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An Overview Regarding Agri Machinery Expo 2023 and Dream Home Programme 

It was held on 5th February on Clubhouse Social media platform at 7:00pm IST.

This is about the expo organized at Puttur, Karnataka, India during 10-12 February 2023 at the premises of Vivekananda College Ground in collaboration with The Campco limited Mangalore. This has information on various categories of expo departments including drone technology carbon fiber pole hydroponics, organic farming, nursery seedlings, dryers, processors, organic seedlings as well as farmer-scientist interface programmes and quiz. 

Sri Ravikrishna Kallaje, director, VCET delivered his speech on the above aspects.
Agricultural machinery refers to the machines used in farming to perform tasks such as planting, harvesting, and soil preparation. This can include tractors, combines, plows, seed drills, irrigation equipment, and many others.

Drone technology has become increasingly popular in the agriculture industry for tasks such as crop mapping, crop spraying, and soil analysis. Drone technology can help farmers gather data about their crops and land in a quick and efficient manner.

Rainwater harvesting and ground water as well as underground water enrichment is essential to have water supply for irrigation. Borewell recharging in different locations should be planned based on the type of soil, geographic terrain and the season of conservation.

More crop per drop is the idea behind micro-irrigation. This saves water and cost on weeding with expected earning from the crops.

Strategies of the multi state cooperative supporting arecanut market price is very important for the farmers.

Integrated approaches with organic pest and disease management solutions for production of organic honey were explained. Knowledge filled resource talk with research evidences were very lucidly presented to the apiculture farmers.

The style of performance, activity outlines, training programmes, resource manuals, equipment, tools and products were explained by the assistant from the honey society.

Productivity tips for beehives and caretaking tips were given with special emphasis to Uttara Kannada and Northern Karnataka. Honey is the aim from the areca plantations here.

Various skills and know-how are essential for successful beekeeping.

Arecanut being cross-pollinated crop, is benefitted by the honeybees quite well. This is up to the extent of 25-30% in terms of yield increase.

Organic farming, self reliance and sustainability as well as skills are inter-related and most essential in agriculture.

Selection of seeds and seedlings is very important in perennial crops in arecanut since the seeds are recalcitrant it is not possible to store the seeds after harvest. So, immediate sowing of seeds in seed beds or polybags is practiced.

The selection of mother palms, seednuts and seedlings is standardized at each stage. These aspects were discussed by the farmers with the experts on ClubHouse social medium on 3rd October 2021 this recording gives important part of the program.

In today's world of ecologically conscious people, sustainable farming holds relevance towards bright future. Cow-based natural farming has much more relevance due to its diverse nature. In South India there are a lot of plantation growers who practice farming. During a club house audio meeting the farmers shared their view regarding traditional lifestyles, cow worship, importance of various products from diary as well as by-products for sustainable agriculture in detail. The program was in Kannada language. Recycling of biomass is very efficient in this system of natural farming which enables the farmer to obtain a better yield from the crops and also lesser dependence for agricultural inputs from outside the farm.

Tools and equipments save a lot of time and labour in the field of agriculture. To give a picture of the farm innovations a clubhouse event was conducted on 19 September 2021 at 5 PM IST involving innovators from Karnataka. Initial costs on tools can be recovered by using them effectively. Understanding the usefulness is possible by attending demonstrations as well as obtaining feedback from users.

Due to lack of funding and personal limitations of capacity of capital investment, most of the farm innovators get setbacks. Proper encouragements for innovators and users is necessary.

PM-DBT scheme and funding for start-ups provide encouraging environment for small tools and equipment sector.

More than hundred farmers and innovators as well as agro-service professionals participated in the programme.

Clubhouse discussion involving Campco, Mamcos, Tumcos and other leaders in the Cooperative areca marketing sector. Audio is just above 130 minutes. Conversation is in Kannada language.

Praying the Goddes of knowledge is the best thing to increase memory power. Requesting to make us superpowers by utilizing the capacity of our brain makes us positive thinking individuals and visionaries. The efficient thought process and the memory booster prayers help us to become mentally strong and intelligent.

Shri Maha Vishnu is the supreme God. He is also known by more than a thousand different names. Lord Narayana is praised by his devotees for better life and success. One such form of Veda mantra from Shukla Yajurveda is Sri Narayana Suktam. It has all praises to please Sreemannarayana. This is usually chanted in the correct tune and pitch to obtain the desired effects. It is also chanted always during Shree Satya Narayana Pooja. While the priest performs rituals, devotees who know this by-heart can also chant along-side. Try by-hearting this and get the boons of Lord Maha Vishnu.

In Ramayana epic by Maharshi Valmiki, the Sundara Kandam section is a beautiful one. It starts from Hanuman initiating to fly to Lanka and ends by the information delivery to Sri Rama. In the present episode, which is a part of the first chapter of Sundara Kandam, Hanuman flies over the sea. Sages, Gods and Gandharva-Kinnara watch this with amusement.  The ability of Hanuman to fly at a great speed, enlarge and diminish his body size in magnitudinal scales, his wit are all described in vivid portrayal of incidents.  These verses are not only poetically beautiful with rhythmatic wordings, but also are contemporary to the present day. The poet was scientifically aware of the distance between Indian sub continent and Lanka, he was aware of the aviation conditions, environment and the climate. He was also aware of the terrain both above and under the sea. His awareness of Lanka is also appearing real. In the narration of the verses the poet takes Hanuman to Lanka on an aerial path, which is described equivalent to a aircraft journey of the present day from India to Sri Lanka.

Sundara Kanda is a beautiful volume in Ramayana. It has verses starting from Hanuman deciding to venture into Lanka leading to discovery of Sita. Hanuman climbing a mountain top and deciding to jump over the sea is described beautifully in these verses in Sanskrith. 

It is a part of Hinduism and Yajurveda. It is a set of mantras for offering flowers to the Goddess. Mahadevi gets pleased by offering flowers to her, especially red and colourful flowers like Ixora coccinea, Saraca asoka, Pandanus,  Areca catechu flowers and the like, suitable for rituals with sanctity and devotion. By this one can get the boons of the Goddess and also get a favourable atmosphere. It is very important to give proper tone and pitch for the mantra while chanting it clearly. If chanted in masses it is said that showers will occur in the place. So, it is a powerful mantra to be chanted along with learned Vedic persons. mutilating or ill feelings will cause adverse effects too.

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Chanting of Yajurveda Shrisuktam