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S I V E P A T H O F

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First Conference at Tirupati Second at Mumbai Third at Surat Fourth at New Delhi Fifth at Bhubaneswar Sixth at Pondichery Seventh at Varanasi Eighth at Tirupati Ninth at Mumbai Tenth at Delhi Eleventh at Kattankulathur

Religion on Stone walls: Looking through Window

By

Prof. C. P. Prakasam, Dr. P. K. Murthy

c_prakasam@yahoo.com

History reveals that Hindu religion started on the banks of SINDU river

with four VARNAS, enhanced generation after generation and spread over

to neighboring countries viz: Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, Ceylon, Indonesia,

Thailand, and Cambodia, up to China. Foster by many rulers who ruled

these countries. One such king called himself DEVARAJA was Jayavar-

man II in Cambodia (Kambujadesa).

During 800 AD, one of the king by name Jayavarman II ruled

Kambujadesa, established his capital of Hariharalaya at the northern end of

Tonle Sap. The Kumbujadesa is present Cambodia and Hariharalaya is

now known as "Roluos". In 802 Jayavarman articulated his new status by

declaring himself "universal monarch" (chakravartin), and, in a move that

was to be imitated by his successors and that linked him to the cult of Siva,

taking on the epithet of "god-king" (Devaraja). In 889, Yasovarman I

ascended to the throne called as lion-man and his eyes were the Veda,

constructed a new city called Yasodharapura near the old capital of

Hariharalaya. He constructed also a massive reservoir called a baray. The

significance of such reservoirs regarded them as religiously charged

symbols of the great mythological oceans surrounding Mount Meru, the

abode of the gods. The mountain, in turn, was represented by an elevated

temple, in which the "god-king" was represented by a lingam. In

accordance with this cosmic symbolism, Yasovarman built his central

temple on a low hill known as Phnom Bakheng, surrounding it with a moat

fed from the baray. He also built numerous other Hindu temples and

ashramas. Over 300 years these kings, the Khmer empire build the world's

most magnificent architectural masterpieces in this area known as Angkor

Wat.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Academic Activities

of Members 3

Announcement 5

Award to Prof PKB

Nayar 6

Publications 6

Books 8

Welcome to New

Members 9

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Suryavarman (Khmer Emperor) launched into the construction of Angkor Wat as his personal temple

mausoleum. Angkor Wat, means "City Temple": Angkor is a vernacular form of the word nokor which

comes from the Sanskrit word nagara (capital), while wat is the Khmer word for temple. Suryavarman II

breaking with the tradition of the Khmer kings, and influenced perhaps by the concurrent rise of Vaisnav-

ism in India, he dedicated the temple to Vishnu rather than to Siva. With walls nearly one-half mile long

on each side, Angkor Wat grandly portrays the Hindu cosmology, with the central towers representing

Mount Meru, home of the gods; the outer walls, the mountains enclosing the world; and the moat, the

oceans beyond. The traditional theme of identifying the Cambodian devaraja with the gods, and his resi-

dence with that of the celestials, is very much in evidence. The measurements themselves of the temple

and its parts in relation to one another have cosmological significance. Suryavarman had the walls of the

temple decorated with bas reliefs depicting not only scenes from mythology, but also from the life of his

own imperial court.

Angkor Wat, is an unique combination of the temple mountain, with the architect influences from Orissa

and the Chola of Tamil Nadu, India. The temple is a representation of Mount Meru, the home of the gods:

the central quincunx of towers symbolizes the five peaks of the mountain, and the walls and moats the

surrounding mountain ranges and ocean. Angkor Wat is oriented to the west rather than the east. This has

led many researchers to conclude that Suryavarman intended it to serve as his funerary temple. Further

evidence for this view is provided by the bas-reliefs, which proceed in a counter-clockwise direction—

prasavya in Hindu terminology—as this is the reverse of the normal order. Rituals take place in reverse

order during Brahminic funeral services. The archaeologist also describes a container which may have

been a funerary jar which was recovered from the central tower.

The temple stands on a terrace raised higher than the city with three rectangular galleries rising to a cen-

tral tower, each level higher than the last. These galleries are being dedicated to the king, god Brahma,

moon and Vishnu. Each gallery has a gopura at each of the points, and the two inner galleries each have

towers at their corners, forming a quincunx with the central tower. The bas-relief of the Churning of the

Sea of Milk shows Vishnu in the centre, his turtle avatar Kurma below, asuras and devas to left and right,

and apsaras and Indra above.

