What attracts Goddess Lakshmi at home?

 

Cleanliness mainly. House and surroundings should catch the attention of Goddess Lakshmi Devi. That's why the front yard will be cleaned with cow dung water and beautiful designs of Rangoli/Kolam will be done daily. Goddess must feel happy to enter the house.

When I was working in Madras in1980s, we resided in a house in Mambalam. Upon opening the gate, one would find our living quarters in the front portion directly ahead; a family from North India occupied the upper floor, while the landlord's family lived in the rear portion on the ground floor. To reach the landlord's quarters, one had to enter through the gate, turn right and walk about 15 feet, then turn left and proceed toward the back of the property.

The landlord's ancestors hailed from Machilipatnam. He spoke both Telugu and Tamil quite fluently, albeit with a distinct accent. They chose to live in the rear portion because a hospital was being constructed on the vacant plot of land situated right next to it. His wife was a doctor, and he himself was a government civil engineer.

He was a deeply devout man. He had a large shed erected on the terrace of the house and established an "Om Shakti" shrine there; prayers and rituals were performed regularly.

They kept their cow tethered right next to our living quarters. Consequently, the very first thing we saw every morning upon waking up was the cow—a *Go-darshan* (sacred sighting of the cow)—which was a truly pleasant experience.

Eventually, the hospital was completed. For its inauguration ceremony, they invited the *Paramacharya* (the senior pontiff) of the Kanchi Peetham. The elderly pontiff, however, expressed his inability to attend personally and sent Jayendra Saraswati in his stead.

All the necessary arrangements were put in place. His Holiness indicated that he would arrive at 6:00 PM.

Since it was already evening, my wife decided to sprinkle a mixture of cow dung and water (*kallapi*) in front of our quarters and draw five or six large *muggulu* (decorative floor patterns). She did this out of habit, as it is a common custom in villages—particularly during festivals like Sankranti.

When His Holiness finally arrived, he delivered a shock to everyone present. It turned out that the hospital was a "Maternity Hospital"—and, as a matter of principle, he would not enter such an establishment. Therefore, the Swami said to the owner, "I will come into your home; lead the way." As everyone followed him, they arrived at the gate. The gate was open, and my wife was standing right there. The Swami paused for a moment to observe the *muggulu* (traditional floor patterns), then entered our home and proceeded further inside, asking, "Where is the prayer room?" In the evenings, we always keep the lights switched on in every room—it is a habit of ours.

Cleaning with cow dung water and rangoli caught the attention of His holiness and pleased him. His holiness automatically entered our house. All this was over in few seconds.

What common home decor mistakes make a space look smaller?

 The biggest space-shrinker in a room often isn’t clutter or “small furniture” at all—it’s broken sightlines: anything that chops the room into little pieces makes it feel tighter.

A few mistakes show up again and again:

• Furniture that is too bulky for the room
• Deep sofas, oversized armchairs, chunky bed frames, and heavy coffee tables eat both floor space and visual space.
• Ironically, a room filled with many tiny pieces can also look cramped because it becomes busy and fragmented.
• Pushing all furniture hard against the walls
• People often do this hoping to “open up” the center.
• In practice, it can make the room feel like a waiting room and emphasize the room’s edges. A little breathing room behind key pieces often creates a better sense of proportion.
• Dark colors used without enough light
• Dark walls are not automatically bad, but in a dim room they can visually collapse corners and flatten depth.
• The same goes for heavy dark drapes, large dark rugs, and dark furniture all used together.
• Curtains hung too low or too narrow
• This is one of the easiest ways to make windows look smaller than they are.
• Short, skimpy curtains reduce the perceived height and width of the wall. Higher and wider placement usually makes a room read as larger.
• Too much visual clutter
• Open shelves packed with objects, many small decorations, piles of pillows, and busy tabletops create constant visual interruption.
• The eye has nowhere to rest, so the room feels compressed.
• Rugs that are too small
• A tiny rug floating in the middle of the room makes everything around it feel disconnected.
• It shrinks the seating area instead of defining it.
• Poor lighting
• A single overhead light leaves corners in shadow, and shadowy corners make rooms feel smaller.
• Layered lighting—floor lamps, table lamps, sconces—usually gives a stronger sense of depth.
• Busy patterns everywhere
• One patterned wallpaper or rug can work beautifully.
• Several competing prints on curtains, upholstery, bedding, and walls can make a space feel crowded fast.
• Blocking natural light
• Tall furniture in front of windows, thick window treatments, or too many objects on sills reduce one of the strongest “expanding” effects a room can have.

