Nageshwar Temple situated in Dwarka is one of the 12 Jyotirlingas in India. It is located on the route between Gomati Dwarka and the Bait Dwarka Island on the coast of Saurashtra in Gujarat. Also sometimes known as Nagnath Temple, the main deity here is Lord Shiva, also known as Nageshwar Mahadev. According to the Shiva Purana, those who pray at the Nageshwar Jyotirlinga become free from all poisons, snake bites and worldly attractions.

Unlike other Nageshwar Temples, the statue or the Linga here faces south. A major highlight of Nageshwar Temple is the massive 80 feet tall statue of Lord Shiva. The temple itself is characterised by typical Hindu architecture. The Nageshwar Shiva Linga is made up of stone, known as Dwarka Shila, having small chakras on it. It is in the shape of 3 mukhi Rudraksha.

The importance of Nageshwar Jyotirlinga stems from the fact that it is believed to be the first of the 12 Jyotirlingas in India. Designed on the principles of Vaastu Shastra, the temple is planned on the Sayanam (sleeping) posture of the human body. On the festival of Maha Shivaratri, the Nageshwar Jyotirlinga Temple witnesses grand celebration, drawing flock of devotees from all across the globe.

History :

There are many stories regarding Nageshwar temple but the most popular one revolves around the naming of Darukavanam (of Dwarka) and the establishment of Nageshwar.There was once a fierce demon Daruk inhabiting the forest with his wife Daruka. Due to a boon granted by Parvati, Daruk had become quite arrogant and stubborn. He along with his Daruka started interfering and destroying Hindu festivities. He even captured Supriya (a great devotee of Shiva) and many others and imprisoned them in a hidden dungeon. Supriya continued all Shiva Puja rites everyday and also wore the holy ash/ Bhasma daily besides donning Rudraksha and uttering the Om Namah Shivay Shiva Mantra. Lord Shiva was moved on seeing this unconditional trust and devotion and he appeared at the place. It was then that a divine Jyotirlinga got established there. Lord Shiva vanquished the demons and the place became famous as Darukavanam while Linga came to be known as Naganath.

The Somnath temple is also known Somanātha temple or Deo Patan, is located in Prabhas Patan, in Gujrat, India. One of the most sacred pilgrimage sites for the Hindus, they believe it to be the first among the twelve Jyotirlinga shrines of Shiva.

The temples lies at the meeting of Kapila, Hiran and Sarasvati rivers and the waves of the Arabian Sea and flow touching the shore on which it is constructed. The ancient temple’s timeline can be traced from 649 BC but is believed to be older than that. The present form was reconstructed in 1951. Colourful dioramas of the Shiva story line the north side of the temple garden, though it’s hard to see them through the hazy glass. A one-hour sound-and-light show in Amitabh Bachchan’s baritone highlights the temple nightly at 7.45pm.

History :

The Somnath temple story starts with the partiality of Chandra (the Moon God) to Rohini, one of his 27 wives who were all daughters of Daksha Prajapati, the son of Brahma. The sisters of Rohini were jealous of the extra attention that Rohini received and complained of this to their father. In spite of a warning, the Moon did not mend his ways and the angered Daksha Prajapati cursed him, because of which the Moon lost his lustre.

Alarmed with the curse of Daksha Prajapati, the Moon rushed to Prajapati Brahma, the creator of the World. Brahma advised him to visit Prabhas Teerth, bathe in the Triveni Sangam where the rivers Hiran, Saraswati, and Kapila meet and worship Lord Shiva there. The Moon did as he was advised and was relieved of his curse. As a token of gratitude he built a temple in Gold to honor Lord Shiva and the temple came to be known as Somnath.

Interpretations from the Puranas say that the Moon had built a golden temple and entrusted the worship and upkeep of the temple to the Sompura Brahmins whom he had created specifically to do Yajnas and other ceremonial worship to Lord Shiva during the prathishta or installation ceremony of the temple.

Even today there lives in Somnath a community of Sompura Brahmins who trace their ancestry to the moon. In fact, when the Somnath Temple was rebuilt after Independence, the masons and artists who gave shape to it were from the Sompura Salat community, a branch of the Sompura Brahmin community known for their architectural and artistic skills.