The inner walls of the outer gallery bear a series of large-scale scenes mainly depicting episodes from the

Hindu epics the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. Higham has called these, "the greatest known linear ar-

rangement of stone carving". From the north-west corner anti-clockwise, the western gallery shows the

Battle of Lanka (from the Ramayana, in which Rama defeats Ravana) and the Battle of Kurukshetra (from

the Mahabharata, showing the mutual annihilation of the Kaurava and Pandava clans). On the southern

gallery follow the only historical scene, a procession of Suryavarman II, then the 32 hells and 37 heavens

of Hindu mythology.

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On the eastern gallery is one of the most celebrated scenes, the Churning of the Sea of Milk, show-

ing 92 asuras and 88 devas using the serpent Vasuki to churn the sea under Vishnu's direction . It is

followed by Vishnu defeating asuras. The northern gallery shows Krishna's victory over Bana and a

battle between the Hindu gods and asuras. The north-west and south-west corner pavilions both fea-

ture much smaller-scale scenes, some unidentified but most from the Ramayana or the life of

Krishna

Acknowledgements: Thanks are due to Dr. P. K. Murthy, Professor, International Institute for Popu-

lation Sciences, Deonar, Mumbai for providing source material and photographs. Dr. P. K. Murthy

on deputation from IIPS visited Cambodia, worked as Demographer for two years.

Bibliography: Briggs, Lawrence Robert (1951, reprinted 1999). The Ancient Khmer Empire. White Lotus. ISBN 974-8434-93-1.

Buckley, Michael (1998). Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos Handbook. Avalon Travel Publications. Online ex-

cerpt The Churning of the Ocean of Milk retrieved 25 July 2005. Freeman, Michael and Jacques, Claude (1999). Ancient Angkor. River Books. ISBN 0-8348-0426-3.

Glaize, Maurice (2003 edition of an English translation of the 1993 French fourth edition). The Monuments

of the Angkor Group. Retrieved 14 July 2005. Higham, Charles (2001). The Civilization of Angkor. Phoenix. ISBN 1-84212-584-2.

Higham, Charles (2003). Early Cultures of Mainland Southeast Asia. Art Media Resources. ISBN 1-58886-

028-0.

Hing Thoraxy. Achievement of "APSARA": Problems and Resolutions in the Management of the

Angkor Area Retrieved 26 July 2005.

Ray, Nick (2002). Lonely Planet guide to Cambodia (4th edition). ISBN 1-74059-111-9

Vennila S, participated in a short International Course on Urban Environmental Management at

Erasmus University, Netherlands between Dec 13 to April 12 2014.

Sonal Mobar attended and presented a paper titled “Impact of RTE Act on Girl Child Education” at

International Conference on Humanities, Society and Culture, at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2nd -

3rd Sept, 2014.

K Vijayanthimala presented a paper entitled "Women’s health and gender discrimination in In-

dia, 14th July ,Rc15, xviii ISA World Congress of Sociology, July13-19,2014, Yokohoma, Japan".

Shashi Punam and P.C. Ryhal. (2014) “Gender Discrimination and Health of Women in Selected

Districts of Himachal Pradesh” National conference at Gokhale Institute of Politics and Econom-

ics, Pune at6-7 January.

Shashi Punam and Nisha Kumari (2014): “Social equity in Higher education and promotion in Hi-

machal Pradesh” North- West Regional Seminar at NSCBM Govt. College Hamirpur.

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES OF MEMBERS

P A G E 4 V O L U M E 7 , N U M B E R 2

Shashi Punam (2014): “Conceptual and Historical movement of Minorities in India with special refer-

ence to Indian politics” National Seminar on Development of Socially Excluded Groups in India:

Challenges and Strategies for Inclusion Organized by Gandhigram Rural Institute Dindigul District,

Tamil Nadu.

Nisha Kumari, Shashi Punam and Sanjay Kumar (2014): “Caste and Social Equity in Himachal

Pradesh” National Seminar on Development of Socially Excluded Groups in India: Challenges and

Strategies for Inclusion Organized by Gandhigram Rural Institute Dindigul District, Tamil Nadu.

