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Kerala Ayurveda programmes

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Therapeutic Programmes Treatment for chronic headaches, insomnia, mental tension and cases of hysteria, hallucination and insanity. (Dhara) Herbal oils, medicated milk or butter milk and decoctions are poured on the forehead/whole body in a special manner. Variations includeOordhwanga Dhara (good for diseases of the eyes, ears and skin),Takra Dhara (for those suffering from memory loss, severe headache or insanity) and Sarvanga Dhara (for both head and body). Treatment to alleviate osteoarthritis, leukemia etc. (Snehapanam) Medicated ghee is given internally in a gradually increased quantity for specific periods Treatment for dryness of nostrils, mouth and throat, severe headaches, facial paralysis and burning sensation in the head. (Sirovasti) Lukewarm herbal oils are poured into a leather cap fitted on the head for specific durations as per physician's recommendation. Treatment for spondilosis, rheumatic diseases like arthritis, paralysis, hemiplegia, nervous weaknesses and

Making Your Own Momos

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If you’ve been to the Himalayas you probably already encountered these tasty filled Nepalese dumplings and want to reproduce them. If you haven’t tried them yet, it is about time you do. Here we’ve got a receipe for you, so you can easily make momos at home: Dough: 1 cup    flour ¼ tsp    salt 2 tsp.    vegetable oil 100 ml cold water Sift the flour and salt. Add oil and mix properly with your fingers. Add water gradually and keep mixing with your fingers till you get a firm dough. Cover with a damp muslin cloth and keep aside for half an hour. To save time, you can also just buy frozen, ready-made and spread dough. You can find it in Asian supermarkets. Making Momos: Divide the dough into three portions. Take one portion, make a ball of it and flatten it on your rolling board. Roll evenly with a rolling pin trying to get a square of about 9-inches. (If the dough sticks to the rolling board, then cover both the sides with some dry flour and roll again.) Cut this squ

Sabah for Destination Weddings

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Fascinating Delhi!

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It's an irony that in a country which is 75 per cent Hindu the most impressive sights in the capital city of Delhi have virtually all been provided by Muslim or Christian invaders. Sure, there are some interesting Hindu shrines in Delhi, like the Laxmi Narayan Temple, built in 1939 by the fabulously wealthy Birla family to honour - appropriately enough - the goddess of prosperity. And there are several memorials built to honour the country's greatest Hindu politicians, of which the most moving is the simple black marble slab and everlasting flame on the spot where the man who won independence for India, Mahatma Gandhi, was cremated.  But almost all the places to which tourists are taken so they can marvel at the wonders of this ancient land were actually created by the Muslim invaders from central Asia who conquered the country 900 years ago. Even the impressive seat of the Indian Government, New Delhi, was the work of the British, who succeeded the Muslims as overlo

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