The year was 1290 . A crowd had gathered around a clearing, where broken down pillars marked the presence of an ancient temple, now long gone. A young boy, just 14 years old, leaned against one of those pillars, deep in thought. Then, he began speaking, and the crowd fell silent, listening to his every word. He spoke without any notes, translating the Bhagavat Gita, from Sanskrit, which only the pundits knew, to the language everyone in the village knew and spoke – a variety of Prakrit which developed into the Marathi language. Even as he spoke, one of the men in the audience realized how momentous this event was, and how important this composition would be. He began writing down the words the young boy spoke, and this composition was named by its author and composer, the Bhavartha Deepika – the enlightening meaning (of the Bhagavat Gita). Now, the ancient, holy text, was no longer restricted to the pundits, but accessible to all, understood easily by them, composed as it was, in their...
Returning back to Mumbai, I found an opportunity to visit a place I had been planning to, for a long time.... the Joshi Museum of Miniature Railways in Pune...
As miniature railway enthusiasts, the only thing which stops us from setting up our own railway system is the lack of space! Visiting the miniature cities in Europe remains a far off dream, and the museum set up by the Joshis in Pune is the only one of its kind in India.
To read more about it, click on the link below:
As miniature railway enthusiasts, the only thing which stops us from setting up our own railway system is the lack of space! Visiting the miniature cities in Europe remains a far off dream, and the museum set up by the Joshis in Pune is the only one of its kind in India.
To read more about it, click on the link below:
जयपुर से निकली गाडी दिल्ली चले हल्ले हल्ले. I remembered the song from Sridevi and Rishi from yhe film Gurudev where this type of miniature railway musuem was shown along with a city. But that was quite large.
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