Legend has it that ages after the Moon God built the temple of God, Ravana built a temple in silver, and later in the Dwapara Yuga Shree Krishna had a temple of wood built at Somnath.

As per the information on the website of the Somnath Trust, it is believed that the first Somnath Temple was built during the tenth Treta Yug of the Vaivswat Manvantar and calculate this to be some 7,99,25,105 years ago.

According to several archeological surveys, the Somnath Jyotirlinga initially used to levitate in mid-air. An intense science is there behind the mystically floating Jyotirlinga.

A 13th century Persian Geographer and traveler Zakariya al-Qazwini mentioned Somnath Temple in his book, “Wonders of Creation.” Mahmud Ghaznavi, a Turkish invader, attacked Bharat to covert and establish Islam in the region. He attacked Bharat many times and succeed to an extent. He attacked the prosperous cities and temples of Bharat. While fulfilling his evil purpose, he also attacked Somnath Temple in 1025.

Thousands of Hindus got killed who stood against the demolition of the Somnath temple. Mahmud Ghaznavi ordered his men to seize all the treasures worth millions during that time. 

Mahmud Ghaznavi moved towards the Somnath Jyotirlinga floating in mid-air between the floor and the roof. Mahmud Ghanavi and his men were bewildered at sight. He enquired his attendants behind the reason for this levitating Shivlinga and what to do with it. Everyone gave their opinion and theories. Some said the Jyotirlinga hanged in mid-air with invisible support or rope. Ghaznavi ordered his men to investigate if there was any support that held the Jyotirlinga in mid-air. They failed to find any mechanism supporting the Jyotirlinga. One of his attendants came up with exceptional detail.

He explained to Mahmud Ghanavi that the creation of the Canopy of the Jyotirlinga took place using loadstone (magnetite), and the Jyotirlinga has a metal similar to iron. It explained the science behind the floating Jyotirlinga. Mahmud Ghaznavi threw his sword towards the Canopy after listening to the theory given by his attendant. Surprisingly, his sword got stuck to the Canopy. The Canopy was indeed a permanent magnet that held the Jyotirlinga in mid-air with its powerful magnetic force. 

Our Ancient science was very much advanced during that time that even today, it surprise modern scientists. Apart from Somnath Temple, many ancient temples in India still spin the heads of modern researchers. It showcases the level of skills and techniques that our ancestors used to build these ancient marvels.

Coronavirus 2019 is also known as COVID-19. It is a family of viruses that cause a range of illnesses in human body like common cold, fever. It infects the lungs that cause breathing problem. It is more severe form of SAars that occurred in 2002 and MERs, 2012 which are life threatening. This virus came to human by eating bat and snake. The symptoms can be found in 2-14 days.

COVID-19 appeared in Wuhan, a city in China, in Dec 2019. Health officials are still tracing the exact source of this new coronavirus. In starting the virus was linked to a seafood market in Wuhan. After knowing about it Chinese government lockdown Wuhan but it was too late. Virus has spread to all countries.

• On 30 Jan 2020, WHO declared it a pandemic.

As on 30th Jan 2020, India confirmed its first positive case. The number of positive cases are increasing day by day. We can stop spreading this virus by following some major precautions.

Precautions should be follow by everyone and they are as follows:

1. Social Distancing: As much as possible, keep away from other people.

2. Wear a mask: Covering the mouth by cloth or mask can be helpful to stop entering the virus from mouth.

3. Wash Hand: Wash hand with soap in every hour for at least 20 seconds.

4. Sanitizer: If you are outside the home keep a Alcohol-based hand sanitizer.

5. Avoid: Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands.

By following these precautions we can stay safe at our home. One should even avoid going outside without any important reason. As for now their is no vaccine to prevent coronavirus disease but it’s some symptoms can be treated. It is said by WHO(World Health Organisation).

Smoking is very popular among young people. Cigarettes are the most common way of consuming tobacco, especially in new generation. Most smokers started when they were teens. Those who have friends or parents who smoke are more likely to start smoking than they “just wanted to try it” or they thought it was “cool” to smoke. Smoking is one of the worst things for the people who smoke and it is also harmful to people around them.

