Karthigai Deepam

Many festivals are celebrated at Arunachaleswarar temple in Tiruvannamalai throughout the year. Among them Karthigai Deepam is the most significant festival that is celebrated with pomp and gaiety at Arunachaleswarar temple.

In this year Karthikai Deepam falls on 17th November, 2013 .This Karthigai Deepam is celebrated as a ten day festival and it widely known as Karthigai Brahmotsavam.

The first day - Karthika Deepam festival begins with the hosting of the flag signifying the commencement of the festival also known as Dwajaroghanam. In the morning and night Lord Arunachaleswarar will be taken out on the silver vahana for procession. The Panchamurthis(Panchamurthigal) are also taken out in the procession. The Panchamurthigal are Lord Ganapathi, Lord Murugan, Lord Sandeswarar, Lord Arunachaleswarar and Goddess Parvathi.These processions are carried out on different vahanas after the Deeparadhana is done at the kalyana mandapam.

The second day - Karthigai Deepam festival commences with the Lord Panchamurthigal coming on Indira Vimanam the chariot of Lord Indira.

The third day - Karthigai Deepam festival the ceremony begins at night with the Lord Panchamurthigal coming in procession majestically on the Simha vahana, the chariot of lion.

On the fourth day of Karthikai Deepam the Lord Panchamurthigal comes in the procession that starts at night on the kamadhenu vahanam. The auspicious tree Karpaviruksha is also on the side of the lord. This tree is believed to grant all the wishes that the devotees seek without fail.

The fifth day - Karthikai Deepam festival begins at night. This procession on the silver rishaba vahanam is very appealing and splendid to witness. Lord Panchamurthigal goes on this vahana that is about 25 feet tall. A big umbrella with about 17 feet in diameter is carried along in the procession.

The sixth day - Karthigai Deepam festival commences with a night procession of Lord Panchamurthigal on the silver chariot that is beautifully crafted and simply imposing when it comes around the temple.

The seventh day of Karthikai Deepam festival Lord Panchamurthigal starts with the procession on the Maha ratham that is very huge and it almost occupies the full width of the road. This ratham is made of pure wood that is strong and rugged.

The eight day - Karthigai Deepam festival begins at night with the Lord Panchamurthigal going out on procession on the huge horse vahana. The speciality of this horse is that all the four legs of this horse are in the air and they do not touch the ground.

On the ninth day of Karthigai Deepam festival the devotees can witness Lord Panchamurthigal going out procession on the Kailasa Vahanam. This ceremony is mostly conducted on the ninth night.

The tenth day - Karthigai Deepam festival starts at around four o clock in the early hours and the Bharani Deepam is lit at the temple. In the evening the Mahadeepam is lit on the top of the hill at around six o clock. This is a very important ceremony during the Karthigai Deepam festival at Tiruvannamalai. Arunachaleswarar is said to be visually represented in the form of agni on the hill top. There is a very mammoth gathering on this day at the Arunachaleswarar temple to witness this glorious and sacred event. The night ceremony starts with Lord Periya nayagar going out procession on the Rishaba vahanam that is made of gold. This is another spectacular event at Arunachaleswar temple at Tiruvannamalai.

Theppal - Lord Chandrasekarar, Lord Parasakthi, Lord Subramaniar goes in the boat and this is called Theppam, since it carried out in the tank. Lord Arunachaleswarar goes procession round the hill, known as Girivalam or pradhiksahana. With this ceremony the Karthigai Deepam festival at Arunachaleswarar temple comes to a grand conclusion with the devotees taking back home some divine blessings and memories from this ancient holy city Tiruvannamalai.

Happy Karthigai Deepam....

Kodachadri-Sarvajna peetha

 Kodachadri is a mountain peak with dense forests (altitude - 1343 metres above sea level) in the Western Ghats in South India (Shimoga Dist., Karnataka State). It is declared as natural heritage site by Government Karnataka.

 The name comes from native word "Kodacha" or "Kodashi" which means hill of Kutaja flowers and "Adri" a Sanskrit word, both combined together coined the word Kodachadri. Kutaja in Sanskrit means Girimallika or Jasmine of the hill. The hilly region that is full of 'Jasmine of the hills' plants is "Kutajadri". It is also called "Kutachadri" and "Kodashi Parvatha".

