#and the biggest problem the demon lord even has with him is that his outer appearance does not match his core

[moeblob]

I named the plot "guess I'll marry the demon lord?" and I realized if I wanted a lengthier title it could be "I could conquer the world if I had ADHD medicine but I don't so I became a trophy husband instead". And then as I'm giving him various background traits I realized one little piece of information would make everything make sense. He's from Florida.

[hannahwaterman]

Type and Language 1 - Choosing a quote, planning my project, brainstorming.

Selecting a quote for this briefing was something I tried to get done very quickly so that I could begin making work fast. At first I thought of doing the following quote by Bill Hicks:

“The world is like a ride in an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. The ride goes up and down, around and around, it has thrills and chills, and it's very brightly colored, and it's very loud, and it's fun for a while. Many people have been on the ride a long time, and they begin to wonder, "Hey, is this real, or is this just a ride?" And other people have remembered, and they come back to us and say, "Hey, don't worry; don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride." And we … kill those people. "Shut him up! I've got a lot invested in this ride, shut him up! Look at my furrows of worry, look at my big bank account, and my family. This has to be real." It's just a ride. But we always kill the good guys who try and tell us that, you ever notice that? And let the demons run amok … But it doesn't matter, because it's just a ride. And we can change it any time we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings of money. Just a simple choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love instead see all of us as one. Here's what we can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money we spend on weapons and defenses each year and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would pay for many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace.”

It’s very long, but I think it’s a very beautiful and well meaning piece of spoken word. Bill Hicks was a comedian-philosopher, and he was a very influential person in the formative years of my life from about 10 years old onwards. Definitely too young to be listening to Bill Hicks, but hey - his words really stuck with me and I think this quote is a very important one in my life.

I thought I could do something funny like this quote from Come Dine With Me: 

Dear Lord, what a sad little life, Jane. You ruined my night, completely, so you could have the money, but I hope now you spend it on getting some lessons in grace and decorum because you have all the grace of a reversing dump truck without any tyres on.

But ultimately, I didn’t have faith that I would really be able to get excited about it!

I finally settled for this quote by Robert Sapolsky, a human behavioural biologist:

I am not worried if scientists go and explain everything. This is for a very simple reason: an impala sprinting across the Savannah can be reduced to biomechanics, and Bach can be reduced to counterpoint, yet that does not decrease one iota our ability to shiver as we experience impalas leaping or Bach thundering. We can only gain and grow with each discovery that there is structure underlying the most accessible levels of things that fill us with awe. But there is an even stronger reason why I am not afraid that scientists will inadvertently go and explain everything--it will never happen. While in certain realms, it may prove to be the case that science can explain anything, it will never explain everything. As should be obvious after all these pages, as part of the scientific process, for every question answered, a dozen newer ones are generated. And they are usually far more puzzling, more challenging than than the prior problems. This was stated wonderfully in a quote by a geneticist named Haldane earlier in the century: "Life is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine." We will never have our flames extinguished by knowledge. The purpose of science is not to cure us of our sense of mystery and wonder, but to constantly reinvent and reinvigorate it.

It’s very long, so I chose from it the most effecting and important sentences, and I was left with the following.

I am not worried if scientists go and explain everything. It will never happen. It will never explain everything. As part of the scientific process, for every question answered, a dozen newer ones are generated. And they are usually far more puzzling, more challenging than than the prior problems. Life is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine. We will never have our flames extinguished by knowledge. The purpose of science is not to cure us of our sense of mystery and wonder, but to constantly reinvent and reinvigorate it.

Robert Sapolsky lectures on human behaviour, taking information from many different scientific avenues, including biology, endocrinology, sociology, criminology, neuroscience, etc, to build a massive and complex picture of why it is humans behave the way we do, looking at our behaviour through multiple lenses and disciplines, and combining them in order to answer some of the biggest philosophical questions, including questions about free will, about love, about hatred and forgiveness and family. 

He is one of the biggest influences on my outlook towards life and my trauma and mental health recovery, because not only are his teachings grounded in extremely interesting research and knowledge, but they are able to explain and open up discussions some of the most confusing and difficult parts of the human experience. Sex, love, violence, free will, tribalism, trauma, fear - Sapolsky tackles all of these terrifying and wonderful parts of our lives with such grace and poise and intelligence - his lectures have coloured my world with a newfound respect for myself and those around me. 

He delivers this quote or similar at the end of one of his books and in his lecture series, to help clear up some of the biggest fears that people have of scientific knowledge, and it is a sentiment that I hold very dear to my heart. We should not fear advancement and knowledge. It can only enrich our lives, and a better understanding of myself as not just another person in society, but my very own series of complex and intricate biological mechanisms, has completely enriched my life.

I began by experimenting with very basic black and white type designs on Procreate on my iPad. I tend to jump straight into making before I do research, or much thinking at all, because it is often the case that I can come up with some very raw, messy, and interesting visual ideas. The first few attempts I have at a task like this can really inform where my project will go, what I would like to work on over the duration of the project, and what techniques will or won’t help me. 