Shashi Punam (2014): “Gender Discrimination in Child-Care Practices in Himachal Pradesh” National

Seminar on Gender and Violence Organized by RC 10 ‘Gender Studies’ Indian Sociological Soci-

ety and Department of Sociology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi,15-16 October.

Sanjay Kumar& Shashi Punam (2014): “Concept of Gender Violence in Himachal Pradesh: A Case

study” National Seminar on Gender and Violence: A Challenge for Equitable Society Organized by

RC 10 ‘Gender Studies’ Indian Sociological Society and Department of Sociology, Jamia Millia

Islamia, New Delhi, 15-16 October.

M. Vaithilingam : Presented a paper on “Elderly and their Gender and Residential Differences in In-

dia: Demographic, Socio-Economic and Health Perspectives” at IASP’s 36th Annual Conference at

Department of Demography & Population Research Centre, University of Kerala, Thiruvanathapuram

during 7-9 November 2014 (With Dr. R. Hariharan- First Author).

M. Vaithilingam : Presented a paper on “Tamil Migrants and their Socio-Psychological Life in New

Mumbai: A Qualitative Approach” at IASP’s 36th Annual Conference at Department of Demography

& Population Research Centre, University of Kerala, Thiruvanathapuram during 7-9 November 2014

(With Dr. Sunil Sarode- Second Author).

M. Vaithilingam : Presented paper on Web-based Population Data Source: Population Reference Bu-

reau on Human Fertility and Child Development at the UGC Sponsored National Conference on Re-

shaping the Academic Libraries: Trends and Issues (REALITI) SKM's J. M. Patel College of Com-

merce, Goregaon (W), Mumbai on 12 September 2014 (With Ms. Neeta Dhawde- Second Author).

M. Vaithilingam : Maternal health care in Tamil Nadu: believes and practices of antenatal care and

their implications. UGC-Sponsored National Seminar on ‘Challenges Ahead of Maternal and Child

Health: From Issues to Action,’ Department of Population Studies, Annamalai University, Annamalai

Nagar, Tamil Nadu during 24 - 25 March 2014.

M. Vaithilingam : Fertility in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu: a comparative study with reference to

social and cultural factors. National seminar on ‘Demographic transition and development: issues and

challenges in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences,

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 11-13 March 2014.

M. Vaithilingam : Population information management through digitization environment: a study of

prb with reference to human fertility and child development in India (Submitted paper). International

seminar on Application of Communication and Information Technology in Library. Variable Energy

Cyclotron Center, Kolkata, West Bengal, 28-30 January 2014.

P A G E 5 V O L U M E 7 , N U M B E R 2

M. Vaithilingam : Changing family structure and problems of elderly in rural Tamil Nadu. IASS

(11th) Conference ‘Health Transition, Social Change and Development,’ School of Public Health,

SRM University, Tamil Nadu, 26-28 December 2013 (with First author R. Hariharan).

Balamurugan. J,Participated and presented a paper entitled “Living Arrangements of the Elderly

in India: Emerging Trends and Implications” in the “17th Biennial Conference of Association of

Gerontology, India (AGI)” and “International Conference of Engaging and Empowering the Elderly

(ICEEE-2014)” during 15th and 16th September, 2014. Organised by Centre for Development Studies,

Thruvananthapuram in Kerala.

N. Audinarayana : Resource Person / Special Lecturers Delivered in Conferences / Seminars: Delivered an Invited Talk on ‘Social Impacts of Disasters’, at the State Level Conference on Disaster

Management’, held at Gem Institute of Nursing Education & Research, Coimbatore during April 26-

27, 2014.

Delivered Four Lectures: ‘Preparation of the Research Proposal for Funding’, ‘‘Data Analysis using

SPSS software’, ‘Research Designs’ and ‘Preparation of Manuscript for Publication in Scientific

Journals’, in the ‘Summer School in Social Sciences’, at Academic Staff College, Sri. Venkateswara

University, Tirupati, during July 7–8, 2014.