 Kodachadri forms a background to the famous temple of Mookambika in Kollur. It is located at a distance of 21 km from Kollur and 15 km from Nagodi village, in Hosanagara taluk. There are different routes to reach the Peak of Kodachadri and the difficulty varies highly with respect to the route chosen. However it is challenging to reach the peak in monsoon due to heavy rains that make the routes slippery. Kodachadri receives an annual rain fall of 500 cm to 750 cm and it rains for about eight months in a year.

 Kodachadri seems to have attracted the attention of humankind since early prehistory. Several monolithic structures or menhirs were built here in prehistoric times. Rocks with dimensions greater than 12 feet were used in their construction. These large structure can be found just 20 Kilometers outside of Nagara-Nilsakal. A temple dedicated to the Ancient Mother Goddess Mookambika is located near the top of the peak. The temple is a popular destination for Hindu pilgrims and it is said to stand where thousands of years ago Mookambika fought and killed the demon Mookasura. In Historic times, people used to trek from Nagara state, a nearby place and Europeans trekked to the peak during 19th Century. Lewin Bentham Bowring, who served as Commissioner of Mysore between 1862 and 1870, records that Kodachadri is "clothed with splendid forests, and the ascent is very steep indeed in one place near foot....The view from the top of the hill, which has a bluff appearance from the distance, though it is as sharp as a knife in reality, is very fine, commanding a long stretch of great Ghat range, a considerable portion of Canara (Kanara), and a vide view over Malnad". He further records that, Kodachadri is visible from Merti Peak near Sringeri.

  Kodachadri is visited by locals and Keralites in large numbers since long time. Sage Adi Shankara is said to have visited this place, meditated here and he also established a temple at Kollur. A small temple called Sarvajnapeetha, built with stone is dedicated to Adi Shankara at the top of Kodachadri. Some of the pilgrims from South Indian states who visit Kollur take a trek to Kodachadri also. Dr. K. Shivarama Karantha, noted writer of Udupi District trekked to Kodachadri in 1940s and appreciated the natural beauty of this place by placing Kodachadri as most beautiful of three mountain peaks of coastal Karnataka (the other two being Kuduremukh and Kumara Parvata)

Sarvajna peetha

Sarvajna Peeth is a small temple like structure near the peak where Adi Shankara meditated. This small structure bears a name which is similar to Sarvajñapīṭha, also called Sharada Peeth of Jammu and Kashmir. which was visited by Adi Shankara during his long spiritual journey, where he defeated other scholars in philosophical debate and opened the southern door of the temple. Another temple is located near travellers' bungalow and is believed to be the moola sthana (the origin) of Sri Mookambika Devi. From this spot, it is a 2 km trek to the peak. Just below the peak, an almost vertical path leads to a small cave called Chitramoola, from where the Mookambika temple of Kollur is visible.


hara hara sankara jaya jaya sankara

My Travel: Sri Aurobindo Ashram

 Sri Aurobindo Ashram  

 The Sri Aurobindo Ashram is a spiritual community (ashram) established at Pondicherry, in the Indian territory of Puducherry, by Sri Aurobindo on the 24 November 1926 (Siddhi Day). At the time there were few disciples staying with Sri Aurobindo. Sri Aurobindo subsequently decided to withdraw from public view for continuing His spiritual work and handed over the responsibility of the Sadhaks (spiritual aspirants) and the Ashram to His spiritual collaborator The Mother, earlier known as Madam Mirra Alfassa.

Aim

  A complete method of Integral Yoga that would transform human nature to divine life. In Sri Aurobindo's yoga, the highest aim is the being of one, without the renunciation of life in the world. Such a fulfillment of the consciousness, the urge for perfection, must not be confined to few individuals but must extend to the masses, leading to a new type of being that is "eternal, self-existing, and inalienable".

  Sri Aurobindo lays the foundation of his inquiry by focusing on the contradiction between the mundane human existence and the human desire to acquire a divine perfection in life. By introducing the category of evolution, he wants to resolve the paradox of the human being's delimited consciousness and his desire to be identical with a divine form.

  Apart from study of Sri Aurobindo's and The Mother's writings, there are no specific disciplines recommended, but rather the practice of Integral Yoga means that every sadhak should follow whatever spiritual techniques they feel guided to from within.

