.

Production:
It is a lavish production by Bandla Ganesh, the location selection , rich production values make the movie look lot better. Can give 9.5/10.

Music and BGM:

Thaman did wonderful job with the music and BGM for this movie, if you watch this in a cinema, with good music effect, I am sure, you will love it like anything. There are few places, where he went little overboard,but on the whole can give a 9/10 rating.It is an asset to the movie for sure.

Performances:

Every character from the Hero NTR jr,heroine Kajal , Brahmi, Vennela Kishore, MS Narayana,Nasser,Kelly Dorjee, Ashish Vidhyardhi,Pradeep Rawat, Navdeep,Sidharth had done perfect job for the roles given to them. Never you feel the acting has gone overboard or less than required level. My rating is 9/10 for artist performances.

Technical Aspects :

All the technical aspects are neat in the movie and adds value to the entertainment of the audience. Can give 9 /10.

On the whole the movie is an energetic entertainer for all classes and sectors of audience. My overall rating is 9/10 for this movie.


Friday, April 5, 2013

IPL 6 - SunRisers Vs Warriors review

The first 2 games in IPL 6 had been fantastic , both being close finishes. KKR and RCB prevailing over their opponents DD and MI respectively.

The third game of this IPL , between Sunrisers and Warriors , has become significant for the following reasons.


  • Both teams finished at bottom 2 places in last season,with Warriors being the wooden spoon holders.
  • Both teams have certain things as new this season. Mathews is new captain of Warriors, and Sunrisers have a fresh start with new owners, with Sun group winning the bids, after DC was defunct-ed.

Both the teams are fighting to have a good start this season. Last season, Warriors lost both their games to the Hyderabad team.

We have to wait and watch whether Warriors will take their last season revenge , or Sunrisers will have  their winning ways against warriors continue.

Uppal stadium, the home ground of Hyderabad IPL team, has not been so lucky for Deccan Chargers, The change in team name to Sunrisers Hyderabad is giving some hopes and sentiments for the home team, that their luck will turn in their way this time.

Players to look for:

Warriors:

Yuvaraj has been star player for Warriors, and after a strong come back from Cancer, he has been good in shorter form of the game. His contribution to the team will be crucial this time.

Steve Smith has been good for PWI last season, hope he continues his willow speaking in the middle order.

Uthappa has to prove himself once again as a run machine and give good start to the team

Mathews has the responsibility of playing the crucial role of defensive,attacking batsman and a captain. His bowling has to be asset to the team

Bhuvaneshwar has been find of the Indian pace attack, his medium pace and swing has to fetch few wickets every game for his team.

Sunrisers

Sangakkara has to score runs this season and give enough runs on board for his team to defend.

Parthiv has been good in the domestic season and his performance has to continue for his IPL team with the willow and gloves , if he is given that job too.

Dale Steyn has the responsibility of attacking from the word go. He has to repeat his last year performances.

Ishant has to support Steyn and give enough breakthroughs for the team.

DwarakaRaviteja in absence of Dhawan, he is likely to open the innings for Sunrisers, and his willow has to speak about his contribution for the team.

Amit Mishra has to be among the wicket takers of this season, both to prove himself and make his team win games and move further.

Cameron White has been good with the willow , in the second half of last season , and his performance has to continue for the goodness of the team.



Wednesday, April 3, 2013

IPL6 - Players to look for - Part 2

Continuing my last post on players to look for in this IPL season.

Chris Gayle -Entire RCB team and fans pinned their hopes on this hard hitter of all time. He has 3 IPL centuries, handful of fifties and a good strike rate. Till he is in crease, its no stopping from his willow against any attack.

Virat Kohli -The newly appointed RCB captain is in good form in all formats of the game, hope to continue his form in IPL too.


If I keep on writing I have write on many players and the article gets boring.. Apart from these players, the other key players of this IPL are

Darren Sammy
Thisira Perera
Rusty Theron
Sudeep Tyagi
Shadab Jakati
Wridhiman Saha
Rajat Bhatia
Sidharth Trivedi
Jayadev Unadkant
Iqbal Abdulla
Ankeit Chaudary
Amit Mishra


and the list goes on.....


Tuesday, April 2, 2013

IPL 6 - Players to look out for- Part 1!

With the IPL6 around the corner, let us have a short look on the players to look for, for all the 9 teams..

MS Dhoni - Undoubtedly , MSD will be on a high this season, after taking CSK to 3 finals consecutively, and 4 in total of the 5 seasons, and a semifinal appearance once, he will be keen to reclaim the trophy this time. With the recent 4-0 victory against the aussies certainly boosting his confidence, surely any one can expect the MSD magic to repeat in this IPL.

Mike Hussey - He is another pillar of CSK , along with Faf, can give a good start to the team, also his experience at the international level surely helps the team to get off to a flier.

Murali Vijay - With 2 consecutive 150+ scores against the aussies, and emerging as the leading run scorer of the series, Vijay is on high confidence and certainly that is going to ensure, he will be having a good IPL this year.

Shikar Dhawan - The fastest centurion on test debut is likely to miss a few games at the start of the season due to injury. But , once he returns, he might go into his old ways of exploding and scoring heaps of runs in the IPL.

Sehwag - The drop from Indian team, a good previous IPL season, is making the ferocious batter a player to look for this series. Lets see how he explodes with the willow.

