Mangaluru, Mar 12: Minister for Higher Education T?B?Jayachandra called upon people to accept organic farming. He was speaking after inaugurating Jenina Jhenkara Mattu Savayava Mela', a two-day festival on apiculture and organic farming organised by Horticulture Department here on Saturday.
He said the State government has been supporting organic farming and it has a bright future. The demand for crops cultivated using organic manure is increasing. The people should also accept organic farming, he stated.
Twenty-five stalls have displayed a wide range of honey and its products. The medicinal values of honey have also been highlighted at the mela. The exhibition-cum-sale of organic products is also on at the venue. Materials used in organic farming have also been exhibited.
Dakshina Kannada Beekeepers' Cooperative Society, Puttur, have displayed wooden beehives, honey extractor, rock bee comb, Jenu Haralugattida Sakkare' and varieties of honey like Litchi honey,' Kuntalu honey,' Rubber honey,' Sunflower honey' and Honey from tobacco flower.' Organic vegetables like Basale Soppu' Harive Soppu,' Sambar Cucumber', Okra,' Elephant Foot Yam,' Sapota', banana, pineapple and others were on sale.
Arun Mehendale, an organic farmer from Guruvayanakere in Belthangady taluk, is selling boiled brown rice grown organically. He said he has been cultivating crops using organic manure from 1993. “I cultivate paddy during rainy season. I reap 25 quintals of harvest. The rice is not polished and good for health as well,” he added.
A hornet nest, an enemy of honey bees, has also been displayed at the venue. A live demonstration of Thuduve variety of bees was also one among the event's attractions.
The students of SDM College of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences, Ujire, have prepared different beverages from honey at the mela.
Sale of different ayurvedic medicinal products made from honey is also on. The Department of Ayush has put up a stall to highlight the medicinal values of honey.
The exhibition will be open from 10 am to 8 pm. The entry is be free. Materials used in apiculture, colonies of honeybees, varieties of honeybees and medicines prepared out of honey are on display. A training programme on scientific apiculture will be held at 10 am on March 13. A training programme on organic farming will be held at 2 pm.
Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim and Zilla Panchayat CEO P I Sreevidya were present.
Welcoming the move Dr Arathi Krishna told coastaldigst.com that Indians stranded in any foreign country can utilize this facility. "Initially, I was approached by Mr Zakaria and Mr Sheik who wanted chartered flights to help their employees fly back to India. I asked them to write to the Indian Ambassador in Saudi Araia Mr Ausaf Sayeed. Then I requested the ambassador to forward the request to Joint Secretary Dr Nagendra Prasad, who is in charge of gulf division in the Ministry of External Affairs, and then to Secretary on charge of Gulf and then I requested Secretary of Economic Relations Mr T S Tirumurti who was also in charge of Gulf to follow this up," she said.
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Dear sir, when is the next honey cultivation exhibition in Kadri Park, Mangalore. Kindly let me know, bcos I am very much interested in this subject. I missed the March 10th exhibition this year.
Thanks & kind regards,
VIJAY SHRIYAN.
I appreciate SURESH for highliting the positive of honey in Rigveda.. But I would also like SURESH to identify and research on what RIGVEDA says about oneness of GOD. instead of worshiping created thing and falling in DARKNESS unaware of the consequences on LIFE>
Please read the below and ponder which QURAN also speaks about ONENESS of God & Muslims stick to this one God concept which is also mentioned in Vedas..
Rig veda also says
Ma cid anyad vi sansata sakhayo ma rishanyata..
O friends, do not WORSHIP anybody but him, the Divine one, Praise Him alone. (Rigveda 8:1:1) 10
Devasya samituk parishtutih
Verily, Great is the glory of the divine creator\ (Rigveda 5:1:81)11...
Na tasya pratima asti - There is no image of Him (Yajurveda 32:3)5..
Shudhama poapvidham - He is bodyless and PURE (YV 40:8)6..
Andhatama pravishanti ye asambhuti muapaste - They enter DARKNESS, those who worship the natural elements. \"They sink deeper in DARKNESS, those who WORSHIP Sambhuti - (YV 40:9)7..
If U know who is this ONE god, U will surely stay away from worshiping the man made idols and Deceivers who cheat people in the name of GOD ."
In Rigveda, 1000-1500 BC, we find 1:90:6-8, prayer to sun:
Let every wind that blows drop honey, Let the rivers and streams recreate honey,let all our medicines turn honey,let dawn and evening be full of honey.let dark particles be converted into honey. So do other texts such as Atharva veda which speaks in length about bee.
In Ayurveda there are 8 different types of honey.
1) Makshikam- used in treatment of eye disease, hepatitis, piles,asthama, cough and tuberculosis.
2)Brhamaram - used in treatment when blood is vomitted.
3) Kshoudram - used in treatment of diabetes.
4)Pautikam - used in treatment of diabetes and urinary infections.
5)chathram - used in treatment of worm infestation,when blood is vomitted and diabetes.
6) Aardhyam - Effective for eye disease, cough and aneamia
7) Ouddalakam - Increases taste and swarasudhi, in treatment of leprosy & poisoning cases.
8) Daalam - it increases digestion and helps in treatment of cough,vomitting and diabetes.
Prophet Muhammad pbuh said:
Honey is the remedy for every ILLNESS
The QURAN is a remedy for all ILLNESS of the MIND.
Therefore I recommend to YOU both remedies
THE QURAN & HONEY.
When we ponder & research on it, We will get it right in this age of technology and can be proved scientifically... and those who researched it have proved that QURAN is the word of ALLAH (the only TRUE GOD who is worthy of WORSHIP).
Quran mentions about BEE.. There is a chapter named after it.
ALLAH, the all knowing says\And your Lord inspired to the BEE, \"Take for yourself and the mountains, houses, and among the trees and (in) that which they Construct. Then EAT from all the fruits and follow the ways of your Lord laid down (for you). There emerges from their BELLIES a DRINK, Varying in colors, in which there is HEALING for PEOPLE. Indeed in that is a SIGN for a PEOPLE who thinks. (Ponder on God's creation)
Surah An Nahl(The BEE) ayath 68-69.
Thinkers should ponder on the ayats of the QURAN which guides the mankind... & it is the best blessing and a guidance to clear all doubts about our life in this world. Take a look at the QURAN (quranproject org)"
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