{"id":6338,"date":"2011-06-16T03:46:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T03:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=6338"},"modified":"2011-06-16T03:46:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-16T03:46:00","slug":"the-periods-of-the-sun-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=6338","title":{"rendered":"The Periods of the Sun !"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YzuhDdMUz9M\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Malayalam Agri Calender<\/span> has it that the Sun transits the 27 constellations of the Ecliptic and these came to be known as the <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Njattuvelas<\/span>. The word <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Njattuvela<\/span> is derived from Njayar meaning the Sun and <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Velas<\/span> meaning the Times. In short <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Njattuvela<\/span> means the Times of the Sun, as it passes through the 27 constellations of the Sidereal Zodiac.<\/p>\n<p>Now the Sun is transiting <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Mrigasira or Makiryam Njattuvela<\/span> is on. It is raining incessantly in Kerala. <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Makiryam mathi ariyathe<\/span><span style=\"font-style:italic;\"> peyyum<\/span> meaning that rains will be galore during <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Mrigasira Njattuvela<\/span>. On June 22nd, the famous <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Thiruvathira Njattuvela<\/span> will be on and Kerala will be graced by bursts of rain with sunny interludes.<\/p>\n<p>Monsoon Tourism is on the upswing in the state. People from Arab lands and tropical countries find Kerala a haven. Westerners find it as a gorgeous Paradise, because of the immense greenery which adorn the state.<\/p>\n<p>More rains are expected during the solar transits of <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Punarvasu and Pushya<\/span>. These four <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Njattuvelas<\/span> are fierce and destructive. Many have lost their homes in the villages, many paddy fields have been inundated, as the Rains of Life and Death simultaneously bring relief from the blistering heat and at the same time wreack havoc on the poor infrastructure of the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Malayalam Agri Calender has it that the Sun transits the 27 constellations of the Ecliptic and these came to be known as the Njattuvelas. The word Njattuvela is derived from Njayar meaning the Sun and Velas meaning the Times. In short Njattuvela means the Times of the Sun, as it passes through the 27 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=6338\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Periods of the Sun !&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6338\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}