One final mistake is trying to fill every empty spot. Rooms almost always look larger when there is some negative space. In decor, emptiness is not wasted space; it is what allows the rest of the room to breathe.

Which is the best home remedy for high cholesterol and heart disease?

 Every person’s body has good and bad cholesterol. Good cholesterol is required by the body to function actively and produce vitamins. High levels of bad cholesterol, on the other hand, can make you feel tired by reducing the blood flow in your arteries and can also cause chronic heart problems.

Here Are Some Home Remedies That Will Help You Control Cholesterol

1. Drink Coriander Seed Infused Water:

Drinking this first thing in the morning will improve good cholesterol levels in your body and reduce bad cholesterol. For this, you should heat water with coriander seeds until it comes to a boil and then leave it to cool overnight. Drink the strained water in the morning.

2. Add Turmeric In Your Food:

Turmeric helps in reducing the plaque deposits in your arteries. It is also known for its antibacterial properties. Adding turmeric in your curries and vegetable preparations or subzi frequently can help in reducing cholesterol. You can also drink a glass of turmeric milk before sleeping for the best results.

3. Eat Raw Amla Or Drink Amla Juice:

Consuming one or two amla fruits daily can significantly decrease bad cholesterol levels in your body. It is one of the best cholesterol home remedies and is also rich in vitamin C . It also helps in the repair and regeneration of body tissues.

4. Drink Green Tea:

Having a cup or two of green tea daily can help in controlling high cholesterol. The antioxidants present in the green tea help in restricting bad cholesterol levels in the body and keep you feeling light and active.

5. Consume Flaxseeds:

You can eat flaxseeds directly or grind them to a powder and take it with milk. Flaxseeds prevent the cholesterol from depositing in your arteries and also reducing the inflammation in them. Eating 30 grams of flaxseeds daily is ideal to reduce the effects of bad cholesterol in your body.

6. Eat More Soluble Fibres:

Foods like oats, rice bran, citrus fruits, apples, strawberries, peas, whole grains, and seeds are rich in soluble fibres. These reduce the absorption of cholesterol in your bloodstream and help your body flush it out.

Home Remedies to Kidney Stones

 Stones disease is related to urinary institute. When the alkaline ingredients with urine stops in the urine, kidneys or bladder due to any deficiency in the body, they take the form of small stones etc. due to the wind.

The stone grows gradually greater than small sand particles. It is found in rough, smooth, hard, round etc. sizes.

Symptoms of Stone:

When stones are born in any part of the body, due to this, the patient has to face a lot of problems while urinating, such as intermittent urination, blood with urine or pib, pain in the penis, etc. Symptoms like vomiting or nausea are sometimes revealed in the patient due to stones pain.

Causes of Stone:

At the time when the air dries the phlegm with urine and bile with Venus in the bladder, then stones are produced in the body. Due to stones, the patient has pain in the trees and his urine also stops. There are four types of stone disease- Vataj, Pitj, Kaphaz and Venus who prevent semen from coming out at the time of sexual intercourse have Venus stones.

Home remedies to smear stones:

Neem: Drinking a decoction of neem causes stomach stones and provides relief in stomach pain. Taking 20 grams of ash of neem leaves with water continuously for a few days provides relief in stones.

Apamarg: Grind 2 grams of Apamarga root with water. Drinking it with water every day ends the stones.

Cotton: By making a decoction of cotton root, drinking it causes stomach stones and stops flatulence.

Satanashi: Taking a quarter to 1 gram of Satyanashi milk ends stones.