I often start projects in black and white because it is a very basic and simple building block foundation for the shapes in the work, and makes it so that more complex parts of a visual identity can be added later, giving me more time to think about colours and textures before going ahead with them.

I had fun warping text like this - it makes the writing mysterious and mostly illegible. It did not yet communicate effectively, however, and I had a talk with Sarah to better discuss where to go with this project.

Sarah told me to really think about WHO said the text, and WHY. To ask questions about WHAT I am trying to convey. How will I bring the message of the words to life? How can I use type to emphasise and better explain the language being spoken? How can I use typography as not just a fun image, but a visual tool to really hammer home the intent behind the words being spoken?

Sarah advised me to sketch out “how to quote acts”, how it moves and it feels. Also to question, how do I want people to react to this type?

With this higher level of specificity, I was able to think much more clearly about the task at hand. My plan now was to take certain important words from my quote, and do visual research surrounding them. To really give this project a microscopic view to begin with, I am going to focus on smaller fractions of the text, to begin to build up a catalogue of how those words really feel, act, and speak to a reader. I need to bring into question, how can I communicate better using type? How can I make somebody listen with my typography? How can I use my skillset as a designer to translate information into something visually consumable and interesting to look at? 

Once I’ve done visual research and sketches focusing on the very zoomed in parts of this quote, I am going to try to visualise those in context of Sapolsky’s life and teachings. He started off his practice as a field scientist, living amongst primates, and studying their movements. He went on to combine this knowledge with laboratory work, studying hormones and neurodevelopment in rats and analysing other studies. He now, on top of all of this, lectures at Stanford, and has written multiple books on the subject of human and animal behaviour, for the casual reader and scientist alike.

How can I represent Sapolsky’s life with design? Can I start off the quote as rough and messy and dusty and animalistic, representing the time he spent amongst apes in the jungle - then developing it into something very neat, tidy and clinical like his lab studies are? Can I make 2 different designs to represent these, then overlay them? Use colours to represent the two different stages of his practice? Can I make this into a screenprint? A series of 2 or 3 posters? 

Or could I make a typographic mural to go on the wall at Stanford or another institute of science? A series of posters? A small book or leaflet? An animation? Who am I aiming it at? Over the next few days I am going to collate visual research and express it as a series of typographic works.

[queennicoleinboots]

Working While PMSing Should Be Illegal Period

Ow. My head hurts. My back hurts. My eyes hurt. My stomach hurts. My vagina hurts. I think even my asshole hurts. I am in a rare form of dragon rage mood today.

My coffee spills everywhere. My new cat named Kissy who is a clone of my other new cat, Cupid, is running under me. Joebear, my poor husband, loved how Cupid looked, but her constant farting was too much, so he ate her after he made a clone of her. I personally want to feed this beautiful cat to Joebear because fuck this bitch right now.

"Get out of my refrigerator!!!! Get out of my dishwasher!!!!" I yelled my routine command like I did every other morning. But today, I added a special "As a matter of fact, get out of my house!!!!"

I drank my coffee and growled before Joebear woke up. I wish he would just go back into hibernation. I didn't want to hear his bear growl today. Normally, I loved my bear more than anything, but with the way I felt, love was a foreign emotion. I couldn't handle anybody. It wasn't anything personal against my wonderful Bae Beast. I just didn't like anything then.

He groaned and took his morning bear dump. I groaned and took a sip of my coffee. After a few minutes of hating mornings and everything else, I heard Joebear come down the stairs and Garfield run away from the routine growl of the bear.

He growled. I growled. "Good morning, Bae," he said as he went to fetch his jar of honey. I heard him slurping on it. I couldn't handle the noise.

"Go lay down," I said as I went upstairs to put on my typical housekeeper outfit. I wanted to cuss out that obnoxious, curly-haired, glasses-wearing beanstalk of a human being named Peter Double-You Parker that I had to work for. I couldn't believe I had to see that goofball, awkward guy again. He was the biggest pain in the ass that was ever created on the face of the Earth. Thinking about his smartass attitude that day made me want to get a running start of 20 yards before I punched him in the throat.

I needed a break from his terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad tantrums that normally made me laugh. My PMS is a killjoy. It makes me want to kill Peter.

Once I emerged from upstairs, Joe gave me a Tupperware dish full of fish and berries.

"Thank you, Bae. Now I am leaving. See you later, you Fat-ass. Good-looking. Beast," I said as I patted his black fur. I started playbeating him harder and growling.

"Owwwww! Starting to hurt!!!" he yelled before he growled.

I growled back. I put my food on the end table before Joebear and I started to wrestle. I was beating his ass. He bearhugged me and slammed me on the couch.

"What the fuck was that for?" he asked. "I barely have my eyes open."

"I'm PMSing, Bae Beast. I sorry. You didn't do anything wrong. I just feel awful," I said as I stroked his fur. "I love you, Bae Beast."

"No wonder. Good Lord. Warn people!" he said before he ascended the stairs.

