NAVARATRI FESTIVAL OF INVOKING ENERGY.

NAVARATRI

 “Nava-ratri” literally means “nine nights.”

During Navaratri, we invoke the energy of the universal mother, commonly referred to as “Durga,” which literally means the remover of miseries of life. She is also referred to as “Devi” (goddess) or “Shakti” (energy or power). It is this energy, which helps God to proceed with the work of creation, preservation and destruction. In other words, you can say that God is motionless, absolutely changeless, and the Divine Mother Durga, does everything. Truly speaking, our worship of Shakti re-confirms the scientific theory that energy is imperishable. It cannot be created or destroyed. It is always there.

Navaratri is celebrated four times a year. They are Basantha Navaratri, Ashada Navaratri, the Sharana Navaratri, and the Poushya/Magha Navaratri.

1. Vasantha Navaratri - in the spring season(March – April).

2. Gupta Navaratri - in the month of Ashada (June – July). 

3. Sharana Navaratri - This is the most important of the Navratris, is                                      simply called maha Navratri (the Great Navratri) is and celebrated in the month of  aashivina (beginning of winter, Sept-Oct).

4. Poushya Navaratri - in the month of Poushya (Dec – Jan). 

5. Magha Navaratri    -  in the month of Magha (Jan – Feb). 

Navaratri is celebrated in different ways throughout India.

1.      In North India, all three Navratris are celebrated with much fervor by fasting on all nine days and worshipping the Mother Goddess in her different forms. The Chaitra Navratri culmintes in Ram navami.

 First three days

1.      The goddess is separated as a spiritual force called Durga also known as Kali in order to destroy all our impurities.

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Second three days

1.      The Mother is adored as a giver of spiritual wealth, Laksmi, who is considered to have the power of bestowing on her devotees inexhaustible wealth, as she is the goddess of wealth.

            Final three days

1.      The final set of three days is spent in worshipping the goddess of wisdom, Saraswati. In order to have all-round success in life, believers seek the blessings of all three aspects of the divine femininity, hence the nine nights of worship.

NAVA DURGA – NINE FORMS OF DURGA

SHAILPUTRI (1ST NIGHT)  BRAMHACHARINI (2ND NIGHT)  CHANDRAGANTHA (3RD NIGHT) KUSHMANDA (4TH NIGHT)  SKANDAMATHA (5TH NIGHT) During Navratri, some devotees of Durga observe a fast and prayers are offered for the protection of health and prosperity. A period of introspection and purification, Navratri is traditionally an auspicious and religious time for starting new ventures. During this vowed religious observance, a pot is installed (ghatasthapana) at a sanctified place at home. A lamp is kept lit in the pot for nine days. The pot symbolizes the universe. The uninterrupted lit lamp is the medium through which we worship the effulgent Adishakti, i.e. Sree Durgadevi. During Navratri, the principle of Sree Durgadevi is more active in the atmosphere. Navratri is celebrated in a large number of Indian communities. The mother goddess is said to appear in 9 forms, and each one is worshipped for a day. These nine forms signify various traits that the goddess influences us with. The Devi Mahatmyam and other texts invoking the Goddess who vanquished demons are cited. During the eight or ninth day, Kanyan Pooja, pre-pubescent girls are ceremonially worshiped.

KATHYAYINI (6TH NIGHT)      KAALARATRI (7TH NIGHT)   MAHAGAURI (8TH NIGHT)  SIDDHIDATRI (9TH NIGHT)

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MY SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCES WITH NAGRAJ PART (3).

MY  SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCES WITH NAGRAJ PART(3).
morning in safadarkhal in PAURI DISTRICT was very cool & pleasent ,house of swami jee was surronded by hills,of different height some of them are covered with snow.It was a great experience for us to see the colours of top of mountain changing with angle of sun rays ,some time it look like golden, some time like brass,some time silver.Also if you are a bird watcher,you can see rare kind of birds in the early morning.only difficulty we face there was we have to ease our self in open feild,bath in open as there was no toilet.After taking bath ,swami jee has called us in his puja room ,he has shown us the DANDA NAGRAJ  TEMPLE from window of his room, then he has sat on his aasan & started chanting mantras,threw some rice above towards sky,his body shaking like a vibrator,his voice changes,after some time we saw a black cobra,in front of swami jee he asked us to fold both the hand  to take blessings,we closed our eyes ,asked for blessings,wnen we opened our eyes,the snake was dissapeared,he has opened  a box & from that he has given me a silver snake,which his GURU have given to him.That was realy a surprise for me.

