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Akshay Tritiya Parna Mahotsav held

May 10, 2024 by Sujata Muguda 0 Comments #Akashya Tritiya Parna Mahotsav, #Akshay Tritiya, #Akshay Tritiya Parna Mahotsav, #Akshaya Tritiya, #Annaraj Bafna, #begging, #Chennai, #compassion, #Dadawadi Jain Temple, #Dadawadi Jain Temple Karawan, #fasting, #Gautam Chand Dank, #Gudi Malkapur, #humility, #Hyderabad, #Hyderabad and Secunderabad, #Jains, #Jodhpur, #Kantha Bhai, #Karnataka, #Karwan, #Kishore Golechs, #Krishi Bandari, #Mahendra Lunwath, #meditation, #Nashik, #Parna Mahotsav, #patience, #prayer, #pune, #Rishab dev Bhagwan, #Saibaba Temple, #Sajjan Gandhi, #Sangeetha Kothari, #Shri Vardhaman Sthanakvasi Jain Shravak Sangh, #simple living, #Sunitha Vinod, #Swarupchand Kothari, #Tirthankara, #Ugam Bhai Gandhi, #Vimlabhai Kochar, #Vinod Kimtee

Hyderabad, May 10th, 2024….108 Jains who fasted by eating alternative day for the past one year broke their fasting by consuming sugar cane juice today at Dadawadi Jain Temple at Karwan.

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Some of the people who fasted were as old as 86 years done young were just 19

It had more women than men. Some of them have fasted for 35 years.

The ceremony is called Akshay Tritiya Parna Mahotsav. It kicked off yesterday and concluded today.

Earlier all these 208 Jain’s drawn from across India, including 32 from the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad were ceremoniously taken in 25 well-decorated chariots in a km-long procession from Saibaba Temple in Gudi Malkapur to Dadawadi Jain Temple Karawan.

Vimlabhai Kochar from Nashik has been fasting by eating alternative day for the past 35 years. Kantha Bhai has been fasting for 16 years. Ugam Bhai Gandhi is an 81-year-old woman who has been fasting for the past 24 years. Kishore Golechs from Secunderabad who is into the cycling business has been fasting for 24 years. Sangeetha Kothari, a 52 years old woman has been fasting for the past 7 years.

Sunitha Vinod, 52 from Nashik has done first time. Krishi Bandari, a 19-year-old girl from Hyderabad has done fasting a second time. Says, that fasting has taught her to exercise control on anything we do excessively. It has also taught me a very good discipline in life.

Mahendra Lunwath from Hyderabad who has been fasting for 20 years said it is mind control over food. I decided in mind and I never had any problem in fasting. He urged youngsters and first-timers to start fasting at least once a week. In an era where food is available at the click of a mouse from food delivery platforms such as Swiggy and Zomato, fasting is the only way forward to exercise control over food. We are what we eat. Obesity is on the rise. The best way is to fast at least once a week he said

The fast-breaking ceremony was organized under the guidance of Jain Guru Dr Samkit Muni Ji and two other Jain Monks.

On this day about 2000 Jains from across India such as Nashik, Pune, Jodhpur, Karnataka, and Chennai, and Hyderabad participated

108 Jain’s ended their year-long alternate fasting with sugar cane juice disclosed Swarupchand Kothari, Gautam Chand Dank, Sajjan Gandhi, Annaraj Bafna, and Vinod Kimtee, the office bearers of the organising body.

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In Jainism, Akshaya Tritiya is important as it commemorates the first Tirthankara, Rishab dev Bhagwan, ending his one-year asceticism(severe self-discipline and avoiding all forms of indulgence) by consuming sugarcane juice poured into his cupped hands. Some Jains refer to the festival as Akashya Tritiya Parna Mahotsav. The ascetic practices include simple living, begging, fasting, and ethical practices such as humility, compassion, meditation, patience, and prayer. Akshay Tritiya Parna Mahotsav brings to an end to such a year-long strict self-discipline.

Akshay Tritiya Parna Mahotsav was organized by Shri Vardhaman Sthanakvasi Jain Shravak Sangh, Greater Hyderabad

Health

Understanding how Squalene increases immunity and reduce oxidative stress…

Sep 24, 2021 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments #adequate sleep, #chronic lifestyle disorders, #Dr. Kumara Panicker Gopakumar, #Exercise, #meditation, #natural antioxidant, #oxidative stress, #scientist, #TheLifekart.in

– Dr. Kumara Panicker Gopakumar, Scientist, TheLifekart.in

An unbalanced lifestyle, a diet rich in fats, rising pollution and radiation are the key factors responsible for increased oxidative stress in human body. This stress occurs when there is a variation among the action of antioxidants and free radicals. It can result into damage of cell and tissue as well as plays a significant role in the process of aging. Squalene, a 100 percent natural compound is beneficial in such circumstances as it is a natural anti-oxidant and the healing of the body happens in a natural way.

When a human body goes through oxidative stress, free radicals increase as compared to antioxidants and start destroying the fatty tissue, protein and DNA makeup. This gives birth to various chronic lifestyle disorders comprising high blood pressure, cardiac disease diabetes, hardening & narrowing of arteries, hardening of blood vessels, inflammatory conditions, and neurodegenerative diseases.

Unchecked oxidative stress can start the aging process, and affect the immune system and may give up to the development of many conditions. This is where the role of Squalene comes into play. Squalene, a natural component found in the human body from birth and the strongest natural antioxidant, will, however, be the natural path to a healthy body. Squalene readily let out the hydrogen to free radicals and abstract hydrogen from water in cells, thereby releasing oxygen to cells. It also gives benefits like anti-oxidation, generation of immunity, the balance of cholesterol levels, acting as an anti-cancer agent and preventing heart diseases.

Besides, the amount of squalene in the body decreases as we age, this downfall in Squalene results in low oxygen levels which lead to lifestyle diseases, poor sleep and early ageing. There are various lifestyle and dietary modifications one can incorporate to lower down the affect of oxidative stress in a human body.

Exercise regularly: As per the studies and expert’s views, regular exercise is helpful in reducing oxidative stress as it gives rise to natural antioxidants in the body and lowers down the damage caused by oxidative stress. Even practicing meditation on regular basis can also reduce oxidative stress and increases antioxidant levels in the body

Take a diet rich in antioxidants: Diet rich in antioxidants comprising minimum of five servings of fruits and vegetables are needed so that the body can produce antioxidants. Citrus Fruits, olives, green leafy vegetables and tomatoes are the good ones. The other dietary sources, which can increase antioxidant production in the body are fish and nuts, vitamin E, green tea, garlic and turmeric.

Say no to smoking: Smoking has the potential to increase oxidative stress not only by producing reactive free radicals but also by decreasing antioxidant defence systems.

Take adequate sleep: Adequate sleep is required for a healthy body and it is also needed for salient balance of entire body systems. If we are not having adequate sleep then it will affect our brain functioning, hormone production and antioxidant balance.

Avoid overeating: Various studies have shown constant eating, which often leads to overeating, can keep your body in a state of oxidative stress. Therefore, it’s necessary to balance out our meals and eat at appropriately spaced intervals with small or moderate portions.