"Sorry, Bae. I got excited, Buh Buh Huhhhhhh!!!" I yelled. 

"Have a wonderful day, Little Bae," he said before I took my purse and my food and left.

I went to my car, put my stuff in it, closed the door, and called Peter's house.

"Hello," Peter said in his Southern, half-mumbly voice. Normally, I find his voice very funny, but today, I found it to be nails on an old-fashioned chalkboard.

"Fuck you and the ground you walk on," I said.

"Jesus Christ, Xara. What the fuck did I do this time?" he asked.

"You have a Y-chromosome, and I am PMSing. I want to destroy you and then I'd like to pull your intestines out of your asshole. I'd use them in a French dish if I am in a decent mood, but other than that, I will personally annihilate every cell in your body. I don't care if you are a 54 almost 55-year-old former pornstar or not. You must be destroyed!" I yelled over the phone.

"Hold on. I'm trying to logically figure out the order in which you do things. You would first have to tell me you were on your way," Peter said.

"Peter. I just threatened your life. Why would I tell you I was on my way?" I asked as I revved up my engine to leave this God-forsaken parking lot. I munched on some berries out of frustration and anger.

"Because you have to fucking work here, and I'd rather DIIIIEEEE than deal with a normal housekeeper. So boring. I'd die of boredom with another housekeeper. At least with you around, I can have an interesting, yet gruesome, death. I've wondered lately how it would feel to die to a demonic PMSing woman," he said with his loud, obnoxious laugh. I revved up my engine to burn rubber out of my parking lot. Peter. Must. Die. (And I must munch on fish and berries!)

"I'd love to do the honors, you irksome jerk," I said.

"Thank you. When are you arriving to personally rip my intestines out?" he asked.

"In 45 minutes, you annoying irksome jerk" I responded.

"See you then, you crazy PMSing bitch," he said.

"Fuck you," I said.

"Fuck you, too!" he yelled before he hung up on me.

I growled and sped onto the road. I was eating my fish and berries. I was making hangry growling noises as I ate. I looked like an angry Cruella De Ville from the 1960s version of 101 Dalmatians as I put the pedal to the metal. Actually, it's metal to the pedal, but Peter won't listen to that logic because he is a man. I am swearing and wearing steel-toed knee-high boots today, and my right foot is on the gas pedal, which is to the right.

Other drivers are some of the worst people in existence because some do not know where the gas pedal is. (It's to the right!) They cut you off or get into the next lane before the car in front of you has signaled to get into the next lane for at least four seconds. That shit should be illegal. It's fucking dangerous.

Anyone who drives like a typical Georgia driver should be exempt from the eighth amendment from the United States Constitution. They only deserve the most cruel and unusual punishment known to mankind because they are usually completely inconsiderate assholes. I'm so sick of their fucking pick-up trucks taking up more than the full lane. They should be required by law to go fuck themselves.

Speaking of pick-up trucks, some Confederate flag-waving asshole damn nearly bumped into me. See, this is what it is like driving in Georgia. These people think the highway is one big game of bumper cars. Listening to Chimaira, a heavy metal band, at a volume that nearly shatters the car windows is the best way to cope with Georgia drivers.

By the way, I replaced my car stereo with an aftermarket model, so my speakers are louder than ever. I haven't spilled my coffee on THIS stereo yet. I can't believe that happened to me a year ago when I ran into a parade on Highway 78. I wanted to kill Peter for making me sit in that ungodly traffic. I still want to kill Peter. He is an asshole.

To tell the truth, a few months after I replaced this stereo, I smashed my old one into a million tiny pieces in Peter's driveway. I also threw the larger parts directly at Peter's head while yelling, "EVERYTHING IS YOUR FAULT BECAUSE YOU ARE A BABY BOOMER ASSHOLE!!!!"

I couldn't wait to attempt to run him over with my vehicle. It would be the highlight of my fucked-up day to see Peter running for a dear life as I speed into his driveway while LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY.

So far, trying to run over Peter WAS the best part of my day. It was like the opening theme of The Simpsons where he was running away screaming while I was trying to run him over. I was ready to murder him for real and of course laugh hysterically as I do it.

"Get over here, you curly-haired ASSHOLE!!!". I screamed at him as I jumped out of my car and chased him.

"Fuck you, lady. You're crazy!" he yelled as he tried to lock the door on me.

I pounced on him and punched him in the arm. "You're a jerk!" I said with a huge deviant smile.

"Ahhhhh!!!!! What the fuck?!" Peter said as he tried to get away. He whined and slapped me away like he would do in a French fight. "What the hell?! Why do women do this shit?!"

"Because we bleed from the crotch and blame everything with a Y-chromosome for our problems!" I yelled. "Can I beat you with a can of Pete's Liquid Gold?"

"Noooooo!!!" Peter said as he finally got away. "Goddamn women are crazy! Kendrick is just as crazy when she bleeds. In my opinion, women are too much trouble!"

His mother was sewing in her room and laughing at the occurrences happening outside of her personal space.