After taking our meal in the morning,we have asked swami jee ."please swami jee, bless our family also,we are came here to take you to Delhi,please except our request.after listening  us he told us I have to take permission of nagdevta,he went inside the puja room,after 15 minutes he came out & told us o.k i am coming with you,but you have to stay at RISHIKESH as my nephew is coming to Rishikesh for purchasing land for SHEEN SHIVA,a saint from SWEEDEN who himself look like lord shiva,with big hairs like jatas,carying Trishul.lets move, rest i will tell you about him in DEV PRAYAG,where we will stay in night.After walking 2.5 km,we reached on the road where our car was parked in front of a shop,we have taken some rest,taken tea & started our journey through pauri via srinagar to devprayag.In evening we reached at Devprayag,we have taken two rooms at GARHWAL MANDAL GUEST house,order for night meals.Location of guest house was at the highest point of Devprayag,you can overveiw the whole Devprayag including the sangam point of Alakhnanda,Bhagirathi & ganga.we have taken tea ,then in the lawn we sat with swami jee,asked him to tell us about Sheen Shiva.

Swami jee has told us that,''my nephew was a steward in hotel Imperial of Delhi,since he was not getting a good salary,he was always hand to mouth,as he has to support a big family.two years back he came to me at my house in village,held my both feet & asked me for nagraj's blessings,all of a sudden ,i have told him within 3 months a foreiner will come to your hotel ,he himself will call you ,& on that day onwards you would become a Millioner.Exactly this has happens with him,A foreiner who approched him was SHEEN SHIVA,Who was a shiva bhakt from childhood,as he use to dream about lord shiva,but since in sweeden nobody knows about this kind of God,his parents were very much worried.one day they have thrown aparty in which a indian has also came along with one of there friend.while  party was going on all of a sudden the child got fainted,& mumring om om om when Indian herd this, he got surprised ,asked his host how your child is chanting this because this is our god lord shiva's mantra.then they realised that there child was looking LORD SHIVA in his dreams,that is how he is connected with India.

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count down election results 2014.

 The countdown of Lok Sabha elections has started. The discussions by media and by the common public 

have reached high and all wonder who will be a winner on 16th May. An astrologer cum numerologist of Chennai Mr. K. V. Gopalkrishnan has announced his astonishing predictions and declared that BJP nominated Narendra Modi will be the next Prime Minister of India. His predictions:

1. BJP and NDA will get 286 seats and Congress / UPA will get less than 100 seats
2. This will be the worst show by the Congress party in the history of India
3. The Congress party will get only 63 seats
4. Two stalwarts will lose the elections
5. Mamata Bannerji, Jaylalilthaa and Navin Patnaik will support Narendra Modi
6. Modi effect will rule the Share market and Sensex will reach to 25000 after 13th June
7. Commodity market will crash and the prices of food and real estate will go down
8. The prices of gold, silver and iron will go down
9. Education sector will see great and revolutionary changes

Mr. Gopalkrishnan has also suggested auspicious time for Narendra Modi. If Narendra Modi takes oath as the Prime Minister on 25th May at 11:41 AM or on 27th May at 10:34 AM

, he will rule India for 10 years and this will be a golden period of our country.

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MY SPIRITUAL JOURNEY TRUE EXPERIENCES OF LIFE(2).

MY JOURNEY TO SWAMI NAGRAJ'S HOUSE IN PAURI GARHWAL.