Drun: Stones disease is cured by making a decoction of the root of drumstick and drinking lukewarm. By eating drummer vegetables, the kidneys and bladder stones dissolve and get out with urine.

Radish: Drinking 30 grams of parsley mixed with 40 ml radish juice causes the stones to melt and cleans the stool. Mixing 3 grams parsley in 10 ml juice of radish leaves and drinking it 3 times a day causes the stone to melt.

Kulathi: Mix 10 grams of Kulathi lentils and 10 grams of bunions together and boil it by putting it in 200 ml of water. When a quarter of water remains, filter it. Drink it three times a day with half a gram of Shilajit. This eliminates stomach gas and causes the stones to melt. By making powder of Kulathi seeds and eating 40 to 80 grams in the morning and evening daily, all types of stones are cured. Boil 6 grams of Kulathi in 125 ml water for a long time. Then filter the water and mixed radish juice equal to the fourth part in it and drink it every morning and evening, the stones are destroyed by melting. At night, soak 250 grams of Kulathi in 3 liters of water. Boil that water in the morning and filter and sprinkle salt, black pepper, cumin, turmeric and pure ghee in it. Drinking its decoction daily in the morning and evening causes burning sensation of urine, gradual arrival of urine and bladder stones.

Patharchata (stone abscess): Make a mixture by mixing 10 grams of stone and 5 grams black pepper in 50 ml water. Eat this mixture with water every morning and evening for 10 to 15 days. This causes kidney stones to melt. Grind finely 20 grams of stone leaves with water and mix sugar in it and drink it every morning and evening. This water cures all types of stones.

Parsley: The kidneys and bladder stones come out of urination by blowing 6 grams of parsley daily (eating).

Parsley: Grind 3 grams of parsley and 1 gram of jawakhar with radish leaves and extract a cup of juice. Drink a cup of juice daily for 10 to 12 days in the morning and evening. This causes abdominal stones to melt.

Gokhru: Mix 3 grams of bunion powder with honey and dissolve it in lamb. All types of stones are cured by drinking it for seven days in the morning and evening every day.

Alum: Taking 4 grams of alum bloated with buttermilk in the morning and evening ends the stones.

Buttermilk: By consuming 10 grams of Jawakhar in the buttermilk of cow's milk, the stones are melted.

Mehndi: Boil 10 grams of green leaves of mehndi in 500 ml water. When the water is boiled and 150 ml survives, then filter it and drink it. Drinking this water in the morning and evening for 15 consecutive days causes both types of stones to melt.

Onion: Drinking two teaspoons of onion juice and drinking it is destroyed within 20 to 25 days. Putting sugar in onion juice and drinking sorbet makes the stones cut out. Drinking 50 ml onion juice on an empty stomach daily in the morning removes the stones of the kidneys and bladder (the place of collecting of urine) in pieces. Drinking 10-20 ml of onion fresh juice for 3 times a day makes the kidney and masane stones melt and cleansed the urine.

Berries: Make powder by drying and grinding the jamun kernels. Taking half a teaspoon of powder with water in the morning and evening destroys kidney stones.

Cardamom: Make a powder by taking 3-3 grams of cardamom, Shilajit and Pipar. Mix a little sugar candy in this powder and eat it with water every morning and evening. This causes kidney stones to melt.

Mango leaves: Dry mango leaves and make fine powder. Taking 2 teaspoons of powder with water in the morning and evening every morning and evening, the stones melt through urine within a few days. Dry the fresh mango leaves in the shade and grind them finely and take it with 8 grams of stale water in the morning. This causes the stone to be destroyed in a few days.

Walnuts: Grind walnuts with peels and make powder. Taking 1-1 teaspoon of powder with cold water in the morning and evening daily cures stones. Make powder by grinding walnuts and filtering. Regularly consuming one teaspoon of powder with cold water in the morning and evening for a few days removes the stones from the urinary road.

Dry ginger: Make a decoction by mixing 4 grams of dry ginger, 4 grams, ocher 4 grams, 4 grams of stone and 4 grams of Brahmi. Mix half a pinch in this decoction and drink it every morning and evening. This causes the stone to melt.