It is practice in which a substance is burned & the resulting smoke breathed in to be tasted & absorbed into the bloodstream.

• It make blood thicker, & increase chances of clot formation.

• Increase blood pressure & heart rate, making your heart work harder than normal.

• Narrow the arteries, reducing the amount of oxygen rich blood circulating to your organs.

Tobacco smoke is incredibly harmful for health. There’s no safe way to smoke. Replacing cigarette with a cigar, pipe, or hookah won’t help in avoiding the health risks.

Cigarettes contain 600 ingredients, many of which can also be found in cigars & hookahs when these ingredients burn, they generate more than 7000 chemicals. Those chemicals are poisonous & atleast 69 of them are linked to cancer.

One of the ingredients in tobacco is a mood altering drug called Nicotine. It reaches to brain in mere seconds & make you feel more energised for a while. Nicotine is extremely habit-forming, which is why people find smoking so difficult to quit.

Smoking causes so many health problems in body. Some of them are lung cancer, heart diseases, diabetes,liver cancer, Erectile Dysfunction, Ectopic pregnancy, vision loss, Tuberculosis, Brain stroke, Bladder cancer, Cervical cancer, and so many more.

Seeing the bad impacts of Smoking one should try to avoid it and try to aware about its hazard to other people who smoke.

Junk food use to describe food and drink low in nutrients. They are also known as fast food. As the name says they are easy to prepare & can be consumed very quickly. They are low in nutritional value & have fat, salt etc. In it that cause Ill effect on consumers health.

The term ‘Junk food’ was coined by Michael Jacobson, in public interest to raise attention among people about the issue of junk foods that has high calories & a lack nutritional value. Junk food contains sugar in high quantity, transfer, polyunsaturated fat salt & numerous food additive such as monosodium glutamate (MSG) and lack healthy nutrients that are required by body like protein,vitamin & fiber etc. They are popular because they are good in taste and requires a very simple process to manufacture & to consume.

Causes of junk food?

Eating junk food on a regular basis can lead to an increased risk of obesity & chronic disease like cardiovascular disease,type 2 diabetes, non – alcoholic fatty liver disease & some cancers. It increases the level of obesity in human body. As junk food are low in protein and have poor nutrition it causes heart problems, high blood pressure and it is also linked with depression. As our brain needs good nutrition, protein etc. To work properly and when it does not get it from their so many problems start arising and depression is one of them.

Any girl or women can be affected by hair loss, but it’s more common in certain groups. Normal hair loss amounts to about 50-100 hairs per day. Hair shedding is part of a natural balance some hairs fall out while others grow in. When the balance is interrupted when hair falls out and less hair grows in- hair loss happens. Hair loss is different than hair shedding. The medical name for hair loss is Alopecia. Hair goes through three cycles:

• The Anagen phase(growing phase) can last from two years to eight years.

• The Catagen phase (transition phase) is the time that hair follicles shrink.

• The telogen phase (resting phase) takes about two to four months.

What causes hair loss in females?

•Heredity: It causes thinning of hair along the top of the head.

•Hair style: It causes hair loss when hair is styled in ways that pull on roots, like tight pony tails, braids or corn rows.

• Extreme Stress or shock to the body: It causes temporary hair loss. This category includes events like losing a lot of weight surgeries,illness and having a baby.

Who is affected by hair loss in women?

Any girl or women can be affected by hair loss. However, it is usually more common in:

• Women older than 40 years

• Women who have just had babies.

• Women who have had chemotherapy and those who have been affected by other medications.

• Women who often have hairstyles that pull on the hair( like tight pony tails or tight braids) or use harsh chemicals on their hair.

Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder in which a person has regular episodes of eating a very large amount of food during which the person feels a loss of control over eating. The person then uses different ways, such as vomiting or laxatives, to prevent weight gain. Many people with bulimia also have anorexia.

Causes:

Many women than men have bulimia. The disorder is most common in teenage girls and young women. The person usually knows that her eating pattern is abnormal. She may feel fear or guilt with the binge purge episodes.

The exact cause of bulimia is unknown genetic, family, psychological, society or cultural factors may play a role. Bulimia is likely due to more than one factor.