Jamie wheeled out at first before turning around and going back to his room. "You're on your own, kid. I dealt with that shit for years with your mother. I am not going through it again," he said as he shut the door.

"Fuuuuuckkkk! Help me!!!!" Peter screamed as he ran to his office. "Get the fuck away from me! Get the fuck away from me!" He screamed hysterically.

I laughed and threw a broom at him. I hit him square in the head and laughed again. "Asshole! That will teach you to be a male, you fucking asshole!" I growled at him before I went to do my job.

Peter threw the broom back at me and screamed "Fuck you!" before slamming the door.

I imagined myself throwing every object in the house at Peter's curly-haired head. Then, I wanted to vacuum the piece of shit in the vacuum cleaner thereby breaking the vacuum cleaner and sending Peter to outer space and the fuck away from me. Goodbye fucking Peter Wallace Parker, the biggest pain in the ass ever to exist on planet Earth.

When I mopped the kitchen and bathroom floors, I imagined myself shoving Peter in the mop bucket and using his tall body as a mop. His curls would be the mop head. How dare he have thicker and fuller hair than me that son of a bitch bastard!

When I was ready to vacate the premises to torment Mr. Williamson and Colonel America, I spoke to Godiva about my check. She was laughing so hard at today's hysterics that she gave me a bonus.

"My son and husband are normally great people, but when I bled every month, I wanted to destroy them. Thank you for causing them temporary pain and suffering. Have a nice day!" she said with a smile.

"Thank you, Godiva," I said before I left to torment more creatures with Y-chromosomes.

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Mr. Williamson is much more reasonable human being than Peter ever will be. That man is happily married and causes no problems to society. He just runs his own library and tries to teach people the best way to live.

Jack the Crocodile, his new pet, was not pleased with me, though. He growled at me when I was taking out the trash.

I growled.

He growled.

I growled.

"GET OUT OF MY SWAMP! IT'S COLD OUTSIDE!!!" Jack the Crocodile screamed at me.

"GLADLY! I'M BLEEDING FROM THE CROTCH! GET OUT OF MY LIFE!!!" I yelled as I returned to work.

Things went relatively smoothly while I worked with books. I knocked over a stack and thought about Murphee howling. I felt like howling at the damn books.

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I called Colonel America once I finished picking up those goddamn books .

"Hello?" he said and sounded drunk.

"How are you?" I asked.

"Drunk. Hahaha. You?" he asked.

"PMSing and on my way!" I exclaimed.

"Oh shit! The world is about to explode! Murphee!!! To the basement!!! We hide there for the night!" Colonel America screamed before he got off the phone.

I drove like a mad woman similar to Cruella De Ville from the 1960s version of 101 Dalmatians and ran over a few gentlemen before I arrived at Colonel America's house. I let myself in with the keys I had to his house.

Colonel America and Murphee were downstairs. When I was doing my job upstairs, there was no sign of those two. Colonel America was calling to Gabby, "Report to the basement! Report to the basement! Do not go upstairs! I repeat do not go upstairs! There is a PMSing Dragon upstairs! She will burn you!"

I laughed. Colonel America was the first one to know that I was serious business. I allowed him to live because he was the smartest man when it came to PMS, having periods, or angry women in general.

Gabby limped with his normal old cat ass gait and went in the basement with no questions asked.

When I finished my job, I laid on his couch and went to sleep. When you are bleeding from the crotch, the only thing you honestly want to do besides eat, bitch, and blow dragonfire at any living creature with a penis is sleep.

[urgentvisa]

Top 12 Jyotirlingas-Temple of Lord Shiva In India

India is known as the pilgrimage because here, the supreme being, the Hindu deity—Mahadev-the destroyer of evil has left his imprints throughout the country in a form of 12 Jyotirlingas. Many of you must have heard the stories of Shiva Purana while growing up, but have you ever come up with what Jyotirlingas mean are. Indian Visa helps you to find hassle free Indian E Visa. Jyotirlingas—are the shrine of Lord Shiva. People worship him in this form because it is believed that there is no form of cosmic energy—he is who, has form and he is who, has no form. The Jyotirlingas also means as the radiant sign (phallus symbol) of the Almighty. It has another meaning as well- ‘Jyoti’ means light and ‘linga’ means sign, thus Jyotirlinga is the light of Shiva.

However, if you are a peace seeker, spiritual and calm finder and want to get rid of problems, then you must visit on these 12 Jyotirlingas. Here are the complete details so that you can travel to witness the positive and cosmic energy by your own eye-

1. Somnath Jyotirlinga, Gujrat

This holy temple is considered one of the first Jyotirlingas among 12. Somnath Temple is situated in Gujrat near Veraval Kathiawad district (Prabhas Kshetra). It is a highly revered pilgrimage throughout the whole country. People fly across the country to witness this holy place. However, according to the Shiva Purana, once the moon was cursed by Prajapati Daksh, who married his 27 daughters, but moon loved Rohini the most, when Prajapati Daksh enlightened with the information, Daksh cursed the moon that he would lose all his radiance. As a result, the moon began to lose his celestial being, Rohini and other wives of moon requested Lord Shiva. Lord Shiva then, assumed moon in his matted locks and blessed him with new life and called Somchandra or Somnath.

2. Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga, Andhra Pradesh

The second Jyotirlinga named Mallikarjuna is situated on the top of Shri Shaila Mountain, near the bank of Krishna River in Andhra Pradesh. It is known as the ‘Kailash of the South’ and one of the most visited Shaivite shrines in India. According to Shiva Purana, Lord Ganesha's marriage was going to called-off because Kartikeya is the eldest and he should have to marry first, to resolve this issue, Kartikeya left Kailash and went to the Kraunch Mountain. The gods went there to console him, but he refused to come so ultimately Lord Shiva and Parvati reached to let him aware of the events of Kailash, in the meantime, Kartikeya got consoled, and he understood the situation that because of him Ganesha denied to marry and he then ready to go back. Thus, this made Shiva install Jyotirlinga named Mallikarjuna. It is believed that, if a person is just seeing this mountain tip, is get rids all the problems of life and become free from all the sins and life and death cycle.

3. Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga, Madhya Pradesh

This temple is situated near the bank of the Kshipra River, in Mahakal forest in Ujjain. There are so many telling and retellings of how this Jyotirlinga came to existence. According to Shiva Purana, there was a boy named Shrikar, who took a stone and begun worshipping as Shiva. Many villagers tried to dissuade him variously but he didn’t stop. And, Shrikar’s devotion kept growing. The pure devotion and dedication pleased Mahadev. Lord Shiva came to bless him with boon and assumed the form of a Jyotirlinga in the Mahakal forest. However, it is also known as amongst the one of the seven ‘Mukti-Sthal’-a place that liberates a human from life and death cycle.

4. Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga, Madhya Pradesh

It is believed that once Bindhyachanl parvat (mountain) wanted to become the biggest mountain, in his vain. To fulfil this, he began to worship Lord Brahma to get the boon. After some time, he used his boon to placed himself as the biggest parvat, as a result, he was so heavy and Goddess Prithvi even couldn’t handle his weight. Thus, the Goddess and other deity prayed Lord Shiva to made Bindhyachal parvat release his mistake. When Bhindhya realized his mistake, he asked Shiva to place a Jyotirlinga over there. Thus, he emerged in a form of Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga. However, it is one of the most sacred pilgrimages, which is situated on an island named Shivapuri, near the Narmada River.

5. Vaidyanath Jyotirlinga, Jharkhand

This holy temple is also known as Baidyanath or Vaijnath, located at Deogarh, Santal Paranas region of Jharkhand. According to the ancient scriptures, once Demon King Ravana worshiped Shiva and tried to take Mount Kailash with him, but Shiva crushed his effort and then, Ravana asked Lord Shiva to come with him to Sri Lanka and reside there forever. On this situated, he made Ravana to give a promise to him that on the journey of Sri Lanka, he would not put the linga on earth, if it is done, then Lord Shiva would be placed there forever. On the journey of Sri Lanka, Lord Varuna entered into the body of Ravana and as a result, he needed to put the linga on the earth, but then, he found a child named Vaidya (Lord Ganesh). Ravana put the linga on Vaidya’s hand and went to relieve himself. Vaidya put the linga on the earth, thus it came to be known as Vaidyanath.

6. Bhimashankar Jyotirlinga, Maharashtra

The Bhimashankar temple is situated in the Sahyadri region of Pune, Maharashtra. This temple is considered one of the sacred pilgrimages. It has existed near Bhima River. As the ancient stories says—this Jyotirlinga is related to Bhima-the son of Kumbhakarna, when he learned that his father’s death is done by the incarnation of Vishnu as a Ram, he vowed to take avenge. He did many penances to achieve power. Once he received power, he then began to create havoc in the whole world. Bhima then defeated Lord Shiva’s devotee-Kamrupeshwar and put him in the dungeons. This angered Lord Shiva. The war began between Bhima and Lord Shiva. Thereafter, Bhima got defeated. On the request of Gods, Shiva manifested himself in the form of Bhimashankar. If you want easily Urgent Indian Visa and Indian E Visa then you have to apply through Indian E Visa

7. Rameshwaram Jyotirlinga

Rameshwaram Temple is situated on the island, off the Sethu coast of Tamil Nadu. It is one of the topmost pilgrimages, and its architecture is so praiseworthy by the visitors and architects. However, it is said that, when Ram was preparing to fight with Ravana, the Demon King, Ram worshiped Lord Shiva by making a linga on the seashore (after drinking water without taking permission) and seek blessings. Ram then got blessings of Lord Shiva and then went for the great battle with Ravana to rescue Sita.

8. Nageshwar Jyotirlinga, Gujarat

The Nageshwar temple is situated on the route of Gomati Dwarka and the Bait Dwarka Island, Gujarat. It is believed that, if a person worships Lord Shiva, all types of poison whether it is outer or inner, Lord Shiva protects his devotee.