This was my first road journey to any hill station ,with my own car.we have started from delhi at 8am in  morning & reached the HARIDWAR at 2pm,that was our first journey break because we take this opportunity to have GANGA ARTI darshan in the evening.so we went to a dharamshala on bhuptwala road,named TAYAL DHARAMSHALA a small but well maintained,rooms with  park full of diff erent variety of  flowers.After taking lunch ,we have taken rest,in Evening we went to HAR KI PAURI GHAT FOR AARTI.we have taken the two pattal of flowers,with diya & agarbati.every body was enlighting the diya,gently pushing the pattal with diya & flowers in water,it was a fabulous view looking at hundreads of floating diya on water.Then started the main aarti with sound of several ghantas,counches,big fires all the corners of ghat the experience was beyond imagination.After aarti we went to local market purchased some RUDRAKHS malas,some puja utencils of brass.Next morning after taking bath in GANGA,we proceed towards RIHIKESH,DEVPRAYAG,which is 70km from haridwar,in the hills the average distance we can cover is 25km/hr so we reached the Devpryag by 1pm.Devprayag is the sangam sathli of two rivers called BHAGIRATHI,ALAKHNANDA,you can see the different three colours,third colour is named GANGA,It means ganga started from DEVPRAYAG,This way after taking rest at importent places we reached pauri in the evening at 6.30pm we decided to take night rest at PAURI GARHWAL GOVT,GUEST HOUSE, The total height of pauri is 6300 feet above sea level,it was very much cold there.

The village of  swami jee  at Safderkhal was just 25km,from pauri,so in the morning after taking bath & breakfast,whe have taken some fruits,sweets,green vegitables etc.for swami jee's house.At 11am we reached the safderkhal,asked about swami jees house,the shopkeeper on the Road told that,"you have to park your vehicle in front of my shop,you have to walk 2km in hills to reach there."so as per his instructions we walk towards swami jees village,our bags were taken by driver.Iwas not use to walk in hills so after every half km i use to take rest,then proceed at last we reached at swami jees house,two old men & a old lady came out,we exchange namastey,i was looking for some priest like man as swami jee,but to my utter surprise,when i saw my freind Subhas Thanik,touching the feet of one simple man wearing,pyjama kurta withgandhi cap,my freind told me take the blessingsofswami jee,i wasstill in disbelive,ihave taken the blessings,kept our bags in one room,taken tea with swami jee.started our conversation,swami jee was very impressed with me,as he came to know that i was searching him since last 18 months,without any address & clue.

In the night he has told us about  the powerful assan of his guru,which was 350 years old,of 10 feet long white tiger skin,inside the cover of  yellow cloth .He told us that nobody could sit on the Assan for sadhna,only he has the permission of his guru,lot of people has tried to sit on it but got sick within one hour.My guru has also given me a small snake of silver,which i use to keep in puja ghar,as basicaly i am a NAGRAJ UPASAK,who's main temple is in uttarakhand,called DANDA NAGRAJ  ,the temple you can see from my puja ghar in morning. whle going for sleep he warned us that if you listen any knock at the door don't open the door because the lion use to rom around in the night,if want to go for loo in night please give me call ,i will take you out,we have touched his feet,saying subhratri,while giving his blessings,with smile he told me "in the morning i will give you a surprise gift."

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My Spiritual Experiences ,true life Journey (1)

Dear freinds,ihave came in contact with so many siddhas in my life.Today i am telling you about NAGRAJ SWAMI,who's acttual name was swami Bhagwan singh from uttrakhand.today he is no more,his soul has departed last two years back.we have came in contact with him in year 1997,after searching him for one& half year without knowing his address,whether dead or alive,we have only one link that he is from uttrakhand..Actualy one of our freind.thanik,has met him in 1977 & he was telling us about  his magical powers,that when he sits with wall, behind him a  shadow of  panch mukhi nag appears,as behind lord VISHNU.Also like sai baba he use to lit Deepak with water.it raised natuarly our curosity to have Darshan of him,but we have asked about his whereabouts from our freind,the answer he has given was shocked us,he told us that"i hve not seen swami jee since last 18 years,whether dead or alive,only thing i can tell you that he is a GARHWALI..