  

  Anyone can start this quest at any time. There's no fixed method,no rituals and no discourses / training as such. It's the only self-practice to reach the highest, eternal state and the continuous help will be sourced only from Divine and no one else.

  Sri Aurobindo's teachings have influenced not just Indian thought, but also is established throughout the World, thanks to books and regional centers. It is also a contributing element in Integral philosophy.

The Mother

  Mirra Alfassa (21 February 1878 – 17 November 1973), also known as The Mother, was the spiritual collaborator of Sri Aurobindo. Her full name at birth was Blanche Rachel Mirra Alfassa. She came to Sri Aurobindo's spiritual retreat on 29 March 1914 in Pondicherry, India. Having to leave Pondicherry during World War I, she spent most of her time in Japan where she met the Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore. Finally she returned to Pondicherry and settled there in 1920. After 24 November 1926, when Sri Aurobindo retired into seclusion, she founded his ashram (Sri Aurobindo Ashram), with a handful of disciples living around the Master. She became the spiritual guide of the community. The experiences of the last thirty years of Mother's life were captured in the 13-volume work The Agenda. In those years she attempted the physical transformation of her body in order to become what she felt was the first of a new type of human individual by opening to the Supramental Truth Consciousness, a new power of spirit that Sri Aurobindo had allegedly discovered. Sri Aurobindo considered her an incarnation of the Mother Divine and called her by that name: The Mother. When asked why he called her the Mother, Sri Aurobindo wrote a seminal book The Mother by introduction to the Mother's outstanding Personalities,portions and embodiments of her divinity. That's how she came be known as The Mother.

Sri Aurobindo 

  Sri Aurobindo (Sri Ôrobindo) (15 August 1872 – 5 December 1950), born Aurobindo Ghosh or Ghose (Ôrobindo Ghosh), was an Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher, yogi, guru and poet. He joined the Indian movement for freedom from British rule, for a while became one of its influential leaders and then turned into a spiritual reformer, introducing his visions on human progress and spiritual evolution.

   Aurobindo studied for the Indian civil service at King's College, Cambridge. After returning to India he took up various civil service works under the Maharaja of Baroda and started to involve himself in politics. He was imprisoned by British India for writing articles against British rule. He was released when no evidence was provided. During his stay in the jail he reputedly had mystical and spiritual experiences, after which he moved to Pondicherry, leaving politics for spiritual work.

  During his stay in Pondicherry, Aurobindo evolved a new method of spiritual practice, which he called Integral Yoga. The central theme of his vision was the evolution of human life into a life divine. He believed in a spiritual realisation that not only liberated man but also transformed his nature, enabling a divine life on earth. In 1926, with the help of his spiritual collaborator, Mirra Alfassa ("The Mother"), he founded the Sri Aurobindo Ashram. He died on 5 December 1950 in Pondicherry. He was the first Indian to create a major literary corpus in English.

  His main literary works are The Life Divine, which deals with theoretical aspects of Integral Yoga; Synthesis of Yoga, which deals with practical guidance to Integral Yoga; and Savitri, an epic poem which refers to a place in the Mahabharata, where its characters actualise integral yoga in their lives. His works also include philosophy, poetry, translations and commentaries on the Vedas, Upanishads and the Gita.

Kumbakonam Temples

Airavatesvara Temple-Darasuram

   Airavatesvara Temple is a Hindu temple of Dravidian architecture located in the town of Darasuram, near Kumbakonam in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. This temple, built by Rajaraja Chola II in the 12th century CE is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, along with the Brihadeeswara Temple at Thanjavur, the Gangaikondacholisvaram Temple at Gangaikonda Cholapuram that are referred to as the Great Living Chola Temples.

  The Airavatesvara temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva. Shiva is here known as Airavateshvara, because he was worshipped at this temple by Airavata, the white elephant of the king of the gods, Indra. Legend has it that Airavata, while suffering from a change of colour curse from Sage Durvasa, had its colours restored by bathing in the sacred waters of this temple. This legend is commemorated by an image of Airavata with Indra seated in an inner shrine. The temple and the presiding deity derive its name from this incident.