Gambhir - His case is too similar to Sehwag's and it is most important for this Indian opener to get back to his old days of scoring runs consistently.

Ishant Sharma - Off late, Ishant Sharma has not fared that much well in the past test series, but this shorter version of game can surely bring back Ishant to his good old days.

Ricky Ponting - The recently retired Aussie stalwart , as a captain and player of Mumbai Indians have to prove his worth in IPL. So far he did nothing big in IPL.

Glen Maxwell - The million dollar buy from Aussies, failed miserably in the recent tour on turning tracks, have to see whether he is worth for what he is paid for.

Darren Sammy - The world cup T20 winning captain and allrounder is keen on continuing his form in the IPL from International cricket. Certainly he is an asset to the Sunrisers.

Dale Steyn - The back bone of Sunrisers bowling. He has to attack from the word go , if his team has to register few wins and also guide other pacers to bowl better.

Harbhajan - Its time for Bhajji to come out good and prove he is more better player than what he had performed in recent past.

Yusuf Pathan - Yusuf had been in bad form in last IPL, but he cannot leave it simple this season too.

Robin Uthappa - He is paid big, he has to prove his ability this season atleast.

Irfan Pathan - Irfan had been performing well for India till injury in Ranji season opener forced him to stay out. He has to come back strong enough for Delhi Daredevils, for his pay cheque.

IPL 6 Preview- SunRisers Hyderabad

SQUAD for this season :

Domestic Players :Akshath Reddy, Amit Mishra, Anand Rajan, Ankit Sharma, Ashish Reddy, Biplab Samantray, Dwaraka Ravi Teja, Hanuma Vihari, Ishant Sharma, Karan Sharma,   Parthiv Patel, Sachin Rana, Shikhar Dhawan, Sudeep Tyagi, Thalaivan Sargunam, Thisara Perera, Veer Pratap Singh. 
Overseas Players :Cameron White, Chris Lynn, Clint McKay, Dale Steyn, Darren Sammy,Jean-Paul Duminy, Quinton de Kock,Nathan McCullum,Kumar Sangakkara.

Mentor : VVS Laxman
Coach : Tom Moody
Bowling Coach : Waqar Younis

Previous Team Name : Deccan Chargers

Performances in past 5 seasons(Deccan Chargers):

2008 - 8th in League( 2 Wins & 12 Losses)
2009 - Winner ( 4th in League , 7 Wins & 7 Losses) 
2010 -  Semifinalist ( 4th in League , 8 Wins & 6 Losses) 
2011 - 7th in League ( 6 Wins , 8 Losses)  
2012 - 7th in League ( 4 Wins , 10 Losses ) 

Players to look for :

Batsman:
Shikar Dhawan - Brilliant batsman who has played for Mumbai Indians, Delhi Daredevils prior to playing for the Hyderabad based team. His willow had yeilded good amount of runs for the team so far in all the IPL seasons he played. With 400 runs in 14 games last season, he is the top scorer for his team with the bat. But the injury he got during Aussie test match is costing him a few games at the start of the season.

Kumar Sangakkara - A brilliant wicket keeper batsman and a captain in all forms of the game. One of the leading run machines in the International cricket in all formats. Expected to perform with his captaincy and willow this season.

Cameron White - Last season Cameron started with a dull note , but in the later half of the season ,he produced few magnificent innings which gave the team a couple of wins and almost made the team win another one. He is a hard hitter too. His scores in the top order matters the most, in the absence of Dhawan.

JP Duminy - The whole cricketing world and the IPL knows how good Duminy is with the willow and his part time bowling and fielding. His injury is forcing him to sit out for few games this season, once he returns, it will boost up the batting of the team for sure.

Akshat Reddy - He is one of the leading performers in the domestic circuit in all forms of the game. He can open the innings or bat at any given position , which helps the team to adjust its batting order according to the situation. A hard hitter, and a pinch hitter role also can be done by this young player, who has captaincy experience this season for Team Hyderabad in the domestic circuit.

Dwaraka Ravi Teja - The Hyderabadi domestic batsman and its captain is one of the most experienced domestic players in the side, his experience and skills as a batsman, part time offie will surely aid to the team's strength and is one of the domestic stars. 

Hanuma Vihari -  The world cup winning India U19 player can be one of the less recognized stars able to steal the show this season.

All Rounders : 

Darren Sammy,Nathan McCullum , Thisira perera are well known for their all round ablities in international T20 cricket and there is nothing much to specifically say about these proven stars.

Ashish Reddy & Sachin Rana can also perform on par with these international stars and there is nothing to worry regarding the team selection as there are a bunch of all rounders to chose from.

Bowlers :

Dale Steyn - The world class fiery pace bowler is expected to knock many wickets down this season as usual.

Ishant Sharma - Though Ishant is not of his greatest form, he is expected to give some breakthroughs in the power play overs and support Steyn.

Amit Mishra - Specialist spinner in the squad and usually performs well in IPL.

Veer Pratap Singh - The Bengal bowler has been a good performer last season and he is expected to give the same this year too.

Anand Rajan - He is one of the leading wicket takers in the domestic season and a good bowler, with lot of subtle variations , he can be crucial in middle overs and death.

For Ages, death bowling has been a worry for the Hyderabad IPL Team. It had lost on many occasions after scoring 180 runs batting first. If they can contain the death bowing to good extent, they can win many games and look for a top 4 spot.