According to the Shiva Purana, Supriya-a devotee of Shiva was captured by the demon Daaruka. Then, Supriya advised other devotees that they should chant ‘Om Namah Shivay’. This act enrages Daaruka and she ran to kill Supriya, thereafter, Lord Shiva came to rescue the devotees, thus, the Nageshwara Jyotirlinga came into existence.

9. Kashi Vishwanath, Varanasi

Kashi, the most sacred pilgrimage of India. It is said that this place is one of the most loveable places of Lord Shiva. This temple is situated in the Ghats of Ganga. In Manikarnika, Lord Vishnu’s earing fell, when the three deities were creating the world. Thus, to show devotion and love towards Vishnu, Lord Shiva created Manikarnika city and Kashi Vishwanath Jyotirlinga. People worship here to get Moksh, liberation, and happiness.

10. Trimbakeshwar Jyotirlinga, Maharashtra

The Trimbakeshwar Temple is located near Nasik in Maharashtra. This temple is considered to be the source of river Godavari floating, which is also known as ‘Gautami Ganga’-the sacred river in South India. According to Shiva Purana, Gautam Rishi penanced for so long and earned a boon from Varuna Dev so that he could supply water to the farm, on this act, other deities got jealous and sent a cow to destroy everything. Mistakenly, Gautam Rishi killed the cow, who then worshiped Lord Shiva to get help on how to purify the premises. Then, Shiva asked Ganga to flow on the area and make it pure. Thereafter, Lord Shiva came to earth with Ganga on his locks in the form of Trimbakeshwar Jyotirlinga. Thus, it is believed that, if anyone wishes to get something, he or she will be fulfilled with boon or desires.

11. Kedarnath Jyotirlinga, Uttarakhand

Kedarnath temple is situated on the Rudra Himalaya, at the height of 12000 feet on a mountain named Kedar. It is far around 150 miles from Hardwar. It is believed that, once there were Narayana and Nara (the incarnation of Vishnu) penanced for years on the top of Kedar mountain, Lord Shiva pleased with the penance and thus, placed a linga for desire fulfilment. However, people do visit over here to pour holy water from Yamunotri and Gangotri to please Shiva.

12. Ghrishneshwar Jyotirlinga, Aurangabad, Maharashtra

The temple Ghrishneshwar is located in the village named Verul, near Aurangabad, in Maharashtra. You can find this place very easily because the temple is near the famous tourist attraction named—Ajanta and Ellora caves. The temple was built by Ahilyabai Holkar. This temple is also known by the name of Ghushmeshwara, Kusumeshwarer, Grushmeshwara, and Grishneshwara. As per the Shiva Purana, there was a couple- named Sudeha and Sudharm resided on the Devagiri Mountain. They were childless and this made Sudeha unhappy, so she asked her sister Ghushma to marry Sudharm. Thereafter, the new couple got a son. As time fade, Sudeha got jealous of her sister. When the son of Ghushma and Sudharm became adult, they married him with a beautiful girl. On seeing this much happiness, Sudeha, got even more jealous. In jealousy, one night she killed Ghushma’s son. And, then she threw her son in the nearby lake, where Ghushma prayed to Lord Shiva every day. When Ghushma knew about the whole incident, she didn’t say anything to her sister and started praying to Shiva. On seeing Ghushma’s devotion and dedication, Lord Shiva gave her son a new life and emerged himself in the form of Ghushmeshwar Jyotirlinga.  If you are an International traveler and interested to visit India then you need valid Indian Visa to enter in India.

Conclusion

In this article, we have described the 12 sacred Jyotirlinga and their positive energy into thousands of lives. However, if you want to find peace and happiness into your life, then do visit in India to witness the divine power and energy of the Jyotirlingas.

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Anime NYC 2019, Day Two

Saturday started with a live drawing from TAa, the author of Today’s Menu for the Emiya Family. Denpa’s panel Friday did not have much time to introduce her, so this was very welcome. She loves Fate, and her art is excellent – throughout the panel she drew Saber smiling and holding a rice bowl.

TAa started doing Fate fanart as a hobby, then was asked to do a chapter for an anthology, which is how she got a foot in the door. She was then approached to do the EMiya Family manga as a one-shot, and then when it was successful it got picked up as a series. She did that plus her day job for a year and a half, then this became too much, and now she draws manga full time.

She has assistants now, but did not at first, which shows how much work she was putting into the series. As for Fate itself, she got into the series through Fate/Zero, then bought the FSN game and became totally obsessed with it – this is why she started to draw art. She also loved Fate/Hollow Ataraxia, FSN’s sequel game, though notes it’s very hard to find these days. (One of the Emiya Family chapters with Assassin was almost an adaptation of a scene from Ataraxia.)

Ed Chavez, who was the moderator of the live drawing, talked about how cute and soft the anime was, and also the time and budget that UFOTable put into it. When she first heard about the anime, TAa thought she was being pranked! It was a rapid production from inception to release date – possibly as the company is so familiar with the Fate characters. She also got some new ideas discussing things with the anime staff.