U V Somayajulu presented paper “ Health Status and Needs of Elderly in Selected Indian States “ at

the 36th annual conference of IASP, held at Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 7-9, 2014

U V Somayajulu presented paper “ Infrastructure and Human Resources in EAG States : Progress and

Achievements under NRHM” at the International Health Conference held at IPE, Hyderabad during

Nov 12-14, 2014

Call for papers, Bangkok

IUAES Inter-Congress 2015: Re-imagining Anthropological and Sociological Boundaries

15-17 July 2015, Thammasat University, Bangkok, THAILAND

PANEL : P5-01 PANEL TITLE: Achieving food security and health in the face of climate change

CONV ENO R KODA LI VI JA YA NT HI M A LA

Director, S.N.C.for Women Studies, Domalguda, Hyderabad, Telengana, India.

Email -kvjmala@yahoo.co.in

Panel Theme

Climate change is likely to have a number of consequences for food security and has an impact on

food production and processing. This will lead to changes in the types of food that individuals con-

sume, their nutritional content and safety in addition its influence on food choices in turn impacts on

individuals health. The source of food may affect its micronutrient and macronutrient composition due

to different varieties grown, varying soils and growing conditions, different methods of harvesting,

processing, and storing. Climate change is expected to have major health impacts in India- increasing

malnutrition and related health disorders (diseases related to under nutrition and over nutrition).

T h e m a i n a i m o f t h i s p a n e l i s t o a s s e s s a n d e v a l u a t e : -

– nutrition related health disorders to cover under nutrition and obesity-related health problems and

-.to suggests food which is climate resistant to promote health.

Abstract Submission – Before 15th February 2015.

ACCOUNCEMENTS

P A G E 6 V O L U M E 7 , N U M B E R 2

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD TO Dr. P.

K. B. NAYAR Dr. P. K. B. Nayar received the Lifetime Achieve-

ment Award for 2014 from Smt. Sumitra Mahajan,

Hon’ble Speaker, Lok Sabha. Sri Thaawar Chand

Gehlot, Hon’ble Minister of Social Justice and Em-

powerment and Shri Sudhir Bhargava, IAS, Secre-

tary, SJ&E are on the left and Hon’ble Shri Sudar-

shan Bhagat, Minister of State of SJ&E is on the

right of the Speaker(see the photo)

AWARD TO PROF PKB NAYAR

The Vayoshreshtha Samman was started by the Government of India Ministry of Social Justilce and

Empowerment to honour institutions and individuals who have rendered exceptional services to the

causes and concerns of ageing and the aged. The Samman is given in different categories – Best institu-

tions for research on ageing, for poviding services to senior citizens, Best district Panchayat for pro-

viding services and facilities to senior citizens, for centennarians, for life time achievement, for creative

art, sports and adventure.

This year’s Award for Lifetime Achievemnt was conferred on Dr. P. K. B. Nayar who has a track re-

cord of 42 years of continuous and exceptional service for the causes and concerns of the aged. He

founded the Centre for Gerntological Studies in 1983 – recognised by Government of India as a

“Unique international centre fort inte-disciplinary studies and research on ageing in India”. This Cen-

tre received the Vayoshreshtha Samman in 2009. Dr. Nayar also organised a series of conferences –

national and international – to highlight the ageing issues before the country and the world. Dr. Nayar

is the recepient of several other honours earlier, including Helpage India’s Golden Award and

French Government’s Award for Intenationally Renowned Scientists.

PUBLICATION

Vennila S, K. Ramesh and N.K. Ambujam. Lower Income Group along the Water Course: A Vulner-

ability Analysis on their Social Capital. In the online International Interdisciplinary Research Jour-

nal. Vol IV/Issue IV/July-Aug 2014. soorya_vennila01@yahoo.in

Vennila S. & Ramesh, Urbanisation and Drinking Water Security in Chennai in Online International

Interdisciplinary Research Journal. Vol. 4, Issue-I.(IF:2.089)

Shashi Punam (khushi12.p@gmail.com ) “Gender Bias, Daughter Elimination and Sex Ratio Patterns

in Himachal Pradesh” in Gender equality: A way to women empowerment by New Generation Press,

Delhi ISBN 978-93-80310-85-5 Pp-136-149.