  It is said that the King of Death, Yama also worshipped Shiva here. Tradition has it Yama, who was suffering under a Rishi's curse from a burning sensation all over the body, was cured by the presiding deity Airavatesvarar. Yama took bath in the sacred tank and got rid of the burning sensation. Since then the tank has been known as Yamateertham.

Palaiyarai is ancient temple city and the Capital of the Cholas.  King Raja Kambeera Mamannan, Raja Raja Chola II (1146 A.D. to 1172 A.D) changed his capital from Gangaikonda Cholapuram to Palaiyarai and renamed it as Raja Raja Puram (at present it is Darasuram).  There were 1000 Thaligal (temples) in palaiyarai .There were 4 padai veedus (Military Camps) on al the four directions of the Capital.  Thalicherippendirgal were appointed by the king to develop fine arts especially music and dance in the temple during festival occasions.  King Raja Raja II constructed in his name a beautiful temple called Raja Rajechuram (at present Airavatheeswara)  in1160 A.D. to 1162 A.D.  This Raja Rajechuram (Raja Rajeschuram – Tharechuram – Darachuram -Darasurm) became Darasuram at present.  It is a world heritage monument protected by UNESCO.

Mythology

            Airavatham is an elephant (white in colour) and is a vehicle of Indra.  It was cursed by sage Durvasa to lose its shining white.  Airavatha came to his temple and got its original colour  after worshipping the Lord.  Hence the deity came to known as Airavatheeswara (the protector or the elephant).

Deities

  The main deity's consort Periya Nayaki Amman temple is a detached temple situated to the north of the Airavateshvarar temple. This might have been a part of the main temple when the outer courts were complete. At present, it stands alone as a detached temple with the shrine of the Goddess standing in a single large court.

Architecture

  This temple is a storehouse of art and architecture and has some exquisite stone carvings. Although this temple is much smaller than the Brihadeesvara Temple or the Gangaikondacholapuram Temple, it is more exquisite in detail. This is because this temple is said to have been built with nitya-vinoda, "perpetual entertainment", in mind.

  

 The vimana (tower) is 24 m (80 ft) high. The south side of the front mandapam is in the form of a huge chariot with large stone wheels drawn by horses.

  To the east of the inner court lies a group of well-carved buildings, one of which is the Balipita ('seat for sacrifice'). The pedestal of the Balipita adjoins a small shrine which contains an image of Ganesha. The pedestal has a set of 3 finely carved set of steps on the south side. Striking the steps produce different musical sounds.

  In the south-west corner of the court is a mandapam having 4 shrines. One of these has an image of Yama. Adjoining this shrine are large stone slabs sculptured with images of the sapthamathas (seven celestial nymphs).

  One of the outstanding aspects of the iconography of the Airāvateśvara, aside from its prodigious richness, is the way in which it is so strongly permeated by literature. There is no representation of the Rāmāyaṇa, as at the temple of Tribhuvanam, but some episodes from the Mahābhārata are present, isolated in the midst of dance scenes. On the pillars of the chariot-maṇḍapa there is a sequence from the Skandapurāṇa depicting the austerities of Pārvatī, her marriage with Śiva and the birth of their son Subrahmaṇya. The narratives of the lives of the Śaiva saints, called the Nāyaṉmār, on a series of small panels at the base of the wall of the sanctuary and of the vestibule, is equally remarkable; it is generally agreed that the 12th-century Periyapurāṇam of Cekkiḻār is the source of inspiration here. Cekkiḻār, however, followed the structure of the 10th-century work by Nambi Aṇḍār Nambi, itself based upon the 7th-century poem by Sundarar; it is difficult to affirm that the Darasuram frieze illustrates Cekkiḻār’s text specifically. Moreover, a number of representations of divinities, such as Bhuvaneśvarī, Mārtaṇḍa Bhairava, Ādi-Caṇḍeśa and Hṛllekhādevī, seem to have been inspired by the Śāradātilaka, an 11th-century work. Another prominent characteristic is the presence of very rare, or even unique, figures, as for example, the Saptanadīs, Mārtaṇḍa Bhairava, Aghora Vīrabhadra, Ādi-Caṇḍeśa, Hṛllekhā and the 108 śivācāryas. We note too, in the iconography of the temple, the pre-eminence of the theme of the dance, as well as the place made for the spiritual masters (ṛṣis, Nāyaṉmār, śivācāryas).