When thinking of a new idea for a chapter, usually the food idea comes first, then she thinks of the characters that best suit that food. She also incorporates a lot of seasons and holidays. Type-Moon has almost no involvement at all – this is all her.

We then got some Q&A. She enjoys Japanese food as her comfort food, says obviously she’d want Shirou to cook for her if she had a choice. She and the editor do eat the meals that are in the manga – a tonkatsu was her favorite, though that chapter is not published yet. She was then asked what her favorite characters are to draw – she loves long-haired characters, particularly Rider.

Someone asked if we might see Bazett, the star of Fate/Hollow Ataraxia, and someone else asked if the mysterious robed figure hanging out with Gilgamesh is Caren rather than Kirie. She hedged on the second, but definitely has Bazett in mind for a future chapter if she can think of a good way to introduce her and incorporate the food. Someone also asked about New York City food in the manga – Shirou buys bagels for everyone?

It was agreed that the flashback episode with Shirou and Kiritsugu was the best of the anime episodes. She tries to keep the series very kind and “happy in life” – since Fate was a big battle game originally, she wanted to see more of the day-to-day life. As such, don’t expect a lot of Zero characters or the Lancer “hot dog” joke from Ataraxia. This series is too nice and sweet for things like that.

This is considered the right time for a series to come out – not because cooking manga are new in popularity – in Japan, they’ve always been popular – but because of the popularity of Fate, which ten years ago was not as high. She was also asked her favorite heroine, and the audience tensed – it’s a dangerous question. She likes them all, but picked Saber.

My next panel was Square Enix, which was doing its first Anime NYC panel. After quite a bit of audio difficulty, we started with a video showing off SE’s most famous properties. Tanya Biswas (formerly with Yen) and Leyla Aker (formerly with Viz) are the people behin things in America, with Masa also on the panel as the Square Enix rep. Masa has been to this con before, notes how fun it always is.

They did a recap of prior licenses, and trailers for two of them. Most of these have been talked about before – A Man and His Cat, Cherry Magic and Soul Eater’s Perfect Edition got the most talk. They also gave away A Man and His Cat merch, including a fantastic plushie. We then got several new announcements.

Ragna Crimson is a dark fantasy title from Gangan Joker. A man sets out to get revenge on the dragons who destroyed his partner. The Apothecary Diaries (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto) is probably the title I was most interested in. A woman working in the palace and trying to keep a low profile is found to have knowledge of herbal medicine, and after saving a royal heir, she’s promoted and ends up involved in palace intrigues. She’s apparently quite eccentric. This runs in Big Gangan.

Beauty and the Feast (Yakumo-san wa Edzuke ga Shitai) is a May-December romance, sort of, as a 28-year-old widow finds herself cooking for her 16-year-old neighbor, and food (and possibly romance, but mostly food) follows. It runs in Young Gangan. The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! (Jahy-sama wa Kujikenai!) is a Gangan Joker title about a former demon villainess who’s now in modern Japan and also a cute little girl. Can she get her poweres back? Can her frustration stop being cute? Likely no to both questions.

By the Grace of the Gods (Kamitachi ni Hirowareta Otoko) just had its novel licensed by J-Novel Club. It’s from SE’s MangaUP! app and stars a reincarnated salaryman reincarnated as a boy with magic powers, who discovers that slimes are more valuable than you’d expect. Finally, we get the only novel of the panel, NieR Automata – Yorha Boys. It’s a prequel to the game, and another novel in a series which has already had some novels released by Viz Media.

Next up was Yen Press, who had a ton of new books and also a ton of light novels. The biggest surprise came first – High School DxD, whose manga was licensed in 2014, finally is getting the light novels released. This was a constant request, right up there with Date a Live and Gamers!. I recall not liking the first manga much, but suspecting I’d be more interested in a prose version. Now I get to see if I’m right.

They alternated between manga and novel announcements, so next was Bestia, a Shonen Ace series about a boy who goes to London to discover his past and finds magical beasts and adventure. We then got another surprise LN – High School Prodigies Have It Easy Even in Another World, whose manga started coming out in 2018, from the creator of Chivalry of a Failed Knight, also recently licensed.

Lust Geass is a Young Ace title that will play well with fans of ecchi manga, the story of a boy who finds a spell that will cause women’s sexual desires to explode. Restaurant to Another World has already had a manga release digitally via Crunchyroll, but Yen are now going to be releasing it in print. And another light novel, The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy (Seiken Gakuin no Maken Tsukai) which combines demon lords and magical academies – two hot genres in one!

A monster girl harem manga came next, To Save the World, Can You Wake Up the Morning After with a Demi-Human? (Sekai wo Sukuu Tame ni Ajin to Asa-chun Dekimasenka?). It turns out our hero is destined to father the hero who will defeat the demon king… and so everyone wants to sleep with him. (When did Yen Press become Seven Seas?) Another light novel follows, more on the slow life side: Banished from the Heroes’ Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside (Shin no Nakama ja Nai to Yuusha no Party wo Oidasareta node, Henkyou de Slow Life suru Koto ni Shimashita), a Kadokawa series whose title is its premise.