After one year we came to know that his two brothers are working in Delhi ,living in parpargunj area.we have treced the house of swami jee brothers.they told us that it is very difficult to meet him because he is a public shy man ,most of the time he use to in sadhna in his cave at BADRINATH,So how you know that he arrived in the village of yours at PAURI GARHWAL district the answer was very surprising"when ever swami jee arrived in village,we get strong smell of chandan in our houses at Delhi,so you give your contact number,whenever we will came to know ,we will inform you .i have asked them" could you tell us how swami jee got this super natural powers,who is his guru?wether he is a shcoler or he has inheritated this from your forefathers".the answer is neither he is a shcoler,nor he is a pandit,he is a driver by profesion,once he has gone to Haridwar with his villagers,after taking bath in Ganga,after doing some small puja,taken meal,came back to his vehicle,thought let take some nap till others peoples came back,he closed his eyes ,after half hours he felt some noise of hs.....hs...hs he opened his eyes,what he saw is a black cobra on his stearing looking at him,as he screamed out of fear ,the black cobra snake bite him on his forehead,he got fainted,he has seen one big hand has taken his body to bottom of river GANGA ,kept his body for three minutes,all of a sudden he felt some body is wispering in his ears,he opened his eyes seen one old sadhu is smiling,& giving him the blessings that"Today nagraj has given you all his blessings,now you got all powers of nag devta,he walk away with one of his defective legs.that saint was LANGRA BABA,WHO'S AGE MUST BE 700 YEARS,his main sadhna place is CHAMUNDA DEVI at Haridwar,he usaly came in public as lame cow,or in night as lame lion.he is most of the time invisible,from that day onwards swami got these powers..

After three months i got the call from his broter that swami jee has arrived in the village named safderkhal in PAURI District.Now our search is for a good driver who can drive the car in hills,because at that time i had  no experience for hill area driving,also in hill area you have to park your car on the road,reach the destination by walking through hills,that is why we have choosen the Driver from DEHRADUN,Who knows the local language.i along with my freind Subhas Thanik,who has told me about the swami jee,started our journey towards our destination.

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TODAY'S MOST IMPORTANT CITY OF INDIA,"THE VARANASI"

DEAR  FREINDS VARANSI IS THE HERITAGE CITY OF INDIA,ALSO FOR HINDUS,IT IS LORD SHIVA'S ABODE,PLACE FOR GETTING MOKSH AFTER DEATH,IT IS MUST PLACE FOR FOREIN VISITER TO KNOW THE CULTURE,RELIGIOUN, LITRETURE OF INDIA.THESE DAYS VARANASI IS THE HOT POLITICAL CITY,BECAUSE THE THE INDIA'S PRIME MINISTRIAL CANDIDATE IS FIGHTING ELECTION FROM THERE.



VARANSI THE HERITAGE CITY OF INDIA.

Varanasi – City of Knowledge
For centuries Varanasi has been a great centre of learning. Revolutionary and conflicting schools of philosophy have jockeyed for acceptance here. Thinkers, poets and educationists have lived and worked here, making Varanasi the leading repository of Indian culture. It has always been well-understood that anyone wanting to achieve ideological legitimacy in India must establish a foothold in this holy city. The Mughals and the British were among many in a long line of rulers and thinkers, who tried to fashion Indian culture through interventions in Varanasi. During the Indian struggle for independence from the British, Varanasi became a hotbed of activity as new ideas and ideals sought to be established. In the years after Indian independence, the city continues to remain a major vibrant centre of intellectual and cultural activity.