   The presiding deity here is  Airavateeswara (Siva) and His consort is Periyanayaki. The legend is that the deity here was worshipped by  Airavata (elephant), the mount of Indra. There are also shrines dedicated to Sarabeshwarar; a form Siva took when he wanted to quell the anger of Narasimha after killing Hirnyakashipu, then for Dakshina Murthy, a niche for Lingodhbavar and Vinayagar. The Vimana is akin to the big temple but approximately 1/3 of its size.

   The Nandi found outside the temple is huge and there are a few steps near it which produces musical notes when tapped. It is protected with a mesh presently.

   Great care is being taken to maintain the exterior as well as the interior . Lush green lawns stands apart with fine contrast to the pink sand stone temple.

   Interesting features: The chariot shaped mandapam leading to the temple. Musical steps near the Nandi mandapam outside.

 

Inscriptions in the Temple

  There are various inscriptions in the temple. One of these records the renovation of the shrines by Kulottunga Chola III.

  

 The north wall of the verandah consists of 108 sections of inscriptions, each containing the name and description and image of the Saivacharya (Saivite saints) listing the principal events in their life.

   

Another inscription close to the gopura, records that an image was brought from Kalyani, then known as Kalyanapura by emperor Rajadhiraja Chola I after his defeat of the Western Chalukya king Someshwara I, his sons Vikramaditya VI and Someshwara II his capture of the Chalukyan capital.

UNESCO World Heritage Site

  This temple was added to the list of Great Living Chola Temples in the year 2004. The Great Living Chola Temples includes the Brihadeeswara Temple at Thanjavur, the Temple of Gangaikondacholisvaram at Gangaikonda Cholapuram and the Airavatesvara Temple at Darasuram. All of these temples were built by the Cholas between the 10th and 12th centuries CE and have a lot of similarities.

Veerabhathirar Temple

Veerabhathirar Temple ( behind Amman temple on Pateeswaram road )

Ottakkoothar, a famous Tamil Poet, the author of Thakkayaparani, a monumental Tamil Literary work depicting the story of Datchan the father of Dathchayani (also known as Parvathi or Sakthi) conducted a Yaga (a Holy Sacrifice) without inviting the supreme Lord Shiva visited this temple and sung about the main deity - Veerabhathirar - created from Shiva's curls.Ottakkoothar attained Jeeva Samadhi at this temple. This temple was believed to exist even before the Darasuram Airavatesvara temple i.e., before 12th Century A.D . Flat bricks are used to construct the Raja gopuram. The stucco figures ( dolls ) on the gopuram are made up of grinding the bricks. This is one of the ancient brick work done on large scale. The Kalasam and the top stage of the Raja gopuram undergone environmental destruction. One could see the bright saffron color of the Gopuram made up of bricks reflects during the sunset.

 Short read in Tamil: 

ஐராவதீஸ்வரர் கோயில் ஆன்மீக பயணிகளின் கூட்டத்தை அதிகமாக ஈர்த்து வருகிறது. ஐராவதம் என்பது இந்திரனின் யானை. துர்வாச முனிவரின் சாபத்தினால் தன்னுடைய நிறத்தை இழந்த ஐராவதம், இங்கு வந்து சிவனை வழிபட்டு, சாப விமோச்சனம் பெற்றதாம். அதனால், இந்த கோவிலுக்கு ஐராவதீஸ்வரர் கோயில்  என்ற பெயர் வந்ததாக கூறப்படுகிறது.

யம தர்ம ராஜா, இவ்விடத்திற்கு வந்து சிவபெருமானை வழிபட்டதாகவும் கூறுவர். இக்கோவிலில் வீற்றிருக்கும் சிவபெருமானை, ஐராவதீஸ்வரர் என்ற பெயரில் பக்தர்கள் வணங்கி வருகின்றனர். இக்கோவில், தமிழனின் கோவில் கட்டமைப்புக்கு ஒரு சிறந்த எடுத்துக்காட்டாக விளங்குகிறது. ஐராவதீஸ்வரர் கோயில் மிகவும் நுட்பமான சிற்ப வேலைப்பாடுகள் நிறைந்த திருத்தலம்.

