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Indian floods a man-made disaster, say environmentalists. (CNN) -- As the source of the Ganges River, the site of Hinduism's famous Char Dham pilgrimage and home to Rishikesh, the meditation retreat made famous by The Beatles, the India's northern Uttarakhand state justifies its title of "Land of the Gods." But environmentalists are warning that rampant development in the Himalayan state is tempt ing fate. With roads built on an ad hoc basis, new hotel developments built on river banks and hydro dams proposed in the region's steep valleys, environmentalists say the floods and mudslides that have claimed more than 1,000 lives in the past week were an ecological catastrophe waiting to happen. READ: Authorities scramble to rescue stranded "You've heard of homicide, well this is ecocide," Devinder Sharma of the Forum for Biotechnology and Food Security told CNN. "The hills have been shorn of the forest cover, there's extensive mining taking

What is the significance of Mauli/Kalava? A red thread known as Mauli or Kalava or Charadu is tied on wrist by Hindus before the beginning of a religious ceremony. The thread is tied on the right hand by males and on the left hand by females. The thread is tied to invoke the blessings of the Hindu deities especially of the particular deity to whom the puja is dedicated. There is also a popular b elief that the sanctified red thread with blessing of the deity protects a person from diseases, enemies and other dangers. By tying 'Mauli/Kalava' it is said that blessings of Trideva - Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh and Tridevis - Saraswati, Lakshmi and Durga are received. From the blessings of Brahma we get fame, from the blessings of Vishnu we get defending power from evil and by the blessings of Shiva we get the power to destroy our own bad and negative qualities. By the blessings of Saraswati we get knowledge, by the blessings of Lakshmi we get wealth and from Durga we get power. I

As we all Know Last Friday Police barricaded Bhagyalaxmi Mandir as a security measure so that no Hindus can get mata Darshan. reason was Muslims offers Friday prayers at Mecca Masjidno Hindu ki aawaz

Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties and obstacles, and they are the very experiences he needs to encourage and complete the cleansing process. Man is lost and is wandering in a jungle where real values have no meaning. Real values can have meaning to man only when he steps on to the spiritual path, a path where negative emotions have no use.