This is a walk through the waterfront, from Asi Ghat to Dashashwamedh Ghat.
It constitutes one half of the famous Panchatirthi pilgrimage, the visit to the five sacred fords. Although on this tour we are not going to do the prayers or ritual baths that are part of the pilgrimage, you will be able to see pilgrims participating in it.
The walk starts at Asi Ghat, the southern end of the city where the Asi river meets the Ganges. Pilgrims bathe in the ghats here to start their Panchatirthi pilgrimage. On the banks of the ghat, they pray to an open-air linga, the representation of the God Shiva.
From Asi Ghat, we will walk downriver. We will pass Tulsi Ghat (named after a great poet-saint), where the offices of the non-profit Sankat Mochan are located. They have been working on efforts to clean the Ganges river.
Next we will pass the ashram of Anandamayi Ma and the 17th century palace of Maharaja Chet Singh, to reach Hanuman Ghat. The Hanuman Ghat area is home to a substantial South Indian community, and you can see them offering morning prayers at the ghat. This ghat is famous for its Hanuman (Monkey God) Temple and the temple of Ruru (The Dog) Bhairava. Your guide will tell you the stories of these deities.
The next ghat is Harishchandra Ghat, one of the two burning ghats of Varanasi. People in this part of the city believe this is the oldest ghat, surpassing Manikarnika in its sanctity. Here you can see the performances of ritual rites for the dead.
Continuing downriver, we come to Kedara Ghat, a busy ghat that is the sacred focus of the Kedara Khanda of the city. Further down is Chauki Ghat, where you can climb up to the top of the steps if you would like to see a huge tree with shrines to the Nagas, the serpent dieties.
We will then pass through a quieter section, where the dhobis (washermen) wash and lay out clothes. This part of the city is the Bengali Tola, settled by people from Bengal. There are more ghats here, Mansarovar, Narada, Amareshwara and Chaunsathi Ghat. Each of these is named for specific dieties, and the guide will tell you the associated legends.
Finally we will reach the Dashashwamedha Ghat, where the walk ends at the temple of the popular goddess Shitala Devi, who cures ailments and pox.



Culture of Varanasi
Varanasi is the oldest city of India known as the “City of God”, situated near the banks of the Ganges. It is most crowded city because of the narrow winding lanes that are taken by road-side markets and Hindu temples. Banaras is famous for its great culture and a popular destination for travellers and tourists. The main residential areas of the Varanasi are located in the regions far from the Ganges ghats.

Art and literature

Varanasi has old culture of fine art and literature. Great Indian writers such as Kabir Das, Ravidas, Tulsidas Kulluka Bhatt, Bharatendu Harishchandra, Jaishankar Prasad, Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, Tegh Ali, Kshetresa Chandra Chattopadhyaya, Acharya Shukla, Munshi Premchand, Vagish Shastri, Baldev Upadhyaya, Sudama Pandey, Jagannath Prasad Ratnakar, Devaki Nandan Khatri and Vidya Niwas Mishra have lived in this city.

In Varanasi the art lovers and historians such as Rai Krishnadasa, musician Gopal Mishra, Omkarnath Thakur, Ravi Shankar, Bismillah Khan, Girija Devi, Siddheshwari Devi, Lalmani Misra, N. Rajam, Rajbhan Singh, Anokhelal Mishra, Samta Prasad, Kanthe Maharaj, M. V. Kalvint, Sitara Devi, Gopi Krishna, Kishan Maharaj, Vikash Maharaj, Rajan, Sajan Mishra, Mahadev Mishra, Chhannulal Mishra and numerous others who have kept this city alive to the spiritual aspects of fine arts. People celebrate their numerous festivals in traditional styles of classical and folk culture of Varanasi.

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Excess money block the Spiritual Progress

The power of money is well know factor through out the world.if you

have money with you,you can move around any where with confidence but there is a saying also" Money is every thing but not god,"




Money and spirituality : Money is not unspiritual, greed for money is… …
Many people think that on the path of spirituality, money is an evil and must be abhorred. Let us examine it.

Upanishads recommend a balanced living. Lord Krishna says in the Gita which can rightly be called the ultimate self-management manual, ‘Samatvam Yoga Uchyate’, i.e. Yoga is balance or equanimity. 

Artha, Dharma, Kama and Moksha are the four essential objectives or ‘Purusharthas’ of human existence. Two of these viz. Artha (money) and Kama (worldly desires fulfilled or nourished by the power of material adequacy) relate to the material side of our existence. The other two, Dharma (in the sense of not religion, but righteousness) and Moksha (ultimate liberation from physical, mental and spiritual suffering), relate to our spiritual side.

Thus, those who worship money and put it above everything else, or those who think that spiritual people should hate money, are both being unbalanced. By over-emphasizing or ignoring the material side, we are losing the vital balance necessary for durable peace and happiness.