கங்கைகொண்ட சோழபுரம் மற்றும் பிரகதீஸ்வரர் கோவில்களில் இருப்பதை விட சிறியதாக இருந்தாலும், மிகவும் நுணுக்கமான வேலைப்பாடுகள் கொண்டதாக திகழ்கிறது ஐராவதம் கோவில் சிற்பங்கள். ஒரு தேரை, குதிரைகள் இழுத்துச் செல்வது போல அமைந்திருக்கும் ஐராவதீஸ்வரர் கோயில், நிச்சயமாக நாம் அனைவரும் பார்க்க வேண்டிய அருமையான திருக்கோவில் ஆகும்.

Ramanasramam Kumbhabhishekam Scheduled for 25th August

        

  

   Over the course of the next 8 weeks, repairs will be made to the gopuram and vimanam above the Matrubhuteswara and vimanam above Sri Bhagavan’s Samadhi in keeping with agamic requirements. The work headed up by Selvanatha Stapathi, grandson of Vaidyanatha Stapathi, (the chief architect of the Mother’s Shrine constructed from 1939-1949), will begin with the Balalayam of the Mother’s Shrine in early June, followed by that of Bhagavan’s shrine. Kumbhabhishekam will be conducted by Senthilnatha Ghanapatigal commencing on the evening of the 23rd of August, 2013 with two days of yagasala pujas, and
culminating in final rites on the morning of the 25th of August.

Humanity

Service to Humanity

“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.” 

“I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I know that when we die and it comes time for God to judge us, he will not ask, 'How many good things have you done in your life?' rather he will ask, 'How much love did you put into what you did?”              

The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.

                                                                                  - Mother Teresa 

                                            
Here we talk about Humanity:

Because 

Uttarakhand: Rescue operations to end today, We salute Indian Army for their rescue efforts.

    Chief of Army Staff General Bikram Singh arrived in flood-hit Uttarakhand on Friday, where rescue and rehabilitation operations are underway to save hundreds of stranded persons, even as the meteorological department predicted slight showers.

   Received here by senior army and air force officers, General Singh then boarded a helicopter to review rescue operations and also meet victims in other parts of the flood-hit state.

   The floods, triggered by heavier than normal and early monsoon rains, have killed at least 822 people and displaced tens of thousands of inhabitants in Uttarakhand state, a popular destination for Hindu pilgrims due to its shrines and temples.

   The disaster has been dubbed as 'Himalayan tsunami' by the media due to the torrents of water unleashed in the hilly region, which sent mud and boulders crashing down, burying homes, sweeping away buildings, roads and bridges.

  Meanwhile, director of the state's meteorological department, Anand Sharma said that light showers at expected in certain areas of the state.

   "Weather forecast, what we are expecting is light to moderate rains around 1 to 10 millimetres in higher reaches of Uttarakhand, specially Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag, Chamoli and upper reaches of Pithoragarh while Dehradun region and surrounding region, we are expecting 10 to 20 millimetres of rainfall, maybe little bit more in some areas," said Sharma.

    Meanwhile, the mass cremation of bodies recovered at Kedarnath and other gravely affected areas continued. At least a thousand more are still believed to be missing.

Reportedly, 600 bodies have been recovered from the site of Kedarnath alone although government officials are yet to confirm this figure.

   The disposal of corpses is important to eliminate the risk of contaminating the water supply and outbreak of diseases such as diarrhoea and cholera.

   Heavy rains over the last few days have hampered rescue operations by the personnel of Indian Air Force and Army besides the paramilitary outfits of NDRF (National Disaster Response Force) and ITBP (Indo-Tibetan Border Police).

   It was estimated that around 96,500 people have so far been evacuated by land and air while television channels have been broadcasting dramatic pictures of desperate pilgrims scrambling to board helicopters of Air Force and Army as well as chartered private operators. (ANI).


           தண்ணீர்விட்டோ வளர்த்தோம்? சர்வேசா! இப்பயிரைக்
கண்ணீராற் காத்தோம்; கருகத் திருவுளமோ.



ஆரிய பூமியில் நாரிய ரும் நர
சூரிய ரும்சொலும் வீரிய வாசகம் (வந்தே மாதரம்)

நொந்தே போயினும் வெந்தே மாயினும்
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