Sadako at the End of the World (Shuumatsu no Sadako-san) is a post-apocalyptic Sadako manga, where she finds that those who watched the videotape are delighted to see her, as she’s another human being in this wasteland. It sounds fun, is complete in one volume, and ran in Comic Gene. Another light novel, In the Land of Leadale (Leadale no Daichi nite), about a girl with injuries who ends up in a game world. Judging by the cover, this is also a slow life series.

A yuri manga is next: I Love You So Much I Hate You (Nikurashii hodo Aishiteru). A Kadokawa manga, it’s an office life yuri title with adult concerns and problems. The last novel announced is a one-shot, Three Days of Happiness (Sugaru Miaki), a dark fantasy about a young man who sells his lifespan for cash. It’s apparently quite interesting. Lastly, Yen has licensed the Carole and Tuesday manga, based on the anime, which runs in Young Ace.

Q&A then started, but remembering how excruciating that was last year, I left early.

My last stop was J-Novel Club’s panel, with Sam Pinansky and Aimee Zink introducing a giant pile of new series. They started with two new print announcements – Sexiled, which has had huge buzz ever since it came out, and My Next Life As a Villainess!, which is also getting an anime next year. (More villainesses are coming later in this panel.)

Kodansha has a new imprint called Legend Novels, and from it JNC licensed five new novels. (No new manga announcements this time, these are all novels.) The Economics of Prophecy: Avoiding Disaster in Another World (Yogen no Keizaigaku) seems to be along the lines of Realist Hero, as a reincarnated economics whiz and a princess with prophetic abilities try to save the world.

Kobold King features a gentle man who was very powerful and respected in his time trying to quietly relax and befriend the local kobolds… who are very mistrusting of his powerful self! Outer Ragna (Game Jikkyō ni yoru Kōryaku to Gyakushū no Isekai Kami Senki) doesn’t have the Japanese protagonist, a livestreamer, enter a game world himself – instead he possessed the female lead! Her Majesty’s Swarm (Joō-heika no Isekai Senryaku) has a girl ending up in a game as an evil queen, and unlike a lot of villainesses in these sorts of books, seems to embrace her evil. Also, spiders warning for this one.

Isekai Rebuilding Project (Isekai Saiken Keikaku) was touted by Sam as the first North American book with “isekai” untranslated in the title. It’s about a Japanese man who is called to “fix” worlds where the isekai’d hero has saved the world and gone home… but left too many cultural issues that can’t be put back inside Pandora’s box. Also, the hero has a friend who is a dragon. Seems to be a slow life title.

A new partner for J-Novel Cliub, Pash! Books, gives us the next few series. Teogonia was described as “what if a Ghibli movie was a light novel?”, and he notes this is pure Japanese fantasy about a booy who awaken old memories and discovers the real rules of the world. The World’s Least Interesting Master Swordsman (Jimi na Kensei wa Soredemo Saikyou desu) sounds like a cross between One-Punch Man and I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years, as a reincarnated boy practices his sword skills for 500 years and is the strongest around… but his techniques are boring!

We’re then told about a new label, J-Novel Heart, that will be publishing shoujo light novels! This has long been requested by fans. (By the way, My Next Life As a Villainess!, which is a shoujo LN in Japan, will switch to this new label in print.) The first book is called Tearmoon Empire, which features a spoiled brat of a noble who ends up getting killed because of her family. She ends up redoing her life, and (despite still being spoiled) tries her hardest to avoid getting killed again.

The Tales of Marielle Clarac (each book will be called “The _______ of Marielle Clarac”) isa romance and mystery book, as the rather plain noble girl tries to figure out why the super perfect man of her dreams wants to marry her – is there an ulterior motive? It’s a good book “for wallflowers”. The Bibliophile Princess (Mushikaburi-Hime) is another book with mystery, conspiracy and intrigue, and (as you might guess) has a book lover as the main character.

I Refuse to Be Your Enemy! (Watashi wa Teki ni Narimasen!) is another in those “my reawakened memories tell me I’m actually a villain who gets killed off” sort of books, only instead of trying to fix things with the various handsome young men this girl tries to flee from everything. That won’t go well. Fukushu wo Chikatta Shironeko wa Ryuuou no Hiza no Ue de Damin wo Musaboru, which has a tentative but unapproved English title of The White Cat’s Revenge as Plotted from the Dragon King’s Lap, has the best friend of the heroine abandoned in a forest, then turned into a cat. We follow the friend as she tries to get revenge on the “heroine” who abandoned her.

The final license was the biggest surprise: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Isekai, a doujinshi light novel collaboration between six light novel authors, including those behind Tanya the Evil and Re: Zero. It’s a short story anthology, essentially, that began when the authors asked themselves what they’d do if they were isekai’d. This is licensed directly from the authors – no company involved! It’s also pretty short, so should be available soon.

That was the final announcement, and I then headed out to get dinner and type all this up. Tomorrow we get one big panel, and that’s about it. Surprise me, Kodansha and Vertical!

By: Sean Gaffney