P A G E 7 V O L U M E 7 , N U M B E R 2

Alok K Mathur (akmathur@iihmr.org) Improving healthcare through ICT for India’s rural women: e-

ASHA in Rajasthan has been published in a Journal ‘Rural 21- The International Journal of Rural De-

velopment’ Published from Germany.

http://www.rural21.com/english/current-issue/detail/article/improving-healthcare-through-ict-for-indias

-rural-women-e-asha-in-rajasthan-00001227/

A. K. Sharma published a book: Gandhian Philosophy of Voluntarism,based on the activities under-

taken by Banwasi Seva Ashram, since inception, Sonbhadra District of UP, A voluntary organization

devoted to development of tribal population in the framework of Sarvodaya and Swaraj.

Pub: Concept Publishing Company Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2014, ISBN: 9789351250760, Rs.600, A. K.

Sharma, Professor, HSS Department, IIT Kanpur

“Disabled Population in India: A Glimpse into 2011 Census Data”, Progressive Outlook: A Refereed

National Research Journal of Social Sciences 2(I-A), 2014, pp. 27-37.

“Gender Inequality in Literacy Rates and their Correlates in Tamil Nadu’, in Women Education and

Women Empowerment, M. Jayaseelan (Ed.). New Delhi: APH Publications, 2014, pp. 174–182.

“A Comparative Study on Crimes against Women in Kerala & Tamil Nadu” (with Vidya Balu), in

Women in Society, M. Jayaseelan (Ed.). New Delhi: APH Publications, 2014, pp. 1–14.

”Elderly Persons’ Participation in Household Chores and its Associated Factors: Gender Perspective in

an Urban Setting of Tamil Nadu” (with Phamila Jesintha Rajee), in Women in Society, M. Jayaseelan

(Ed.). New Delhi: APH Publications, 2014, pp. 313-321.

Lopamudra Paul and Ramesh Chellan. 2013. Impact of Janani Suraksha Yojana on Institutional De-

livery in Empowered Action Group (EAG) States, India. "South East Asia Journal of Public Health"

3(2): 4-18.

Harihar Sahoo, Lopamudra Paul and Ramesh Chellan. 2012. Analyzing Timing, Pace and Determi-

nants of Fertility in Southern India. "Demography India". 41(1&2): 117-140.

M. Vaithilingam : Web-based Population Data Source: Population Reference Bureau on Human Fertil-

ity and Child Development, Proceedings of UGC National Conference on Reshaping the Academic Li-

braries: Trends and Issues (REALITI) (ISBN 978-81-928786-0-7), KM's J. M. Patel College of Com-

merce, Goregaon (W), Mumbai on 12 September 2014, pages 240-243. (With Ms. Neeta Dhawde-

Second Author).

Balamurugan. J, Published Article entitled “Social Exclusion of Older People: A Case Study of

Rural South India”, in “Journal of Exclusion Studies”, Vol. 4, Issue – 2, pp. 130-145. ISSN: 2231-

4547 (Print)&2231-4555 (Online).

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N. Audinarayana : Ageing: Care and Support. New

Delhi: APH Publications, 2014.

This book focuses on different dimensions of the care

and support viz., emotional, economic, and physical,

received by the elderly persons, in addition to high-

lighting how best these dimensions of the care and sup-

port have been extended by the caregivers to elderly.

Special attempt is also made to understand some issues

related to care and support and problems, if any, faced

by caregivers while extending such care. Data was col-

lected from 1206 elderly persons and 619 caregivers

belonging to 16 villages of Coimbatore district, Tamil

Nadu. Results and findings based on Frequency tables,

cross-tabulations with appropriate tests of significance

and multivariate techniques have been presented. This

book serves as a constructive research work for acade-

micians and researchers engaged in the fields of Social

Gerontology / Ageing, Sociology, Population Studies,

Social Work, Women’s Studies, Cultural Anthropol-

ogy, Economics, Human Resource Development, Ex-

tension Education, Rural Development, etc

BOOKS

Name of the book: Maternal Health in India: Contemporary Issues and Challenges

Editor: Mohammad Akram

Publication: Rawat Publications, 2014

Maternal Health in India: Contemporary Issues and Challenges (Edited by Mohammad Akram, Rawat

Publications, 2014) addresses the prevailing inequalities in maternal health and care services in India.

The essays argue that there is a need of close scrutiny of the policies and approaches related to the ma-

ternal health issues. The fourteen papers included in the volume study different states of India includ-

ing Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Ma-

nipur from diverse perspectives. The essays relate the functioning of health care machinery with di-

verse social factors related to class, caste, community, religion, region and ethnicity.

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