In the example above of life being a car and Artha, Kama, Dharma and Moksha being its 4 wheels, God is the 5th and supreme wheel : the Steering Wheel. He alone can guide the remaining four. So we must put God first, because all possessions, all human relations, all things are His gifts. You cannot ignore the king and enjoy a kingdom. We must not love the gifts of God more than God Himself. It is said that those who do not give God the first place in their life, give Him no place at all. Strictly speaking, God alone exists – the rest are His changing manifestations. ‘Vasudevah sarvam, iti’, says the Gita. 

It is attachment to money, a greed for material gains, that is evil. What matters here is the attitude one has towards money.

If we put money and things above health and happiness, can we expect to get healthier and happier ?

Lord Krishna was Dwarakadheesh, and yet he was a God of all wise Sanyasis. Raja Janak was king of Mithila and yet to his palace came sages like Shuka Deva for the ultimate lessons in Brahma-Vidya, or the ultimate God-knowledge

It is all about how we choose to look at it. Money is important in life ; we all need it and it is possible to be a Grihastha, to earn money for paying one’s bills which one must honorably do, ‘to buy and sell’, and yet to keep the mind on God !

So, let us have a balance; let us neither worship nor hate money. Let us earn money but love God and serve Him in all beings. ‘Yo mam pashyati sarvatra, sarvam cha mayee pashyati….’ …, ‘He who seems me in all and all in me, never loses sight of me nor do I ever lose sight of him’, assures the Yogeshwar.

It is not what duties we have, it is not whether we are a Grihastha or a Sanyasi, it is what is our perception, our attitude, that matters in spiritual progress. For embodied souls, until they are fully liberated, there are material needs that cannot be denied, and for most people, it is better to earn one’s livelihood than to be a burden on the society. And for a Grihastha, earning money for the family’s sustenance, is a God-given duty, a Dharma.

Have a blessed day and keep your balance. Be outwardly dutiful in your worldly roles, inwardly attached to God alone !

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RARE HOLI CELEBRATION BY WIDOWS.

COLOUR FULL MOMENTS IN COLOUR LESS LIFE.

I TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THIS CELEBERATION


OF COLOURS WITH THOSE MOTHERS,SISTERS WHO DO NOT HAVE ANY COLOURS IN THEIR LIFE,WHAT ABOUT YOU.

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TANTRA IS A POWERFUL MEDIA FOR AWAKENING YOUR NUCLEAR LIKE ENERGY CALLED KUNDLINI SHAKTI.

Every person, I want to explain one thing here that Tantra is a not any kinds of magic or black magic and Tantric is not a black magicne. Tantric is medium between shakti (god or goddess) and you in a kalyuga because lord shri krishna told that “shrimadbagvatgita” “kaul vagem saamata” at this means only tantra is a active , effective and powerful in kalyuga and other path is not effective all human at this whole the world. And Tantric is a very nearest for Goddess or God.

   Ta…ntra is considered as the ‘crown’ of realization because it puts you in direct contact with the entire process of complete realization.
The reason why Tantra is so powerful is because Tantra interconnects and unites all of reality, and everything attained on the physical level also crosses into the spiritual level as well. And the spiritual and the physical are no longer separate but an integral part of each other.

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GREATEST CREATIONS BY INVISIBLE SUPER POWER CALLED GOD.

Natures beautiy is un compariable, no artist can imagine these colours ,new shades, Brightness .After looking at these natures beauty one force to think that ehere must be a supream power who controles all the things which is happening all around us.

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MY INSPIRATIONAL LORD ,DEVO KA DEV MAHADEV.

LORD SHIVA SYMBOLISES THAT  SATYA(TRUTH) IS ALWAYS SUNDER(BEAUTIFUL).


LORD SHIVA  IS DETACHED FROM ALL WORDLY PROSPERIETY,IT GIVES US THE MESSAGE THAT "ONE WHO LEAVE ALL THE ATTACHEDMENT OF FALSE SUKH,GREED, &EGO HE WOULD BE MOST POWERFUL,RESPECTED BY ALL"

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