Symptoms:

The person eats large amounts of high calorie foods, usually in secret. The person feels a lack of control over the eating which cause weight gain. People with bulimia are often at a normal weight, but they may see themselves as being overweight. The person’s weight is often normal other people may not notice this eating order. Symptoms that people can see include:

• Spending a lot of time exercising.

• Suddenly eating large amount of food or buying large amount of food that disappear right away.

• Regularly going to the bathroom right after meals

• Throwing away package of laxatives, diet pills, emetics ( drugs that cause vomiting)

Teens are more likely than adults to abuse alcohol because of the way the human brain develops. During adolescence, the teenage brain’s pleasure centers mature quicker than the part of the brain responsible for sound decision – making.

“Teen are particularly vulnerable to binge drinking because their impulsive control has not yet fully matured”.

Many teens do not have the mental capacity to fully understand the consequences of drinking or even be aware of them. Teens can face immediate negative consequences, such as brain damage and delayed puberty. Indirect health issues, such as car crashes and sexual assaults are also common problems from drinking.

Underage drinking affects not only the drinker but society in general. This is because intoxicated teens can make impulsive decision regarding driving under the influence and causing fights, act that get people hurt or even killed.

Risk factors of young Drinkers

People who start drinking at a young age are more likely to develop a dependence on alcohol later in life. No one is immune to developing a problem,but some factors may increase the likelihood of abuse, including:

• Genetics : Teens with parents or siblings that have a drinking problems are four times more likely to develop a problem of their own.

• External pressure : Teens with parents or siblings are heavy drinkers more likely to start drinking earlier & believe that behaviour is acceptable.

• Personality : Young people who believe alcohol makes them more social are more likely to drink heavily in order to fit in.

When we talk about health in our society, it is only about healthy body. Nobody pay attention towards mental health. Mental health is as important as physical health. Just like our physical health, our mental health can have ups & downs.

Mental health includes our emotional, psychological and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, & act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others & make choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood to adulthood. Mental illness is very common among youngsters. Some facts related to Mental health that one should must know:

• It is found in research that mental illness begin by age of 14.

• 37 percent of students aged 14 or older with a mental health issue drop out of school.

• Suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death in students aged 10-24 with 90% of those dying by suicide having an underlying mental health issue.

• Youth in local or state Juvenile justice centers 70% have a mental illness.

• There are five prevalent issues: Depression, Anxiety, Suicide, Eating disorders and addiction.

Many people feel fear when first recognise a mental health issue within themselves as they might not be able to figure out where it came from. Factor such as significant like changes, politics, family, academic pressure, work stress, relationship issues and money these all can contribute to change in mental health.

In this case one should know more about themselves. Exercise, sleep, diet can help people feel better and they can share their problem with the closest friend or family member with whom they are comfortable. They can take help of doctor if needed but ignoring mental problem can lead to unbalanced life which will create more problem in one’s life.

When many people think about vitamin D, they likely think about their bones. Vitamin D is known for helping to balance minerals like calcium, phosphorus, sodium and magnesium for healthy bone formation.

Vitamin are nutrients that body cannot create and so a person must consume them in the diet but human body can produce vitamin D.

Vitamin D is essential for several reasons, including maintaining healthy bones and teeth. It may also protect against a range of diseases and conditions, such as type 1 diabetes.

Deficiency : Many factors can affect your ability to get sufficient amount of vitamin D through the sun alone. These factor include:
✓ Being in an area with high pollution.
✓ Using Sunscreen
✓ Spending more time indoor
✓ Living in a big cities where building block sunlight
✓ Having Darker skin

 

Sources of Vitamin D: Getting sufficient sunlight is the best source to help the body produce enough vitamin D. A person can also boost their vitamin D intake through certain foods or supplements. Plentiful food sources of vitamin D include:        • Egg yolks 2 • Mushroom              • Fortified Milk • Fortified cereals and juices

The recommended daily intakes of vitamin D are as follow:

• Infants 0-12 months: 400 IU
• Children 1-18 years: 600 IU
• Adults up to 70 years: 600 IU
• Adults over 70 years: 800 IU
• Pregnant Women: 600 IU Sensible sun exposure on skin is for 5-10 mins 2-3 times per week, allows most people to produce sufficient vitamin D.